Nobody Saves the World

Nobody Saves the World nails that classic Drinkbox charm with its gorgeous art style and quirky humor. The isometric action adventure is fun and full of personality, and the build variety kept me experimenting with each new form. New Game+ was the real highlight for me, the added modifiers made every dungeon feel fresh and made me change my approach in the best way. If you’re into Drinkbox’s style or just want a creative, offbeat action adventure game, this one’s absolutely worth your time.

Certainly worth a play. It's like a mixture of an old Legend of Zelda game with broader ARPG, rogue-lite, and modern indie-game mechanics. The art style is truly wonderful and makes the game stand out in comparison to basically everything out there. It looks kind of like a cartoon-network show from the mid-2000s. And it has similar humor too, which I can appreciate but by the end the quirkiness started to feel less "Adventure Time" and more "Le Ebin M'Lady." There is a main storyline, but again by the end of the game I was completely tapped out and skipping through the dialogue. I was hoping for more from the story in the beginning. The gameplay is solid. Getting through the first dungeon as a rat was horrible, and I almost considered just quitting right there cause I disliked it that much. However, once you get more forms and abilities the addictiveness of the combat truly sets in. But the game never really makes full great use of the form mechanics. By the end I had several forms that were left to be unlocked. And I really tried to get all of them, but I ultimately ran out of dungeons to farm XP in. It felt like the world was smaller than I had hoped and there were less dungeons than I had hoped. Or more accurately, the dungeons quickly get incredibly repetitive. Some of the tasks for certain forms were horribly balanced, where some were incredibly easy and others ridiculously difficult. I tried for a ridiculous amount of time to get the 20 familiars summoned and just couldn't pull it off. So while there is something of a mix of good and frustrating here, this is a good, fun game. A proper fully fleshed out sequel to this could be incredible.