Role-Playing Games of the 2020s, Part 3 Codexery

Nobody Saves the World

A top-down action RPG with 18 transformable forms.

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DrinkBox Studios, the developer and publisher of Nobody Saves the World, created an action role-playing dungeon crawling title.[1] A character named Nobody, who starts as a blank slate, uses a wand to shift into 18 distinct forms.[2] Metacritic, a review aggregator, indicated that the game earned "generally favorable reviews".[3]

Making and release

Ports on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 followed in April 2022.[1] An expansion titled Frozen Hearth, adding areas, challenges, and forms, released on September 13, 2022.[4] The Job system from Final Fantasy Tactics and elements from The Legend of Zelda served as creative influences for the game.[5] Originally planned for a 2021 launch, the release was postponed to early 2022, a change announced in August 2021.[6]

On January 18, 2022, the game became available for Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X and Series S.[4] Nobody Saves the World* marks DrinkBox's initial venture into multiplayer gaming, following Microsoft's encouragement to incorporate online co-op.[5][7] Players have the option to experience the game alone or with another person in a cooperative multiplayer mode.[2]

What the cited sources add

A Polygon preview described the game's overworld as having a crashed UFO and a wrecked excavator that breaks high-fantasy boundaries.[8] The same preview noted that the game has about 25 dungeons, with five being "legendary dungeons" that advance the story.[8] IGN criticized the endgame, saying the last stretch "starts to suffer from a feeling that the well has run dry".[9] Eurogamer recommended the game, calling it "extremely replayable" and "as polished and colourful as you might expect".[10]

A review from Game Informer noted that each dungeon includes a hazardous modifier that frequently disrupted the reviewer's chosen loadout.[11]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Nobody Saves the World" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Romano, "Nobody Saves the World coming to PS5, PS4, and Switch on April 14", Gematsu, April 4, 2022 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Nobody Saves the World" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Stewart, "Nobody Saves The World Supports Online Co-Op, Launches Early 2022", August 25, 2021 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Nobody Saves the World" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Nobody Saves the World for PC Reviews", Metacritic; "Nobody Saves the World for Xbox Series X Reviews", Metacritic; "Nobody Saves the World for Switch Reviews", Metacritic; "Nobody Saves the World for PlayStation 5 Reviews", Metacritic (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Nobody Saves the World" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Fanelli, "Drinkbox Delays Nobody Saves The World To "Early 2022," Adds Online Co-Op", GameSpot, August 25, 2021; Leblanc, "Nobody Saves The World Release Date Revealed And It's Coming Later This Month", January 5, 2021; Skrebels, "Nobody Saves the World Announces DLC Expansion, Frozen Hearth", IGN, August 26, 2022 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Nobody Saves the World" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: S. Good, "Guacamelee studio's new RPG takes Final Fantasy's Job system and gets weird with it", Polygon, March 26, 2021; Dornbush, "Nobody Saves the World Devs Break Down How Customization Works", IGN, September 8, 2021; Bonifacic, "'Nobody Saves the World' is a shapeshifting RPG from DrinkBox Studios", Engadget, March 26, 2021 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Nobody Saves the World" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Nunneley, "Nobody Saves the World is a new action-RPG coming from the developers of Guacamelee", VG 247, March 26, 2021 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Stewart, "Nobody Saves The World Supports Online Co-Op, Launches Early 2022", August 25, 2021. facts only, no text reused. gameinformer.com
  8. S. Good, "Guacamelee studio's new RPG takes Final Fantasy's Job system and gets weird with it", Polygon, March 26, 2021. facts only, no text reused. polygon.com
  9. Wikipedia, "Nobody Saves the World" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bailes, "Nobody Saves the World review", PC Gamer, January 18, 2022 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Nobody Saves the World" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Saltzman, "Nobody Saves the World Review", IGN, January 18, 2022; Donlan, "Nobody Saves the World review - a shape-shifting treat", Eurogamer, January 18, 2022; Erskine, "Nobody Saves the World review: I need a hero", Shacknews, January 18, 2022; Helm, "Review: Nobody Saves the World", Hardcore Gamer, January 18, 2022 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  11. Carson, "Nobody Saves the World Review – Form And Function", January 18, 2022. facts only, no text reused. gameinformer.com

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Nobody Saves the World (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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