An incredibly cool and inventive iso action RPG that hooked us in before dropping us on our faces with its terrible checkpoint system.
In Nobody Saves the World you play as a blank slate of a person wielding a wand that lets you transform into anything from a rat to a robot. In order to improve these forms and unlock more forms, you don't just have to kill X amount of enemies - every form has its own unique combat quests you must complete to earn XP to level up the forms - poison X enemies as a rat, dodge attacks as the ranger, gallop through 8 enemies at once as the horse. The game constantly has you rotating between forms for different combat encounters and it's incredibly fun.
It's absolutely perfect as a couch co-op game because not only is it fun to run around with a buddy, but all quest progress is shared between the players. So my wife could be the mermaid while I play the slug and we're both progressing the quests for our shared character pool. As you level up, you also unlock the ability to mix and match abilities across characters. Want to play as a rat that can siphon life using the zombie's passive or summon animals using the magician's secondary ability? Go for it!
We were having a blast until we died in the middle of a dungeon and the game drops you right back at the beginning of the dungeon. 10 minutes lost. "Wow. That sucks" we said. But we jumped back into this small side dungeon to beat it.
The next dungeon we did was one of the larger story dungeons. That time, we were almost at the end of the dungeon when we died and got sent back to the beginning. 20 minutes lost that time and nothing to show for it. With 30 minutes of combined gameplay lost in about an hour, we let out a huge sigh and turned the game off. I'm at a point in my life where I do not mess with games that don't respect your time, and lost progress on death is a big no-no. So, after 6 hours of mostly fun, we dropped it.
This game could've been great but making you replay dungeons on death is a baffling design decision in the year 2022. Why play more of this when I can play hundreds of other great indies that actually respect your time?
+ Great pool of characters to transform into for fun combat
+ Progression system based around combat challenges instead of just killing enemies
+ Fun visuals and good map design
+ Great couch co-op
- Terrible checkpoint system that sets you back 10-20 minutes on death with nothing to show for it
- Zero accessibility or difficulty options
In Nobody Saves the World you play as a blank slate of a person wielding a wand that lets you transform into anything from a rat to a robot. In order to improve these forms and unlock more forms, you don't just have to kill X amount of enemies - every form has its own unique combat quests you must complete to earn XP to level up the forms - poison X enemies as a rat, dodge attacks as the ranger, gallop through 8 enemies at once as the horse. The game constantly has you rotating between forms for different combat encounters and it's incredibly fun.
It's absolutely perfect as a couch co-op game because not only is it fun to run around with a buddy, but all quest progress is shared between the players. So my wife could be the mermaid while I play the slug and we're both progressing the quests for our shared character pool. As you level up, you also unlock the ability to mix and match abilities across characters. Want to play as a rat that can siphon life using the zombie's passive or summon animals using the magician's secondary ability? Go for it!
We were having a blast until we died in the middle of a dungeon and the game drops you right back at the beginning of the dungeon. 10 minutes lost. "Wow. That sucks" we said. But we jumped back into this small side dungeon to beat it.
The next dungeon we did was one of the larger story dungeons. That time, we were almost at the end of the dungeon when we died and got sent back to the beginning. 20 minutes lost that time and nothing to show for it. With 30 minutes of combined gameplay lost in about an hour, we let out a huge sigh and turned the game off. I'm at a point in my life where I do not mess with games that don't respect your time, and lost progress on death is a big no-no. So, after 6 hours of mostly fun, we dropped it.
This game could've been great but making you replay dungeons on death is a baffling design decision in the year 2022. Why play more of this when I can play hundreds of other great indies that actually respect your time?
+ Great pool of characters to transform into for fun combat
+ Progression system based around combat challenges instead of just killing enemies
+ Fun visuals and good map design
+ Great couch co-op
- Terrible checkpoint system that sets you back 10-20 minutes on death with nothing to show for it
- Zero accessibility or difficulty options