One dungeon is actually the rotting corpse of a dragon. And then there’s the Horse, an appropriately ornery form that’s tricky to wield. For the remainder of the game, players will unlock various forms that sound like they came out of a developer’s bull session where no idea was rejected: Bodybuilder, dragon, and mermaid (a hideous one, at that) go along with more traditional roles like Rogue, Guard, and Ranger. Nobody is a shape-shifter, thanks to the magic wand they immediately recover while dull-witted NPCs argue over who’s in charge now. In Nobody Saves the World, you’re the literal Nobody - a featureless, vacant-eyed anthropomorph who backs into the hero job after the kingdom’s arch-mage goes missing. The stuff I was working up to, and for, was interesting, and I went into the next dungeons as much to see it in action as to defeat whatever sub-boss was in there. But never did I find myself in the resentful position of grinding out a level increase so I could overwhelm the opposition with a mere attribute score. Its pivotal stages are gated by completing a repeating series of granular objectives, and those dungeons are staffed by enemies of increasing strengths. That might be the joke I’m not sure.īut the most delightful surprise that this mirthful, meaty RPG delivers is its concise, coherent, steady dopamine drip of a gameplay loop. I forgot all about him after this encounter, and realized I never figured out how to survive his fist. A tavern mercenary with a rigid, constipated expression introduces himself as “the one-punch monk,” who can annihilate any rat with a single blow. A kindly witch sent me on a fetch quest and thanked me profusely for saving her sick husband - then immediately blamed me when a villager asked where the hell all the medicine went. When my stage magician character summoned his familiar, I prayed it would be the white tiger, not because it’s so powerful, but because it turns into a luxurious rug when it dies. If you want curated lists of our favorite media, check out What to Play and What to Watch. When we award the Polygon Recommends badge, it’s because we believe the recipient is uniquely thought-provoking, entertaining, inventive, or fun - and worth fitting into your schedule. Polygon Recommends is our way of endorsing our favorite games, movies, TV shows, comics, tabletop books, and entertainment experiences.
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