Talk:Nox (video game)

Screenshots?

I believe that this article needs screenshots of both the Full Motion Video and gameplay to support the synopsis. It just seems extremely plain, and needs more examples than just the box art. --70.109.67.15 (talk) 14:28, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I don't have a copy of the game myself anymore, so I cannot take any screenshots myself... But if you could make them, please go ahead and add them to the article, as you said. :) --Koveras ^☭ 22:44, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

2005

This article needs work to be more factual and less opinionated. How about some discussion about the actual singleplayer campaign rather than a rant about l33t wiz4rd skillz and lamers? How about something about the game having three very different campaigns based on chosen class, rather than the more linear path in Diablo? Merge with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nox_Game ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.239.207.244 (talk • contribs) 14:40, June 9, 2005

Thanks to whomever did the merge. I went back and rewrote much of the article. I wish I still had my copy of this game, I'll have to dig it out and play it again to get stuff ready for rewrite. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.208.155.223 (talk • contribs) 23:48, June 18, 2005

The last section about multiplayer not being balanced etc, could someone elaborate on what exactly made it unbalanced, and what Westwood's servers didn't have that Battle.net did? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.83.144.249 (talk • contribs) 12:19, July 21, 2005

The statement about the game's character balance is strictly opinionated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Milo'sMissleSilos (talk • contribs) 22:48, September 26, 2005

Additions, Edits, Reformatting, etc

You'll probably notice my numerous changes to what was originally written. Just keeping the info as reliable as I can. Kargoneth 17:28, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the grammer help, Emersoni. I never knew my apostrophe use was so horrid :P Kargoneth 15:36, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

2006

This article is extremely cluttered. There is a great deal of irrelevant information that should be removed (and perhaps given a separate page). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.108.185.93 (talk • contribs) 15:02, February 28, 2006

Could the author of this article please reveal himself/herself on both of the linked nox forums. preferable www.n0x.postcount.com? Also maybe a section on the history of the clans/ladder portion of multiplayer —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.174.180.3 (talk • contribs) 06:43, April 11, 2006

Problemous article

This is growing as a manual/strategy guide!!! I would like to see more information about the game plot and the Nox' world and mythology Pictureuploader 13:38, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Excuse me but this is already a strategy guide. Anyone that can add information on the production history, the plot or the Nox world? Pictureuploader 13:04, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 16:21, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Recent edit war

According to WP:SOURCES (an official Wikipedia policy), all information should be supported by a reliable third party source. While the story, character, and gameplay sections are implicitly referenced with the game itself, out-of-universe historical data on the game's development, reception, and legacy has to be sourced with internet links. Likewise, details on the implementation of the game that are not accessible to the player, should be sourced. Lastly, trivia/notes sections should be avoided per WP:TRIVIA. Please explain your rationale below in terms of official Wikipedia policy before putting the unsourced information back into the article. --Koveras ^☭ 13:26, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Edit, there exists such thing as reverse engineering, this is what most administrators have been doing for years, and those guys, made a Map editor, server fixes that prevent hacks (changing client side to server side things) and mod suites that allow you to edit most important files. If you want link to those files, then see the [1] and search the forum for mod suite to download it. (it's an attachment)

Although this probably doesn't mean shit to you, I do believe that people who have been reverse engineering nox for 8/10 years are reliable scources. --86.81.80.104...! No idea what time it is, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

They aren't. You can see what qualifies as a reliable source here. As it relates here, people who make unofficial patches are not reliable sources, no matter how long they've been at it. Eik Corell (talk) 19:46, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Precisely. The only way to make the information gained through reverse engineering reliable by Wikipedia standards is to let it be published by an established video game website/magazine that has the reputation of double checking the facts. Wikipedia is a tertiary resource: it doesn't check the facts that people submit, it only accepts the facts that its reliable sources have already checked. --Koveras ^☭ 20:41, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

So even if I'd show a screenshot with all the information on the reverse engineering it wouldn't be reliable? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.81.80.104 (talk) 16:07, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Nope. The sources should be secondary sources per WP:PRIMARY. In other words, independent, reliable sources covering the issue. Eik Corell (talk) 16:57, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

So..To prove a game's existance I'd need to for example have 3 sites say the name and show the disk?

So it's basically true that 90% of all articles can just be removed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.81.80.104 (talk) 20:10, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

That's just how Wikipedia works, nothing personal. :) --Koveras ^☭ 20:46, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

OK, this isn't getting us anywhere. How about taking it to the Mediation Cabal (if that doesn't work, we can always get official and go to the Mediation Committee)? Actually, I would have requested semi-protection on the page, but that hardly helps with persistent editors who ignore community rules, anyway, like my honored opponent here. --Koveras ^☭ 06:14, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Development history sources

Just posting some links to work into the article later:

• Loijens, Joost. "Nox Reflections (Interview with John Hight and Michael Booth)". GameSpy. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
• Aihoshi, Richard (27 May 2000). "Nox Developer Profile: Michael Booth". RPG Vault. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
• "Nox Interview (with John Hight)". IGN. 23 December 1999. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
• "Vault Network News: Week of May 23, 1999". RPG Vault. 29 May 1999. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
• Fehrenbacher, Rick. "1999 E3 Extravaganza: Nox". GamesFirst!. Retrieved 14 June 2012.

Salvaged from the Russian article... --Koveras ^☭ 15:17, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

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