Nodiatis

Glitchless, LLC

About this game

Modern MMOs are missing something. Somewhere along the way, game developers realized that appealing to the masses meant forsaking the heart and soul of classic RPGs - intricate character development - and focusing instead on graphics and simplicity of gameplay. Nodiatis is the antithesis to this modern paradigm.

A classical RPG in an MMO setting, Nodiatis appeals to gamers who appreciate retro gaming but still want the excitement of competitive play. While it has a story line, quests, and ...graphics, the true appeal is in the complex and strategic means of advancing your character(s). To start, there are over 26 classes from which to choose, each with its own unique active ability and passive bonuses. From there you must increase in strength mainly by carefully divvying your accumulated experiencing (in the form of trophies stolen from your foes) into any of the over 200 skills. Only with intelligent choices can you hope to become a powerful force. There are no pre-ordained paths or skill trees to guide the uninspired.

In addition to the solo and cooperative PvE progression that you would expect from an RPG, Nodiatis offers some very unique PvP. Very few have the stomach for our most controversial PvP - becoming a permanent player killer, allowing you to kill and steal items from anyone, but dying forever if you are eventually hunted down and killed yourself. For the others there is clan based world PvP and set duration arena tournaments, both allowing you to gain status and help your clan to unlock powerful runes that can help all members.

Ratings and reviews

Not a bad port really. You do need to move some stuff around and it takes a minute to figure it out. Really wish I had my account from 14 years ago, cant beat this old school rpg for the price of free. It is 100% free btw, no strings attached. Now its tough to play this on the phone but it is functional. For sure its a slow grind but you do gain passive xp and there are a ton of different skills to work on so you will be engaged in the process of creating your character. Play it on the PC too.

PC is the optimal experience but in a pinch... This will do. I cannot imagine trying to figure out the controls without having played on the computer before but maybe this has a mobile friendly tutorial. Not much of an MMO but rather Nodiatis is a really really good Graphical MUD. Expect oldschool grind and slow progress, meant to be played over a long period of time.

If you want to work a full time job and spend thousands, this is the game for you. Developer doesn't care about quality, and can barely put together 4 updates a year. Most changes are minor and the game hasn't changed in a decade. The poor attempt to provide a mobile app should reinforce this developer isn't capable.