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Nobody Saves The World

Developer/publisher Drinkbox Studios

Format PC (tested), Xbox One, Xbox Series

Release Out now

Right at the start of this robust and cheerfully silly action-RPG, there’s a moment that typifies Drinkbox’s modus operandi. The story begins with the eponymous lead – a blank-eyed, colourless avatar, armed with nothing more than a feeble slap – waking up in a tiny shack with no memory of how they got there. An archetypical setup, then, yet this Nobody’s appearance is your first reminder of how the Toronto studio likes to slyly subvert formula, embracing genre in the way one might affectionately hug a friend while pulling

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