Why. – Nonstop Knight - Idle RPG Review

I enjoy the odd clicker or idle game--this isn't a complaint about the genre. This game, Nonstop Knight, in particular, is too heavy-handed with the manipulative elements and not generous enough with mechanics representing progress. Unlike a game which would, say, progress without attention (thus being fun to observe), or a game which would, say, allow your interactions to meaningfully affect the game (you can claim to "play" it), this one is the worst of all worlds. "Progress" is nonexistent when the app is closed or backgrounded. Even with it running, your actions do essentially nothing, in the general case, but the game will punish you by temporarily killing your character if you stop buying "upgrades", on a schedule that has you churning in place without any meaningful change happening -- the idea is to keep you invested in the notion of valuing and spending the ingame currency, or at least allowing yourself to be bribed to watch video ads. (Otherwise, you might be content to stay out of that hamster wheel.) There is even a game mode which places you in "competition" with other players, in terms of how many bosses you've killed over a span of time. That doesn't even make sense in the context of this game, except as an utterly cynical, manipulative ploy to waste your money and attention. Don't install this game. Your life isn't that worthless. At the very least, pick a better waste of time.
Review by James_J on Nonstop Knight - Idle RPG.