N-Gage Coverage From Autumn 2004 Update

Gamemethod writes "Earlier this week the crew from Gamemethod went up to Canada to check out what's going on with the Nokia N-Gage. They also have a review of Bomberman, One and Rifts: Promise of Power".

Sidetalkin

[alatesystems]

Changes in the system's general design go a long way to making the N-Gage QD a more attractive offering.

I like that. It's a lot better than saying "Sidetalkin [sidetalkin.com] makes you look like a complete idiot".

Chris

Re:Sidetalkin

[gl4ss]

'sidetalking' isn't really as bad as how you would think from all the talking on "teh intarnath", but it's a nice 'catch' on a story talking about the n-gage(besides, you can hold it like a normal phone and still hear what's said on the phone). the gist being: normal people don't really care if you speak to it or not any more than they would care if you spoke to a hidden handsfree or into a xelibri brand phone.

most n-gage 'reviews' forget though the real important aspect... that it is a series60 smartphone

Re:Sidetalkin

[Beyond_GoodandEvil]

As an ngage owner, I offer one caveat be sure to look around at the various ngage sites for a list of compatible mmc's before you buy a large mmc(>128MB).

Didnt Nokia promise...

[TechniMyoko]

To kill off the N-gage if it didnt reach some impossible high number (for the ngage anyway) by some arbitrary date (which I beleive is this November)?

Im sure it hasnt reached that number yet

I have 12 tickets now, is that enough?
Im sorry Ngage, you need 15 tickets to live
*Pulls lever, Ngage falls through hole in floor*

I'm actually interested

[kc78]

This design actually has me interested, only problem is it doesn't work with my cell carrier and I'm not going to switch carriers to use the N-Gage. If it could work with every carrier I'd use it.

Re:I'm actually interested

[Ayaress]

I was, at first, but nothing I've heard has convinced me they've fixed what I thought was wrong with the original.

The framerates are still horrible, and possibly even worse now than before on everything, including the lowest-end 2D tetris-like games, the menu system is laid out like something I piled into a QBASIC program I cobbled up in middle school, and not a single game takes advantage of the vertical screen, and indeed they all seem to emphasize why the vertical screen is a hinderance because most of

doh

[Hassman]

Why does the rifts game have to be for the NGage... I've been waiting for a game based on Rifts for years!!

Obvious

[Anonymous Coward]

There already is a game based on Rifts. It's called "Rifts." You play it with people called "friends."

Re:doh

[Joe Tie.]

I had the same reaction. The only consolation is that I have doubts anything but a real rpg could really live up to the name. I'm just hoping it does well enough to spawn something like that for a console more able to handle it. Or does well enough for a company to snatch up the torg license as genre-bending competition.

if I were Nokia

[focitrixilous P]

I'd change the name of this new superphone. N-gage is near universally connected mentally with sidetalkin, and the numerous design flaws. Anything with the name N-Gage right now will most likely sell poorly. People will go to their geek friends, ask about the N-Gage, geeks get sidetalkin flashback and laugh, consumer buys a game boy.