Oh, dear... Larry on the N-Gage?

Tanukitsune · 07-22-2004, 04:43 AM

In the news headlines I saw some freaky news....
VU is making a Leisure Suit Larry game... for the N-Gage...
Leisure Suit Larry: Pocket Party?

(He he I have a party in my pocket)

Doesn't even sound like an adventure to me...
10 characters? It's DEFINETLY NOT an adventure....
I'm guessing it's... it's... (shudder) a party game like Mario Party like the title suggests... :eek:
I bet the minigames will be stuff like beer chugging and panty raids....

I HATE to one of those "I already hate the game" guys, but I have a bad feeling about this....

nordic_guy · 07-22-2004, 05:20 AM

Except from the 10 characters feature, it doesn't sound that much different from the 'adventuregame' being released at the same time.
Not exactly "finally a reason to purchase an N-Gage" for me.

LeChimp · 07-22-2004, 05:24 AM

VU Games is always concerned about making money but they're making a game for THE N-GAGE? How many people are seriously going to buy it.

mag · 07-22-2004, 05:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeChimp

VU Games is always concerned about making money but they're making a game for THE N-GAGE? How many people are seriously going to buy it.

Well, look at it this way. If just one out of every ten N-Gage owners buys it, then at least one person will buy it.

mag

07-22-2004, 06:33 AM

there is a pole over at gamespot asking if your going to buy the new N-gage QD about 5665 (75) said no way and an other 10 percent said they were'nt going to buy it becuase it did'nt have "side talk"

Draco2.5 · 07-22-2004, 07:23 AM

I guess some people enjoy throwing away time and money.

***Marek*** · 07-22-2004, 07:46 AM

The N-Gage as a business venture might still succeed, but the N-Gage as a concept, the way it currently plays, and the number of titles available is utter shit. I find the vertical screen next to useless for 3D games. It's like playing with blinders on! Ashen looks and plays like the original Heretic and is just boring. The realism and Band-of-Brothers-ness of Pathway to Glory was ridiculously overplayed, while it should have just been a fun game in the spirit of Cannon Fodder. Other than those few exclusive games, N-Gage has a bunch of licensed titles and existing franchises, all of which have "meh" written all over them, all of which you can also get elsewhere, and all of which were only produced because Nokia pays a lot for them.

Nokia keeps saying how the combination of phone and gaming device is unique enough to justify the N-gage's existence. They claim it somehow radically changes everything we thought we knew; that it will open up grand new vistas for the game industry. If the fact that it's a phone matters so much, why are there zero location-based games available for the N-gage, or other games that somehow use the mobile phone component? (Not that it justifies making a mobile/gamedevice hybrid, but at least it'd make a little more sense.)

If Nokia had hooked up with Endemol and created a bunch of tie-ins with Pop Idols or Big Brother or something (using all that SMS/interactivity crap and expanding it into small pocket games, possibly location-based) they might actually have some sort of vaguely unique and marketable concept. I pity the hipster who gets tricked into buying this "game deck", thinking its a GBA except cooler and more extreme. Gamers don't like the N-Gage. It's got little to offer to casual players (it's way too expensive for them, anyway). To top it off, the mobile phone's built-in SMS-enslaved teen girl demographic has not been targeted in any way even though that's probably the one big way the N-Gage could have been different from every other system.

Sorry for the rant. N-gage will die a slow and long death, unless Nokia's huge investements in the games industry suddenly pay off, and they get to their senses.

Starflux · 07-22-2004, 08:09 AM

I keep trying to explain this to my buddy who has an N-Gage. But somehow he has just fallen in love with it, disregarding the fact that there are only crappy games for it. He doesn't even game on it that much, just uses it as a telephone. I guess he just like sidetalkin'.

LeChimp · 07-22-2004, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Flux

I keep trying to explain this to my buddy who has an N-Gage. But somehow he has just fallen in love with it, disregarding the fact that there are only crappy games for it. He doesn't even game on it that much, just uses it as a telephone. I guess he just like sidetalkin'.

I guess all N-Gage users are that insane. There was a person at my school who kept saying the n-gage was awesome.

***Marek*** · 07-22-2004, 08:12 AM

... demonstating their high level of brand awareness.

ConcreteRancor · 07-22-2004, 08:28 AM

To put it simply, N-Gage is a Jack-of-all-trades, sucks-at-em-all.

Toefur · 07-22-2004, 06:05 PM

I'd like to know what an N-Gage is, if somebody wouldn't mind...

LeChimp · 07-22-2004, 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toefur

I'd like to know what an N-Gage is, if somebody wouldn't mind...

It's a crappy phone/handheld game system but it sucks so much because it's a huge phone and it's a crappy game system that doesn't have any good games for it.

07-22-2004, 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeChimp

It's a crappy phone/handheld game system but it sucks so much because it's a huge phone and it's a crappy game system that doesn't have any good games for it.

that's the best discription i have heard yet, I'm serious...
the n-game is CRAP!! with a capital SHIT

Maquisard · 07-22-2004, 07:13 PM

I think it was in EW that I've read that they've redesigned the N-gage, to the point where it now sounds as an actually appealing product. They're making it smaller (taking out the music playing capabilities). No more side-talk either. The numeric button setup is more convenient as well. Also, now you wont need to take out the battery to switch game cartridges. However, the vertical screen still stays!!!

LeChimp · 07-22-2004, 07:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mares

I think it was in EW that I've read that they've redesigned the N-gage, to the point where it now sounds as an actually appealing product. They're making it smaller (taking out the music playing capabilities). No more side-talk either. The numeric button setup is more convenient as well. Also, now you wont need to take out the battery to switch game cartridges. However, the vertical screen still stays!!!

Believe it or not, PC Gamer USA gave the new n-gage an 85% (or 84, somewhere around there)

07-22-2004, 09:38 PM

but, did'nt they give it a better score when the first N-gage came out?

Maquisard · 07-22-2004, 09:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeChimp

Believe it or not, PC Gamer USA gave the new n-gage an 85% (or 84, somewhere around there)

oh yeah, that's where I've read it!

Estoy Loco · 07-22-2004, 10:01 PM

To be fair, the new QD definitely looks a lot better than the old N-Gage(and much more reasonably priced), but theres still no chance of me getting one.

Kolzig · 07-23-2004, 04:45 AM

07-22-2004, 04:43 AM	#1
Tanukitsune ACK! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Spain Posts: 2,448	Oh, dear... Larry on the N-Gage? In the news headlines I saw some freaky news.... VU is making a Leisure Suit Larry game... for the N-Gage... Leisure Suit Larry: Pocket Party? (He he I have a party in my pocket) Doesn't even sound like an adventure to me... 10 characters? It's DEFINETLY NOT an adventure.... I'm guessing it's... it's... (shudder) a party game like Mario Party like the title suggests... :eek: I bet the minigames will be stuff like beer chugging and panty raids.... I HATE to one of those "I already hate the game" guys, but I have a bad feeling about this.... Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Apparently I have a Devianrt Art account... And people actually like it!

07-22-2004, 05:20 AM	#2
nordic_guy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Norway Posts: 1,081	Except from the 10 characters feature, it doesn't sound that much different from the 'adventuregame' being released at the same time. Not exactly "finally a reason to purchase an N-Gage" for me. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ If I wasn't just spamming this thread, I'd probably have something interesting to say.

07-22-2004, 05:24 AM	#3
LeChimp Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 356	VU Games is always concerned about making money but they're making a game for THE N-GAGE? How many people are seriously going to buy it. Share Share this post on Twitter

07-22-2004, 06:33 AM	#5
guybrush_guy Guest Posts: n/a	there is a pole over at gamespot asking if your going to buy the new N-gage QD about 5665 (75) said no way and an other 10 percent said they were'nt going to buy it becuase it did'nt have "side talk" Share Share this post on Twitter

07-22-2004, 07:23 AM	#6
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07-22-2004, 07:46 AM	#7
*Marek* Puts the 'e' in Mark Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 3,138	The N-Gage as a business venture might still succeed, but the N-Gage as a concept, the way it currently plays, and the number of titles available is utter shit. I find the vertical screen next to useless for 3D games. It's like playing with blinders on! Ashen looks and plays like the original Heretic and is just boring. The realism and Band-of-Brothers-ness of Pathway to Glory was ridiculously overplayed, while it should have just been a fun game in the spirit of Cannon Fodder. Other than those few exclusive games, N-Gage has a bunch of licensed titles and existing franchises, all of which have "meh" written all over them, all of which you can also get elsewhere, and all of which were only produced because Nokia pays a lot for them. Nokia keeps saying how the combination of phone and gaming device is unique enough to justify the N-gage's existence. They claim it somehow radically changes everything we thought we knew; that it will open up grand new vistas for the game industry. If the fact that it's a phone matters so much, why are there zero location-based games available for the N-gage, or other games that somehow use the mobile phone component? (Not that it justifies making a mobile/gamedevice hybrid, but at least it'd make a little more sense.) If Nokia had hooked up with Endemol and created a bunch of tie-ins with Pop Idols or Big Brother or something (using all that SMS/interactivity crap and expanding it into small pocket games, possibly location-based) they might actually have some sort of vaguely unique and marketable concept. I pity the hipster who gets tricked into buying this "game deck", thinking its a GBA except cooler and more extreme. Gamers don't like the N-Gage. It's got little to offer to casual players (it's way too expensive for them, anyway). To top it off, the mobile phone's built-in SMS-enslaved teen girl demographic has not been targeted in any way even though that's probably the one big way the N-Gage could have been different from every other system. Sorry for the rant. N-gage will die a slow and long death, unless Nokia's huge investements in the games industry suddenly pay off, and they get to their senses. Share Share this post on Twitter Last edited by Marek; 07-22-2004 at 08:14 AM.

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Starflux A Servicable Villain Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: the ocean spire Posts: 1,730	I keep trying to explain this to my buddy who has an N-Gage. But somehow he has just fallen in love with it, disregarding the fact that there are only crappy games for it. He doesn't even game on it that much, just uses it as a telephone. I guess he just like sidetalkin'. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Visit my webcomic Captain August!

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*Marek* Puts the 'e' in Mark Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 3,138	... demonstating their high level of brand awareness. Share Share this post on Twitter

07-22-2004, 08:28 AM	#11
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07-22-2004, 07:13 PM	#15
Maquisard Citizen of Bizarro World Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Htrae Posts: 4,219	I think it was in EW that I've read that they've redesigned the N-gage, to the point where it now sounds as an actually appealing product. They're making it smaller (taking out the music playing capabilities). No more side-talk either. The numeric button setup is more convenient as well. Also, now you wont need to take out the battery to switch game cartridges. However, the vertical screen still stays!!! Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ By no rocket’s blue shade am no shells dead down there, Gave no proof all day long that the flag was unwhere! No say does am spar-strangled shroud hang limply! Under land of no free! Am us home coward-leeee! ~Excerpt from the Bizarro Anthem

07-22-2004, 09:38 PM	#17
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