N-Gage?!?!1 For the love of all that his holy!? - Page 4

Tom_K · 10-10-2003, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by remixor

Hahahahahaha! You mean there's a guy with an N-Gage?

Well let's just say he's not sure at this point. Since his purchase, he's been questioning the very fabric of reality and other long-held belief systems: the N-Gage-ment is off, the honeymoon is over.

Oops..sorry remixor, took your spot.

Royal Fool · 10-10-2003, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom_K

Since his purchase, he's been questioning the very fabric of reality and other long-held belief systems: the N-Gage-ment is off, the honeymoon is over.

*cue laughter track and silly music*

Intrepid Homoludens · 10-10-2003, 03:50 PM

Nokia's N-Gage Hits the Streets
02:35 PM Oct. 07, 2003 PT

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HELSINKI/LOS ANGELES -- Nokia, the world's top cell phone maker, on Tuesday launched its much-hyped N-Gage game phone, taking on Japan's Nintendo in a bid to break into the red-hot gaming market and offset its slowing growth in global handset sales.

...The initial response to the N-Gage from consumers and game enthusiasts was mixed.

"For the Hong Kong market, the games are too foreign-style," said Tobi Kwong, editor in chief of the Hong Kong-gaming magazine GameWatch, who rated the phone a six out of 10.

The American game industry press was tougher.

"It's not going to do well with the hard-core gaming crowd, and I haven't seen any hard-core enthusiast press (latch) on to it," said Dan "Shoe" Hsu, editor of Electronic Gaming Monthly, who took particular issue with the game controls and the cumbersome way games are changed.

Wired News

Phil25 · 10-11-2003, 01:03 PM

$450!? I can get two consoles for that...with a game...and possibly a DVD remote.

Zygomaticus · 10-11-2003, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Phil25

$450!? I can get two consoles for that...with a game...and possibly a DVD remote.

I could get a new computer (assembled, of course) for that much!!

remixor · 10-11-2003, 01:47 PM

Well, Gamespot's first two N-Gage reviews deem Tomb Raider and Pandemonium as "mediocre" and "poor", respectively, so that should help to dispel bribe rumours...

Royal Fool · 10-11-2003, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by remixor

Well, Gamespot's first two N-Gage reviews deem Tomb Raider and Pandemonium as "mediocre" and "poor", respectively, so that should help to dispel bribe rumours...

I bet those major gaming sites weren't very enthusiastic about putting up N-Gage sections, but after being smothered by countless requests and prss releases from Nokia's PR department I'm sure they gave in. And now they'll have their revenge by reviewing the games in a just and swift manner. (Which in turn will make Nokia's PR department even more angered and pissed, as if they weren't already just by trying to promote that damned ph... err, "game deck".)

remixor · 10-11-2003, 02:57 PM

Yeah, I certainly don't envy the jobs of Nokia's marketing employees right now...

Starflux · 10-11-2003, 07:58 PM

I think the X-Box eventually sold well because there may have been actual good hardwire inside that oversized crate. N-Gage seems to tell a different story, ergo (I've seen Reloaded, does it show?) it will fail.
And I'd love that because I hate the damn thing. I utterly despise mobile phones (only since a few weeks do I have one out of strict necessity because I'm living on my own now), and I always will.

remixor · 10-11-2003, 08:39 PM

The Xbox also has a lot of good games, including Halo, THE Xbox game and probably its biggest seller and biggest incentive to get the system (until Psychonauts, naturally). The N-Gage, on the other hand, has some shitty ports of has-been console games as well as a lot of stuff you could just as well get on a Game Boy Advance, which already has essentially the largest library of games of any console. Which newcomer to the world of consoles will fare better? Not much of a contest.

Starflux · 10-11-2003, 08:53 PM

Semi-offtopic; I actually kind of enjoyed Pandemonium @_@ it was a bit too difficult for my taste at the time, but I thought it was a nice platformer.

remixor · 10-11-2003, 09:59 PM

I thought it was mildly fun. It's the only console platform game I ever owned. It was a birthday gift from someone who obviously didn't know me very well

Mattsius · 10-12-2003, 04:08 AM

I have nothing against cell phones, but portable gaming devices just isn't me thing.
I would never play games on a regular cell phone let alone on a gaming device like the N-Cage. And I can easily include any kind of Gameboy device on my "would never buy list" too. The screen is small, the graphics crappy and the sounds are irritating, and most important of all, the immersion you get when playing a game on your PC isn't possible to get when playing on a handheld gaming device.
Well, that's just my opinion.

Tanukitsune · 10-12-2003, 07:47 AM

I think I could get a decent phone and a Pocket PC for that price...
I said before that N-Gage would be the new X-Box, but I don't think the N-Gage will have a "Halo" to save him....

Kolzig · 10-12-2003, 09:30 AM

I'm looking out for GamePark32, which is supposed to land to Europe (UK, I think?) in november, at a cost of 149?, that machine hasn't got that many original games, but it has a strong emulation scene.

Amiga C64 Atari 2600 etc.

I'm a bit excited about it.

http://english.gamepark.com/

Royal Fool · 10-12-2003, 01:42 PM

Pandemonium and Tomb Raider certainly weren't bad games (Tomb Raider the better of the two at their times of release, but well). It's just that they're so horribly, horribly old. Tomb Raider is now 7 years old, don't know with Pandemonium (Probably the same, perhaps 6 years).

N-Gage doesn't have any original software, just ports. Therefore it's very hard for it to actually have a "killer title" for buyers to latch on to. Red Faction, a game that Nokia used to hype heavily, isn't even out until December, I think... truly pathetic. You'd suppose they actually wanted to move hardware by releasing a lot of launch titles, no?

As a hardcore gamer, I have absolutely no interest in purchasing a gaming console/device that has only ports of games already released on other platforms. Not to mention if they're more than 3 year old...

bigjko · 10-12-2003, 08:40 PM

For the love of god and all that is holy!! My Anus Is Bleeding!!

Sorry, the thread title made me immediately think of Rejected.

remixor · 10-12-2003, 08:41 PM

I AM A BANANA.

Royal Fool · 10-12-2003, 08:42 PM

Mah spewn ish tew big! (sorry...)

twifkak · 10-13-2003, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Phil25

$450!? I can get two consoles for that...with a game...and possibly a DVD remote.

What are you talking about? HK$450?

10-11-2003, 01:03 PM	#64
Phil25 Kosmonaut Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: On the moon in the 1500's Posts: 353	$450!? I can get two consoles for that...with a game...and possibly a DVD remote. Share Share this post on Twitter

10-11-2003, 01:47 PM	#66
remixor A search for a crazy man! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 3,987	Well, Gamespot's first two N-Gage reviews deem Tomb Raider and Pandemonium as "mediocre" and "poor", respectively, so that should help to dispel bribe rumours... Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Chris "News Editor" Remo Some sort of Writer or Editor or Something, Idle Thumbs "Some comparisons are a little less obvious. I always think of Grim Fandango as Casablanca on acid." - Will Wright

10-11-2003, 02:57 PM	#68
remixor A search for a crazy man! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 3,987	Yeah, I certainly don't envy the jobs of Nokia's marketing employees right now... Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Chris "News Editor" Remo Some sort of Writer or Editor or Something, Idle Thumbs "Some comparisons are a little less obvious. I always think of Grim Fandango as Casablanca on acid." - Will Wright

10-11-2003, 07:58 PM	#69
Starflux A Servicable Villain Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: the ocean spire Posts: 1,730	I think the X-Box eventually sold well because there may have been actual good hardwire inside that oversized crate. N-Gage seems to tell a different story, ergo (I've seen Reloaded, does it show?) it will fail. And I'd love that because I hate the damn thing. I utterly despise mobile phones (only since a few weeks do I have one out of strict necessity because I'm living on my own now), and I always will. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Visit my webcomic Captain August!

10-11-2003, 08:39 PM	#70
remixor A search for a crazy man! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 3,987	The Xbox also has a lot of good games, including Halo, THE Xbox game and probably its biggest seller and biggest incentive to get the system (until Psychonauts, naturally). The N-Gage, on the other hand, has some shitty ports of has-been console games as well as a lot of stuff you could just as well get on a Game Boy Advance, which already has essentially the largest library of games of any console. Which newcomer to the world of consoles will fare better? Not much of a contest. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Chris "News Editor" Remo Some sort of Writer or Editor or Something, Idle Thumbs "Some comparisons are a little less obvious. I always think of Grim Fandango as Casablanca on acid." - Will Wright

10-11-2003, 08:53 PM	#71
Starflux A Servicable Villain Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: the ocean spire Posts: 1,730	Semi-offtopic; I actually kind of enjoyed Pandemonium @_@ it was a bit too difficult for my taste at the time, but I thought it was a nice platformer. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Visit my webcomic Captain August!

10-11-2003, 09:59 PM	#72
remixor A search for a crazy man! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 3,987	I thought it was mildly fun. It's the only console platform game I ever owned. It was a birthday gift from someone who obviously didn't know me very well Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Chris "News Editor" Remo Some sort of Writer or Editor or Something, Idle Thumbs "Some comparisons are a little less obvious. I always think of Grim Fandango as Casablanca on acid." - Will Wright

10-12-2003, 04:08 AM	#73
Mattsius Mostly absent Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Turku, Finland Posts: 2,532	I have nothing against cell phones, but portable gaming devices just isn't me thing. I would never play games on a regular cell phone let alone on a gaming device like the N-Cage. And I can easily include any kind of Gameboy device on my "would never buy list" too. The screen is small, the graphics crappy and the sounds are irritating, and most important of all, the immersion you get when playing a game on your PC isn't possible to get when playing on a handheld gaming device. Well, that's just my opinion. Share Share this post on Twitter

10-12-2003, 07:47 AM	#74
Tanukitsune ACK! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Spain Posts: 2,448	I think I could get a decent phone and a Pocket PC for that price... I said before that N-Gage would be the new X-Box, but I don't think the N-Gage will have a "Halo" to save him.... Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Apparently I have a Devianrt Art account... And people actually like it!

10-12-2003, 09:30 AM	#75
Kolzig The Reggienator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Vaasa, Finland Posts: 5,519	I'm looking out for GamePark32, which is supposed to land to Europe (UK, I think?) in november, at a cost of 149?, that machine hasn't got that many original games, but it has a strong emulation scene. Amiga C64 Atari 2600 etc. I'm a bit excited about it. http://english.gamepark.com/ Share Share this post on Twitter

10-12-2003, 01:42 PM	#76
Royal Fool Statement: Not a meatbag. Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Iceland Posts: 813	Pandemonium and Tomb Raider certainly weren't bad games (Tomb Raider the better of the two at their times of release, but well). It's just that they're so horribly, horribly old. Tomb Raider is now 7 years old, don't know with Pandemonium (Probably the same, perhaps 6 years). N-Gage doesn't have any original software, just ports. Therefore it's very hard for it to actually have a "killer title" for buyers to latch on to. Red Faction, a game that Nokia used to hype heavily, isn't even out until December, I think... truly pathetic. You'd suppose they actually wanted to move hardware by releasing a lot of launch titles, no? As a hardcore gamer, I have absolutely no interest in purchasing a gaming console/device that has only ports of games already released on other platforms. Not to mention if they're more than 3 year old... Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ .::Royal Fool::.

10-12-2003, 08:40 PM	#77
bigjko El Luchador Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 1,629	For the love of god and all that is holy!! My Anus Is Bleeding!! Sorry, the thread title made me immediately think of Rejected. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Use Verb On Noun - Adventure game inspired illustrations

10-12-2003, 08:41 PM	#78
remixor A search for a crazy man! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 3,987	I AM A BANANA. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Chris "News Editor" Remo Some sort of Writer or Editor or Something, Idle Thumbs "Some comparisons are a little less obvious. I always think of Grim Fandango as Casablanca on acid." - Will Wright

10-12-2003, 08:42 PM	#79
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