Sunday, April 6, 2008

N-Gage 2.0 - First Impressions

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After using the new n-gage for a few days, I have to say the general stability of the platform has improved quite a bit compared to FirstAccess. I took some screenshots myself to show those of you who have not downloaded the application yet. Please note that once you upgrade, your old games that you have bought will not be able to be played. You will have to buy it again. All your game data and n-gage FirstAccess points will also be GONE as Nokia wants to give eveyone a fresh start. So read on to find out what's new in the n-gage platform and decide for yourself whether it's worth upgrading.


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Nokia's message stating that the n-gage platform is ready

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Screenshots of the n-gage platform

The UI of n-gage is pretty much unchanged and still looks the same as FirstAccess, but the speed and responsiveness has improved quite a bit. Nokia has included 2 new games, Asphalt and BrainChallenge, and unfortunately also removed SpaceImpact, Tetris, and BlockBreaker.

Asphalt 3: Street Rules

Screenshot0001Glad to see that Asphalt 3 is back again!

Screenshot0009Gameloft has made it more BurnOut-like by adding Takedown action scenes

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There's also new camera modes now so you can have a first person view while driving

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Besides that everything else is pretty much the same, but of course now the N95's media keys can be used for gaming!

Brain Challenge

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BrainChallenge in n-gage is much fancier that the .jar version. of course! ;D

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The other games such as Poker, Creatures Of The Deep, and SystemRush remains unchanged. Screenshots and descriptions of other games that have not been released can be found on the official n-gage website here. That's all for now, stay tuned for more updates in the n-gage platform!

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