Disclaimer: I'm not a 'gamer'. I never was. Not on the PC, not on consoles. Not on the mobile phone.
But I was really excited about N-Gage. And still am. Not that I should be, at least not now. It's more about the long-term capability to influence the market, than it's about the present five games. Yes, five. A grand total of five games, that's what the official launch of N-Gage Arena, N-Gage 2.0 or whatever you'd like to call it, brought.
Since I'm not a gamer, I wasn't as excited with the games as I was with the social element of N-Gage. Online multiplay and so on. Which is all nice in concept, but in practice the app is slow and setting up a game is a pain. And you have five games to choose from.
Ok, I wrote two paragraphs about N-Gage, wow...but that's it. There's nothing else I can get myself to write. I will post more on N-Gage when a decent number of games will be available. In the mean time, I advise you to read:
- How to replay your N-Gage First Access games [All About Symbian]
- How to install the new N-Gage app to the N73, N93 and N93i, which are not officially supported yet [Symbian Web Blog]
- Why Devin Balentina is not impressed with N-Gage [The Nokia Guide]
- The official Press Release.