Ashen (2004 video game)

Ashen is a first-person shooter video game for N-Gage developed by Torus Games and published by Nokia in 2004. It was first shown to the public on Cebit 2004.[2]

Ashen
Cover for the North American edition
Developer(s)Torus Games
Publisher(s)Nokia
Platform(s)N-Gage
Release
  • NA: May 25, 2004[1]
  • EU: June 17, 2004
Genre(s)FPS
Mode(s)Single player, multiplayer, N-Gage Arena

Gameplay

The game is divided into 8 levels, which also differ in their, for a handheld, enormous size and structure. If one still stands in the beginning in a cellar vault one must later also over roofs, through the city and even the sewer beat. The environments are quite varied and nice to watch on the N-Gage display, as it is one of the few 3D games for the N-Gage that has very few jerks to contend with.

There are 9 different weapons available in the game, including 2x pistols, alien weapons, MG, sniper rifle, rocket launcher. there are almost as many enemy models as weapons, which at some points in time becomes too monotonous.

There is also the possibility to enter his score in the game in the N-Gage Arena. A direct Multipayer over GPRS is unfortunately not present. But the game offers an offline multiplayer mode for up to four players. However, only 4 levels are selectable, and the different game modes are not necessarily innovative. Nevertheless, they offer a lot of fun for multiplayer fans.

Story

In the city of Seven River City happen mysterious phenomena. Jacob Ward (the main character of the game) fled, as all residents, from Seven River City. But Ward has to return to the city to save his sister.

Reception
Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic61/100[1]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Game Informer6.25/10[3]
GamePro[4]
GameSpot6.2/10[5]
GameSpy[6]
GameZone8/10[7]
IGN7.5/10[8]
X-Play[9]
The Times[10]

The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[1]

References
  1. "Ashen (ngage: 2004): Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on September 13, 2008. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  2. https://www.gamezone.de/Ashen-2004-Classic-55791/Lesertests/Ashen-Grusel-Shooter-auf-dem-N-Gage-Leser-Test-von-ElBurro-1002781/
  3. Reiner, Andrew (July 2004). "Ashen". Game Informer. No. 135. p. 123.
  4. Test Monkey (May 25, 2004). "Ashen Review for N-Gage on GamePro.com". GamePro. Archived from the original on February 14, 2005. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  5. Davis, Ryan (May 21, 2004). "Ashen Review". GameSpot. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  6. Leeper, Justin (June 30, 2004). "GameSpy: Ashen". GameSpy. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  7. Bedigian, Louis (July 22, 2004). "Ashen - NG - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on January 18, 2008. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  8. Buchanan, Levi (July 26, 2004). "Ashen". IGN. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  9. Frankovitz, Jason (July 19, 2004). "Ashen Review". X-Play. Archived from the original on August 10, 2004. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  10. Wells, Dominic (February 5, 2005). "Ashen". The Times. Retrieved June 12, 2017.(subscription required)


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