Ashen

If you remember how the first Dooms or Wolfensteins looked, you pretty much have an idea of what to expect from Ashen.

Let?s face it: Mobile games were mainly created as a solution to the bored commuter. Meaning, when you?re at home with a choice between playing a first-person shooter on a large screen versus a dinky handheld screen, you?re more likely to choose the big guy. Ashen for the Nokia N-Gage is the cure for both PC and console gamers who just can?t get enough of FPSes.

If you remember how the first Dooms or Wolfensteins looked, you pretty much have an idea of what to expect from Ashen?you just have to imagine yourself punching keypads to move and look around. Amazingly, the amount of detail put into the maps makes the graphics far from boring. And although the game?s alien monsters hardly ever show any personality, it?s still an improvement from what we saw in Red Faction for the N-Gage. Needless to say, however, the arid musical performance and monotonous sound effects did nothing to enhance the gameplay, but perhaps they had to be sacrificed in order to enrich the overall smoothness.

Taking an FPS back to its roots may be one of the best measures a mobile device like the N-Gage can take. First-person-shooter fans may demand a lot these days, but nothing is ever important as the fluidity in gameplay. So for all of you that don?t get enough of shooters at home, here?s your chance to take one on the road.

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