Three Midnight Pool Reviews

Published by ikona on June 30th, 2008 in N-Gage, News, Reviews

Midnight Pool was just released for the N-Gage last Friday but already we have three reviews of this new game out there.

First up, All About N-Gage’s Steve Litchfield has his take in this thorough review:

“As usual with the ‘Midnight’ series of sports games, there’s a bit of a seedy night-club atmosphere, brought to life here by 3D animations and 3D-modelled pool halls. As each shot is taken, you get to see how it plays out on set of TV-style angles and there are digital sound effects to match. The production values applied to all of this are quite high.”

Overall, he finds the game fairly casual in approach and too easy for a hardcore gamer.

For a completely different take, there is Nok-Nok’s review. They call it one of the best N-Gage titles yet.

“The last N-Gage game we looked at (The Sims 2 Pets) was pretty dismal, but Nokia’s gaming platform is back on track with this little gem. It’s a straight-up arcade version of pool shrunken to fit on your phone — and for our money it’s one of the best N-Gage titles yet…

“Overall we’d have no hesitation recommending Midnight Pool to anyone with an N-Gage ready phone — it’s one of the best made titles around.”

Finally, hOAx over at N-Gation has put up his thoughts on the game, beginning with a history of the game from earlier incarnations:

“Midnight Pool is no new contender, it was released on the good old 6630 and many other older Symbian devices. I remember playing this game on the good old 6630 I used to own and I loved it. The graphics were fantastic, the sound was great too and the game play was addictive but that was nearly 3 years ago and it’s released again, were our expectations met? Is it improved?”

Overall he ends up a little disappointed too. So there you have it, three reviews, three different opinions. So what’s yours? Remember you can download the free trial here.