Thumbs Up for Creatures
All About N-Gage Reviews Hooked On: Creatures of the Deep
In one of the most thorough reviews (3,000 words!) of an original N-Gage game that I’ve ever seen, All About N-Gage puts Hooked On: Creatures of the Deep to the test and comes up very much liking the game.
Here is a snippet:
“…(O)ne of the best phone games out there, it has great gameplay which suits long and short playing sessions, it has wonderful graphics, it has depth and longevity, the controls are simple and intuitive, and it brings a new kind of game to phones too. At 10 euros this is really good value for money, there’s so much to discover in HO:COTD that it will keep you going for a long, long time.”
A shout out to Tzer2 for doing such a thorough review. With so many games in the market, mobile games sometimes get lost in the shuffle. It’s always a good sign, the more reviews and previews a platform gets. Even if they aren’t all favorable.
Anyway, even if you don’t read game reviews (like if you already have the game), it’s worth it just to look at his game tips and hints. For example:
“If you want to use the rumble feature, as well as switching it on in the options menu you also have to have vibrating alert switched on in the phone profile you’re currently using. For example, if you have the phone in offline mode, you’ll have to activate vibrating alert in the “offline” profile for the rumble feature to work in the game. You can usually find the profiles icon in the “Tools” folder on the main menu screen.”
Here’s that link again.
February 29th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
The length of the review was due to the flagship nature of COTD (Nokia’s been hyping it since 2006), the pioneering nature of the graphics (as the review says, it greatly raises the bar for phone game visuals), and the sheer size of the game itself (it’s huge!).
The playing hints section was put in because for the first 30 minutes or so it’s actually relatively difficult to work out what you’re supposed to be doing, and some players may end up giving up before they discover how it works. The tips should help people get started, and hopefully any sequels will have a full tutorial at the beginning (yes, we have heard rumours about a sequel).
March 2nd, 2008 at 2:04 pm
Hooked On is to time the best game… only One have the same potenzial to time!
March 4th, 2008 at 10:49 am
I don’t know about any sequels just yet. Discussing a sequel before the first game actually makes any money doesn’t really make any sense. Once you get over 500,000 full license downloads, then maybe you could throw the idea around.
March 5th, 2008 at 11:44 am
The whole game is a big suspense/adventure. The are quite a few tips and hints in the game but it’s “by design” that players have to figure out the rest. The biggest trait player needs in this game is patience (it’s fishing, naturally!). I guess if a player gives up after playing Creatures for 30 minutes it’s not the type of game he or she should be playing.
March 5th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
awesome game, 28 hours playing and still a lot to do
March 6th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
28 hours on a mobile game that hasn’t been out very long?
NERD!
And tell me, what’s it like to have no life?
March 6th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
i just travel a lot, and the game its highly adictive