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)First-person shooter
Mode(s)Single player, multiplayer, N-Gage Arena

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 at Cebit 2004.[2]

Gameplay

The game is divided into 8 levels, which, for a handheld, are enormous in size and structure. Levels take place in a prison, over rooftops, a city-scape, and even in the sewers. The environments are quite varied and is one of the best performing FPS titles on the N-Gage.

There are 9 different weapons available in the game, including 2x pistols, alien weapons, MG, sniper rifle, and a rocket launcher. Unfortunately, enemy variety is lacking.

There is also the ability to enter your score in the game into the N-Gage Arena. A direct Multipayer over GPRS is unfortunately not present. The game offers an offline multiplayer mode for up to four players, however only four levels are selectable. Nevertheless, they offer a lot of fun for multiplayer fans.

Story

In Seven River City, mysterious phenomena begin to happen. Jacob Ward, along with all of the residents, flee the city. Jacobs sister did not make it out, however, and he decides to return to save her.

Reception

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

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ashen (ngage: 2004): Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on September 13, 2008. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  2. ^ "Ashen: Grusel-Shooter auf dem N-Gage - Leser-Test von ElBurro". 2 September 2005. Archived from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  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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