Nokia N96 N-Gage Review – Age of Empires 3

Name: Age of Empires III (AoE)

Genre:  Strategy

Summary: The AoE series has been going on for ages and it has finally been released for the Nokia N96 and is a welcome addition to the N-gage platform. Many of the other AoE games where notorious for being the greatest strategy games on low powered computers so if any game was to make a good  strategy game for the N96 and N-gage its AoE. First thing you notice about the game is the graphics which look exactly like AoE II, second you’ll notice how smoothly it runs which didn’t dip even with a lot going on. The Demo is quite limited so I’m not sure how many buildings there are but I’m sure there is more than the 4 you get to play with. The button controls are well placed but the directional pad takes a bit of getting used to.

Overview: In fairness I think this is the best they are going to be able to do as far as a strategy game for N-gage, even thought there are a few little things that a just taken away that makes the game too easy I found. I think that its an interesting game and will be quite popular all over the market. One thing that works nicely for this game is that it has a high tempo so your never waiting. I don’t know how good the really game is but the demo just isn’t convincing enough which is really annoying because this game has potential. Read more