Gamesindustry.biz recently got to play with Nokia’s new N-Gage gamephone which comes out October 7th, and not surprisingly, the verdict does not bode well for Finnish friends. Among their primary complaints, that putting in a new game is an overly convoluted process, requiring the phone to be opened up and the battery removed; that games load slowly; no external volume control; the lack of analog controls, which are critical for properly playing 3D games; and not least, how dumb one looks trying to make a phone call with it. There are a few things they like, like it’s small size and its excellent (though tiny) screen, but those don’t seem to be enough to make up for the N-Gage’s other deficiencies, and Gamesindustry.biz ends up giving it a mere 5 out of 10 rating.
