One Reviewed!
After waiting for what seemed like an eternity, I finally received my copy of ONE, one of Nokia's biggest titles of the year. The hype behind the game has been building since last year and finally the game is out. It is definitely a great game but it does not live up to the standards we were promised by Nokia.
When you start up ONE you will have to create your own fighter. The customization options are very deep and you can customize
your fighter's hair to his or her clothing. Initially there are not so many customization options but more hair styles, clothes
and accessories are unlocked as your progress through the game. ONE also feature "Koroshi" branded clothes.
ONE sports 4 different single-player modes; Story,Versus,Training and Survival.
Survival Mode, as the name implies, is basically your fighter battling and beating as many people as he can while only having one health
bar whereas your opponents get a fresh one each time.
Training Mode is useful for practicing all the moves and combos you have learnt and for getting used to the different stances,
there are three different stance types:
Offensive - this is the fastest of the stances, watch out as there is a lack of blocks in this stance (don't worry, it has some impressive dodges instead)
Neutral - for those who cant decide whether to be on the offence or defense this is the best stance, a balance between the two.
Defensive - the best stance for blocking and grappling, much slower than Offensive stance.
In Story mode you are guided through several missions that take place in different real world locations, as you beat opponents you gain ELO points. These ELO points determine who is "The ONE" on the global leader board. A downside to story mode is that it can get repetitive and with the AI either being too easy or too hard it will get boring quicker than you expect.
Multiplayer support allows you to challenge your friends through blue tooth for those precious ELO points......or more importantly, for the bragging rights!
Arena options only include a global leader board, but this is not just any leader board, it can help you locate other players around where you live and send them a challenge to meet up and fight. One of the most anticipated features of the game was the ability fight other player's shadows but this feature was removed from the game just days before its release.
The graphics of ONE are some of the best seen on the N-Gage to date.The character models are very detailed and the smoothness of the graphics is unmatched.
ONE sports bright colors and a high polygon count, this could easily be passed off as an early Nintendo DS title. The graphics of ONE are one of its major selling points
and really add to the overall feel of the game.
One has an enjoyable soundtrack that comprises of some catchy urban and hip-hop tunes. The in-game menus are beautiful and Digital Legends have done a beautiful job
with the character models as well as the fighting arenas.
For a 3D fighting game on the N-Gage ONE works really well and almost lives up to the hype, it loses a considerable percentage of its score due to the lack of any
actual arena features besides score uploading. Overall, ONE is a must have N-Gage game and should be on everyone's Christmas List.
Reviewed by Callum Henry for The N-Gage News Network (All Rights Reserved)
