Review: Dirk Dagger And the Fallen Idol

We have anticipated this game for a while, we have also been very unsure of the style and genre and unsure if it could work on a phone, we then had the web demo – We were very impressed.
Humor, Innovative ideas and a rather strange but very good plot – Something original, this is a game N-Gage needed and deserves – was it worth the wait? Read on….

When I saw the demo available I didn’t even have to think twice about buying it, It’s a game I’ve been looking forward too for quite some time.
My first impressions with the game was very high from the start – very nice menu, being clear and professional very console-game like.

The game is in default portrait and it clearly suits this way more for obvious reasons later on in the review.
The style of graphics are just basic 2D but you will love it, if you don’t you will grow to love it because it looks so fine and detailed and the frame rate is fantastic, smooth – everything is full of colour and vibrant, but at the same time this game is a dark sinister game – really adds to the effect that’s its just on a mobile phone, but that’s something you will not realise once you get into it.

The aim of the game is to solve the case of Dirk Daggers partner, who was mysteriously killed whilst on a case. You will have to solve puzzles, grab clues in different locations around the map – It’s a point and click adventure puzzle game, which is very deep and addictive – Something that all ages of different types of gamers will enjoy.
There was 1 problem I found however, despite the game being fantastic and it really sucked me in I was disappointed to see the game only takes a few hours to complete and whilst it has some replay value, its not something everyone will play again – We already await a sequel

The controls of the game are very innovative; you have the choice of using the D-pad or the camera. I liked this idea all you did was move the phone in the direction you wish it to move too – sometimes it was a little slow but it worked very well and I loved it but if you play it for a long while – on certain models etc N95 the phone does get rather hot but its not enough to put you off the game.

The sound of the game is lacking, but what is there is nice indeed. The soundtrack on the menu is great, really suits the genre – The in game music, well its just silence but that silence really does give you a effect of being in the game – with the odd sound of a door and different items that you pick up.

The multi player is rather disappointing but it’s the same with a large amount of N-Gage games, all it the multi player consists off is Rankings nothing special.

Overall a great game, for £8 you will not be disappointed you will submerge into the life of Dirk Dagger. The graphics, sound and story line make this one hell of a game – but I can only award it silver for one crucial mistake of being rather short but it does have some extra bonus items. I defiantly recommend this game, but rent it out instead.