The Elder Scrolls Travels: Shadowkey

"Oblivion is on N-gage!"

I'll be honest. I wanted this game to be good, I really did. I tried to like in the short time I spent playing it... but the game was just not so good. However, because of Morrowind and Oblivion, this game gets +5 points. So the real rating, a one, is what the game content gets.

The controls were awkward and I couldn't fit the gage in my hand correctly. I found myself going to Taco Bell while playing this game, and that made it easier to access the controller scheme.

The sound wasn't that great. When I walked around and saw people (which I wasn't able to find because I couldn't get out of the town) they didn't say "Masthera!!" and curse at me in the way they did in Morrowind. Or my sound could have possibly been off.

The graphics were blocky and huge. I want to compare them to Laura Croft, but she at least looked cool. These were like her blockiness, but much worse. It was like seeing the pixels, and was a fake 3d game. I would have much rather played Oblivion then this, honestly. Xera, can I play Oblivion tomorow at your house?

This game is very much like Morrowind. And when I say that, I mean you can eat lunch during the load times. Other than that, and the sweet Elder Scrolls name, there isn't much similar.

All in all, this game just wasn't worth the hassle of getting for free and playing for that short time that I did. I may have been a little unfair in the review because I didn't really get too far into the game, but Xera was hassling me to play PSO and even gave me drop charts, so that was a priority. The game has to be at least a decent RPG, and it's on the N-gage, so you can't expect Xbox 360 caliber games. But I do, so if I were to rate this game compared to Oblivion it would be:

Oblivion > Shadowkey.

Sad but true. However, if I were to carry around an N-gage in my pocket with Oblvion or an Xbox 360 in a backpack with a small TV and a large power generator with Oblvion in the 'box, then the choice is obvious. Oblivion all the way.

San Andreas horse stealing > Life.

Reviewer's Score: 6/10, Originally Posted: 03/31/06