Nokia N-Gage introduced me to many game genres and FPS is one of them. I got a taste of FPS through Call of Duty Mobile and Ashen, the latter was abit special. Among the limited N-Gage Library, Ashen is quite a special one being a Survival Horror. N-Gage do have some dark fantasy game in its library like Requiem of Hell, but Ashen is the one that truly embrace the horror vibe, In essence it is a Mobile Doom Shooter game.
In Ashen you play as a character who tried to save his Sister in a City that suddenly infested with mysterious energy emitting Black horror creatures after a particular otherwordly experiments go wrong. Split over several stages, the player explore the city turned into Hellscape in Ashen with assorted weapon selections similar to Doom. When I was at High School, I do feel the horror vibe from Ashen as you have to fight against hellish creatures with limited ammo that are carried out through the stages and you will have hard time on certain parts if you run low on ammo for the best weapons. I also remembered quite well that I used a particular Yellow Orb gun as my main weapon since it has regenerating ammo. Lastly the environment designs in Ashen is heavily similar with House of the Dead 2 with its Rustic Europe Canal City which probably help in making a lasting impression not to mention a sprinkle of Lovecraftian horror incorporated in this game in particular Mountain of Madness.
By present standard, Ashen doesn't seem to be anything special. But for mobile game in mid 2000s, the Quality graphic was ahead of its time and the FPS experience is rather decent. If you like Horror shooters like Doom and wished to give N-Gage a try, Ashen would be a decent choice for your game library.
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