I just received the press review kit for Nokia’s most anticipated game for the N-Gage for 2004, called Pathway to Glory. The kit comes with a copy of Pathway to Glory, official artwork posters, an audio CD of the game sountrack (wow!!) and an electronic copy of the press kit, miscellaneous product images, and in-game screenshots.

The game embarks on a marvelous audio and graphics experience, giving gamers a WWII soundtrack inspired from popular war flicks like ‘Band of Brothers’ and ‘We Were Soldiers.’ As for gameplay, players control a squad of five soldiers in a turn-based, isometric viewed action environment. Each soldier can be assigned to different classes such as the medic, ranger, heavy weapons specialist, and radio operator, which allows for precision air strikes of key targets.

The game is definitely immersive - Pathway to Glory marks the end of 2004 for Nokia’s local game releases, a big bang if you may call it that. PTG also makes use of the global battlefield service which allows you to connect to a world server to complete missions with people from around the world via GPRS.

What’s next after PTG? How about Pocket Kingdom, Nokia’s first MMORPG for the N-Gage? As long as Nokia releases titles like these, they are sure to have a captured audience, especially in light of the PSP and Nintendo DS portables.

Check out future issues of m|ph for a full review of Pathway to Glory.