Pocket Kingdom: Own the World
{{Short description|2004 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Pocket Kingdom: Own the World
|image = N-Gage Pocket Kingdom - Own the World cover art.jpg
|developer = io-Spiral{{efn|Produced by Sega, online programming by Human Interface Communications (H.I.C.), additional work by BlueShift}}
|publisher = Nokia
|producer = Hiroshi Okamoto
Kunihiro Shimizu
|designer = Hyeonil Song
|programmer = Hyeonil Song
|artist = Chikanobu Itō
|writer = Chikanobu Itō
|platforms = N-Gage
|released = {{vgrelease|NA|November 24, 2004|EU|November 29, 2004}}
|genre = Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
|modes = Single player, multiplayer
}}
Pocket Kingdom: Own the World is a mobile Massively Multiplayer Online Game for the Nokia N-Gage, by Sega. The game is a spiritual sequel to an earlier SEGA game, Dragon Force, which was for the Sega Saturn.
Gameplay
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The theme is somewhat atypical for a video game, since it makes fun of the usual conventions of MMORPGs: here, every character knows they are in a video game, talks in leet-speak, and even the plot itself is about replacing three griefers who were banned from a high score table.
The game features both online (using the N-Gage Arena) and offline modes; both are similar, but in the online mode you can find other players and talk to or attack them – or be attacked by them. The crafting system is extensive – according to the authors, there are more than 50,000 possible object combinations.
Most of the game consists of buying units, equipping them, setting battle tactics, and sending them into battles. With experience, and using crafted "emblems", characters can be upgraded into more powerful and varied classes.
Development and release
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Reception
{{Video game reviews
| MC = 70/100{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ngage/pocketkingdomowntheworld |title=Pocket Kingdom: Own the World (ngage: 2004): Reviews |publisher=Metacritic |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913065359/http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ngage/pocketkingdomowntheworld |archivedate=September 13, 2008 |url-status=dead |accessdate=March 8, 2017}}
| Edge = 5/10{{cite magazine |author=Edge staff |title=Pocket Kingdom: Own the World |magazine=Edge |issue=146 |date=February 2005 |page=80}}
| EGM = 5.5/10{{cite magazine |author=EGM staff |title=Pocket Kingdom: Own the World |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly |issue=189 |date=March 2005 |page=134}}
| GI = 8/10{{cite magazine |last=McNamara |first=Andy |url=http://www.gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200502/R05.0225.0951.33228.htm |title=Pocket Kingdom: Own the World |magazine=Game Informer |issue=142 |date=February 2005 |page=125 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050407023008/http://www.gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200502/R05.0225.0951.33228.htm |archive-date=April 7, 2005 |url-status=dead |access-date=March 8, 2017}}
| GSpot = 6.8/10{{cite web |last=Davis |first=Ryan |date=December 8, 2004 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/pocket-kingdom-own-the-world/1900-6114693/ |title=Pocket Kingdom: Own the World Review |publisher=GameSpot |accessdate=March 8, 2017}}
| GSpy = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |last=Leeper |first=Justin |date=December 1, 2004 |url=http://wireless.gamespy.com/n-gage/pocket-kingdom-own-the-world/569896p1.html |title=GameSpy: Pocket Kingdom [Own the World] |publisher=GameSpy |accessdate=March 8, 2017}}
}}
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The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.
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Notes
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References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20041014050631/http://arena.n-gage.com/n-gage/web/en/pocketkingdom/index.jsp Website] on the Webarchive
- [http://pk.warcry.com Pocket Kingdom FAQs and item lists at Warcry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041211085038/http://pk.warcry.com/ |date=2004-12-11 }}
- [http://iodengage.blogspot.com/2004/12/pocket-kingdom-faq.html Unofficial FAQ]
- {{moby game|id=/ngage/pocket-kingdom-own-the-world}}
Category:Massively multiplayer online role-playing games