Some of the stuff that has now been fixed:
- More devices are compatible (current list is the Nokia 5320, 6210, N78, N79, N81, N81 8GB, N82, N85, N95, N95 8GB and N96)
- More games are available (currently 29)
- Multiplayer online gameplay is available (Pro Series Golf and Reset Generation are probably the best examples)
- The "screen dance" when loading games has disappeared
- Graphics have improved in some titles (Creatures Of The Deep has a higher resolution graphics engine)
- 10,000 points limit bug has been squashed, people can now earn more than that in NGP
Some of the stuff that still needs to be fixed:
- No horizontal mode
- Showroom becoming difficult to navigate as it isn't categorised
- More phones need to be added (for example the E71 and E51 have sold well and should be technically compatible with N-Gage)
- Games need to be added at a greater pace, current release rate is too slow (Nokia's own estimate for releases by the end of 2008 was 60, actual releases were 27)
- No support for graphics hardware yet, despite many compatible phones containing such hardware (N95, N95 8GB, N82)
- Phone bill payment still not available in many countries, and voucher retail still very limited
- Still no statement about N73/N93/N93i compatibility, which was promised at launch
- No casual first party games, Nokia themselves haven't released any card, puzzle or board game titles
- No non-competitive online features
- You can only check your NGP total for games in the My Profile section, but you have to load up a game just to get it to appear in the My Profile section, which is currently limited to the most recently-played 5 titles
But what do you think? Let us know in the comments thread below.
