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Let's Talk Pokemon Go
From what I can tell it's a mobile device game. Seems like you go to physical locations to then be able to capture a pokemon. I have a poor opinion on mobile games as for the most part they seem like they're asking for a steady stream of purchases and upgrades. My son doesn't have a phone, but he does have a kindle fire.
What does Go mean to us and why look at it over Sun/Moon?
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I found this guy in the front parking lot of my office building.
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I liked Ingress but there wasn't really anything to do between portals. You'd look at the map and make your way to the next portal to play the game. Pokemon Go turns most those portals into Pokestops where you get stuff or Gyms, so the moving portal-to-portal is still there. BUT the inclusion of Pokemon to catch when you're just walking around makes all the difference. You can play when there aren't any Pokestops around just by walking around and catching Pokemon. We've ran into a bunch of other players around our neighborhood, which is pretty cool.
Once you hit level five you can start using the Gyms. Realistically though you're still going to have to do a ton of catching and evolving to use Gyms effectively, so if walking around catching imaginary critters doesn't appeal to you then steer clear. Gym battles are currently the "endgame". You can take down opposing teams' Gyms, train at friendly Gyms, and so on. There are some good articles out there to read all about how Gyms work. You'll still spend a ton of time walking around catching Pokemon though.
Niantic is having a bunch of server issues that are pretty frustrating, but the game is huge. I have full-grown adult coworkers that haven't played a video game in two decades catching Pokemon on their lunch break. Neighborhood kids are out in full force. The Minnesota state capitol grounds are crawling with Pokemon players wearing anything from Zubaz to suits on my lunch break.
Besides the server issues and being unsure of the shelf life, the only knock against it I have is that you probably need to live in an area with accessible Pokestops for it to be fun. You'll run out of Pokeballs and have nothing to do without Pokestops to replenish at. You can use the Ingress Intel Map to see the Ingress portal density in your area and use that as a pretty good guideline of how easy it'll be to find Pokestops and Gyms.
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We are only level 5, nowhere near taking on a gym.
It's pretty amazing in terms of concept...making Pokemon an actual real life activity.
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I don't think my location and lifestyle are compatible with this game. I guess I could take walks at lunch or something, but catching random Pokemon for no particular reason isn't appealing to me. The "throw the balls at them" mechanic kind of sucks a lot, and I never really played the games, so there's no nostalgia factor either. At least it was free!
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Disgustipater wrote: I tried it on my walk to the post office, which happened to be a Pokestop. I don't really see the point. If it's just the collecting, then it's definitely not for me.
It's not just collecting. You fight over Gyms/defend them which is where the real game/end game is.
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jay718 wrote: but I swear to christ, if one more grown ass adult walks into me because they're catching Pokemon I'm gonna slap the ever loving shit out of them. Shit's getting ridiculous. As if walking around New York wasn't bad enough already...
You could say the same thing about regular texting.
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We've been talking a lot about Pokemon at work, so that's fun at least.
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