Less than two months ago Pokémon
was the game that everybody was talking about.
It was one of the most successful
games in 2016 or maybe even the most successful one. The game has over 500
million downloads and it was played all over the world. However, this very
successful game has also brought some negative aspects, but we’ll talk about
them later. So first things first, do you know what Pokémon go is?
Here
is an official trailer short video about the game:
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Having seen the video, I wonder
if those of you who have played the game think that the video itself shows what
the game is like. Is it close to what you get? I heard that players are
disappointed after comparing the game with the official trailer and they say
that they are not even close.
So for the ones that
don’t know anything about it, here is some information and a quick explanation
of the game:
Release
Date:
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July 6,
2016
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Genre:
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Real
World Adventure
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Platform:
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iPhone
and Android devices
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Players:
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Single
or Multiplayer
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Price:
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Free
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You download an app on your
smartphone, which you will use to collect Pokémon all over the city and ones
you get better you can also fight against other players.
I personally didn’t play this
game, but my nephew played it, and, in fact, he walked over 50km while doing
it. Thanks to this app he moved out of his room J
and I know many people who walked
over 100km playing Pokémon go. So this app really motivates people to go
outside. So what do you think about that? I think it’s really good in a lazy
society we live in today. However, on the other hand, I saw in the last couple
of months’ people just staring at their phones and not looking in the eyes anymore.
But at least they go outside and stop sitting in their rooms all day.
Yeah so that is the concept of
the game that broke many records. Mainly because people who watched Pokémon in
their youth were fascinated by it and know they have got an opportunity to
catch them in the real world, so for them it’s like a dream comes true. But
many young people are playing this game because they just like the concept and
I don’t see anything wrong with it.
And here comes the question to
the ones of you who have played it: why did you find it attractive?
The game is good, but in my
opinion NIANTIC (the company which created this game) really messed up in the
last months. The game is, as you may have noticed, not such hype anymore. Every
day fewer and fewer people play it. And that’s because Niantic does not offer anything
new. On the first day of release (where they made 5million USD by the way) they
said that they only released 10% of the actual game and that everything will be
released step by step. And now, here we are 3 months after the release with
only one new thing. The people need something new, something that gives them a
reason to play it. And my nephew is one of those people who stopped playing it
and I think he is not the only one, am I right?
But as I said at the beginning,
the game also brought some very bad incidents with it. For example, mainly in
the US there are a lot of people that use the Pokestops feature to attract
people to them at night so they can perfectly rob them. It’s really simple. You
just put a lure that attracts Pokémon in the game. This lure also attracts
people in the real life, and if you are in the wrong place at the wrong time,
someone can easily rob you and you can do nothing about it.
And here is a small gift for you guys,
POKEMON GO SONG!!! by
MISHA
Actually this video got more views
than the official video from Niantc.
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| POKEMON GO SONG!!! by MISHA 43,278,549 views |
Comments
At first there was great hype, bacause, c'mon, who as a child, didn't want to catch pokemons? And this year all of us could became a Pokemon Master.
I hope that after this whole big deal with Pokemon there will be available more games which in indirect way obliges you to moving.
I have heard opinion that as sooner you cease plaing as better for You. The more time you put into something, the harder it gets to let it go. The more You bought into the endless grinding, the more You convinced yourself it was worth it. The truth is that you waste your time on something insignificant and redundant.
After 2 weeks I started to play. It turned out Pokemon Go is quite interesting game, but due to many mistakes which Paweł described I got rid of it very quickly.
I can agree it's good way to pull someone out of the house, but then what? No communication between people. Example: goo.gl/louPbK
Result? A lot of money for creators, people outside with only one interest - catching pokemons. In fact, there were some accidents, because of it.
To sum up, I think Pokemon GO can be a positive beginning of changing the way people will play games, but there is a lot do yet.
When the game came out - I downloaded it ASAP. And was spending every evening after work riding a bike with my friend and catching them all. I opened a lot of new sights in Warsaw with a help of this game. In general, I traveled near 190km in during this game. So basically I could just cycle to Radom and back to Warsaw to have such a result. It was one of the most active summers I every had (what a nerd am I, yes).
Now the hype is kind of over, I believe that in spring we’ll have a big update and be back into play again. And I hope other companies will get inspired from Niantic and create more games that we can move more.
Still, it affects people positively as finally they moved their a**es outside of PC, so I can't really say that I'm not satisfied. It's nice to see more and more video games being released, as I'm big fan of them and even the most casual titles that are not interesting for me at all, have their target and ensure that everybody can find a game he/she enjoys playing.
1. Installed the game
2. Caught one pokemon
3. Uninstalled the game
If Niantic tried to move older Pokemon games to reality, it's mechanics or at least some of them then it would be so much cooler. As for right now for me it failed miserably to capture the experience from these games. Maybe now when they made millions they will come up with something better.
And i don't understand, why many people in social media accuse this game in accidents with players. no matter what you do, you should use your own brain in order to keep yourself safe.
Can you please let me know how many km did you walk during this week or two?
The fad is gone now, but at its peak the most popular spot in my neightbourhood was the Church - the building itself and the cross near it were PokeStops, the statue of JP II was the Gym.
I agree with you, that NIANTIC messed up. As far as I know, they didn't change or upgrade an app a lot, and how long can you catch another Pidgey with 20 Combat Points.
I think that, whatever they will do in near future to Pokemon GO, there won't be so much hype as on the beginning.