Pokemon GO

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  1. Rubenh
    Jul 28, 2016
    4
    This game aptly reveals the potential of AR and its immersive capabilities. However, as soon as the novelty wears off, you'll see this game for what it truly is: a hastily polished, buggy shell containing only shallow, monotonous gameplay
  2. TsukasaHiiragi
    Sep 3, 2016
    0
    Terrible game, by a terrible company. Their answer is to ban first, questions later no matter what. There is absolutely no balance to the game, especially true for rural or suburban players who live far from any pokestops or gyms. Niantic is not addressing this at all, they are sweeping this problem under the proverbial rugs, so unless you live in a large city like NYC, you will haveTerrible game, by a terrible company. Their answer is to ban first, questions later no matter what. There is absolutely no balance to the game, especially true for rural or suburban players who live far from any pokestops or gyms. Niantic is not addressing this at all, they are sweeping this problem under the proverbial rugs, so unless you live in a large city like NYC, you will have an extremely hard time playing PoGo.

    To prove how severely unbalanced and unfair the game is, I did a comparison ""test"", using a GPS spoof on an emulator (yes cheating) playing in New York's central park, and travelling at walking/running and bike speed only, it took just over a day playing for about 4 - 5 hours in two sessions to reach trainer level 20, and capture around 95% of all the current pokemon in the G1 pokedex, and without warping around to capture rare pokemon.

    Compared to my 'legitimate' account in my area, that took just over a month to reach trainer level 20, and only only fill a small % of the pokedex, often I had to travel more than 5+ miles just to find any amount of pokestops to fill up on pokeballs, now tell me - where is the balance? Perhaps, NYC should have 900 of its 1000s of pokestops, gyms and massive spawn points removed?

    Players complaining because of cheaters should be forced to play the game with little to no ability to play before judging- I call out players living in areas with large amounts of stops/spawns/gyms cheaters in that respect, but ultimately it doesn't really matter who uses IV checkers/PokeVision/GPS Spoofers, eventually they'll ban everyone, heck even people who haven't been cheating are getting banned so..

    To avoid alot of this mess to begin with, Niantic should have balanced the game so much better and cater to every player no matter the location but they didn't so any really its their fault there are so many issues, unfortunately the games popularity surge clouded their judgement, and corporate greed took over any common sense, and as such - this game is doomed to fail hard sooner or later and so it should, this could have been something special if more time and care was taken - but in the end, proved to by an over-hyped cash grab by a pitiful company, and has alot of fanboys defending it.    … Expand
  3. Tytos
    Jul 8, 2016
    1
    - Requires a Gyroscope for AR to work
    - Rural areas are empty
    - Combat has nothing to do with Pokemon (nothing tactical about it, its just who can swipe faster)

    Summed up, what they could **** up hard, they ****ed up even harder
  4. appelsinudjus
    Jul 9, 2016
    0
    If you don't live in an urban area there's nothing for you to do, Even if you did, the game doesn't work most of the time. Everything about this game screams that the developers are amateurs.
  5. Linked
    Oct 16, 2016
    0
    This game started off as the most revolutionary AR game but with each subsequent "update" the game has only gotten more and more stripped down and dismantled. It seems like Niantic had already cashed out and have abandoned the game. So sad. Don't waste your time, this game is going no where, learn from our mistake, you can skip this game without any regrets. Your time will be much betterThis game started off as the most revolutionary AR game but with each subsequent "update" the game has only gotten more and more stripped down and dismantled. It seems like Niantic had already cashed out and have abandoned the game. So sad. Don't waste your time, this game is going no where, learn from our mistake, you can skip this game without any regrets. Your time will be much better spent on any of the old or upcoming genuine Nintendo Pokémon games.… Expand
  6. CSXRailfanner
    Jan 11, 2018
    0
    Its fun for a while. After you catch all the Pokemon, it just gets boring. Same Pokemon, same everything. The updates are awful. Nothing good. They seem to disable the game with each update. It won't even work if you go like 5-10mph. Very buggy too. Come on Nantic, stop sitting around with billions of dollars partying and make your stupid game better. Also it banned me for no reason andIts fun for a while. After you catch all the Pokemon, it just gets boring. Same Pokemon, same everything. The updates are awful. Nothing good. They seem to disable the game with each update. It won't even work if you go like 5-10mph. Very buggy too. Come on Nantic, stop sitting around with billions of dollars partying and make your stupid game better. Also it banned me for no reason and had to get a new account. I've quit this months ago. I've switched to railfanning now, since I'm now interested in trains and not stupid ugly fat Pokemon.… Expand
  7. tomflanders
    Mar 31, 2018
    4
    The thrill of walking around, exploring was awesome, really unique and innovative. But the battling gameplay was rubbish and the app drained battery life too fast.
  8. YaBoiRoice
    Apr 14, 2018
    3
    While pretty fun at first this game gets incredibly repetitive after a while and the updates haven't helped. I stopped playing it after a couple of months and the only thing that kept me still playing up until that point was the fact that some of my friends also played it and we had fun together. If it hadn't been for that i probably would've quit after a week. And I also have anotherWhile pretty fun at first this game gets incredibly repetitive after a while and the updates haven't helped. I stopped playing it after a couple of months and the only thing that kept me still playing up until that point was the fact that some of my friends also played it and we had fun together. If it hadn't been for that i probably would've quit after a week. And I also have another complaint. Progressing can be incredibly hard if you don't have time or a way to battle in gyms. After a while your low capacity can be a very annoying thing and not having any special items is awful as well.… Expand
  9. Daggerrim
    Jan 7, 2019
    0
    This is the worst Pokémon game of all time, if the trailer was as good as the game it would still be going strong but no it's just A game where you throw pokeballs at Pokémon trying to catch them
    The battles are just see who can tap the fastest and who has spent the most money on this game.
    WORST POKEMON GAME EVER!!!!
  10. LegLock
    Mar 9, 2019
    2
    Sunk Costs Fallacy.

    This is a game which is trivial to beat but almost impossible to enjoy. It is the antithesis of every Pokemon game before it. Resources collection is miserly and time consuming. There are still horrendous, game-breaking bugs after nearly 3 years which Niantic has absolutely no interest in fixing.
  11. lg0669466
    Sep 7, 2016
    2
    Although this game is very creative and helps people get out of their houses and walk around, this game has many bugs, force quits when too many people are using it, and is dangerous as many people have been put in danger while playing this game. I feel that all the hype about this game will soon be coming to an end.
  12. randomphoenix03
    Jun 29, 2017
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It was promising when it was advertised/first came out, but now it's just gone down hill. This game probably had the most potential and most hype in the history of games, but absolutely failed to deliver.

    - Rural areas, and even some suburban areas, are completely screwed over because barely any pokémon spawn there. This effectively cuts out a good chunk of their playerbase, and a good chunk out of their score. (-2)

    - The battle system is only kept for gym battles. (-1)

    - Everything is repetitive. I don't know anyone, online or offline, who still plays Pokémon Go. There's nothing fun or anything new to do any more. (-1)

    - There's no major updates (besides generation updates, which are going to happen every blue moon). (-1)

    - Niantic is too afraid to modify the game (in terms of actual gameplay, not pokémon) after they published it. No Pokéstops/gyms have been added/removed from Niantic, and there's not much players can do to modify/improve the game (-1)

    - Speaking of Niantic, let's face it, Pokémon Go is just a reskinned Ingress with pokémon involved. (-1)

    Overall, they did have a good idea (which I'll give a +1 for), but they ultimately failed to bring it to what it was expected to be.    … Expand
  13. DrewbieSnack
    Jan 1, 2020
    0
    It is a trash game unless you live in an area where there are lots of players. There aren’t many or unless you cheat. In which I think most are these days that’s why they get away with it.
  14. DemonDHarris
    Apr 2, 2017
    4
    It's hard to deny the overwhelming success of Go and the impact on popular culture, however, as a game, its far too starved of content. The sucess of Go to me was the simple early game progression as the community as a whole slowly grew in power and gained more cooler and rarer Pokemon, watching Gyms go from Pidgeottos to Charizards to Dragonites. Once that community progession halted andIt's hard to deny the overwhelming success of Go and the impact on popular culture, however, as a game, its far too starved of content. The sucess of Go to me was the simple early game progression as the community as a whole slowly grew in power and gained more cooler and rarer Pokemon, watching Gyms go from Pidgeottos to Charizards to Dragonites. Once that community progession halted and levels would theoretically take around a month and your Pokedex was filled it really lost its charm and became a grind for that extra bit of CP or evolve that final rare Pokemon which you already know your Dragonite is superior to and youll never use it.

    Gen 2 helped but adding new Pokemon along the road in a game like this isnt going relight that flame.    … Expand
  15. shard013
    Aug 10, 2016
    2
    Game mechanics are pretty much non existent and what is there is not fun. The catching is nearly all random based.

    No battling wild Pokemon, no trading, no direct PVP. Gym battles are a joke. Terrible spawn rates outside of cities. As for technically, it's quite buggy and the servers are terrible. As well with the overpriced pay to win in app purchases, it feels like this is a    Game mechanics are pretty much non existent and what is there is not fun. The catching is nearly all random based.

    No battling wild Pokemon, no trading, no direct PVP. Gym battles are a joke.

    Terrible spawn rates outside of cities.

    As for technically, it's quite buggy and the servers are terrible.

    As well with the overpriced pay to win in app purchases, it feels like this is a cash grab with very little thought into making a good game and more about how to make quick profits.

    About the only things going for it is the Pokemon brand name, and the animations are mostly pretty well done.    … Expand
  16. DaveAus
    Jul 26, 2016
    3
    Very basic gameplay without the combat or features of the main games. Suffers from poor optimization and performance, the freemium model means they have your game save to server side for every time you usea item and time you touch a pokeball which leads to more data usage and chances of freezing then necessary. No trainer battles or trading with friends.
  17. Abbyka
    Jul 31, 2016
    0
    The game is no longer fun because there is no way to track pokemon. Bored and not willing to put in the effort for rattatas, pidgeys, and weedles. Finding anything else is next to impossible since the update.
  18. Panserbjorne39
    Aug 12, 2016
    0
    Another incredibly buggy pay to win, free to play piece of garbage. I've been playing for a week and have encountered so many bugs and had so many game crashes that I'm ready to walk away at this point. Had a 5km egg in incubator took 2 days, ready to hatch, game crashes in the hatching screen. I have to force close, come back egg is gone and new Poke is gone. Found an Onyx, feed it aAnother incredibly buggy pay to win, free to play piece of garbage. I've been playing for a week and have encountered so many bugs and had so many game crashes that I'm ready to walk away at this point. Had a 5km egg in incubator took 2 days, ready to hatch, game crashes in the hatching screen. I have to force close, come back egg is gone and new Poke is gone. Found an Onyx, feed it a fruit. It escapes. Feed it another fruit. Game crashes. Fruit gone, Poke gone. This **** happens constantly and makes the game unplayable.
    Even in an urban area like Torrance, CA there are very few Pokestops and gyms around which severely limits how many Pokeballs you can get which equals having to buy them for RL $. That is the ultimate Pay to Win scheme. Whoever pays the most will have the highest CP Pokes. **** this game.    … Expand
  19. Mustchekitteh
    Aug 2, 2016
    3
    - The game mechanics are god awful
    - Playing it in rural places is horrible
    - Using gps to hatch eggs is a nightmare due to it not picking how far you have actually walked - Need Gyroscope just so AR can work - small towns barely have pokestops and gyms if any. - spawn locations are awful - Battle mechanics are worse than **** - Can't explore much due to trespassing - Exploring    - The game mechanics are god awful
    - Playing it in rural places is horrible
    - Using gps to hatch eggs is a nightmare due to it not picking how far you have actually walked
    - Need Gyroscope just so AR can work
    - small towns barely have pokestops and gyms if any.
    - spawn locations are awful
    - Battle mechanics are worse than ****
    - Can't explore much due to trespassing
    - Exploring is boring due to pokemon only showing up in cities
    - Not having a clue where to look for them unlike in the actual games where some tails would pop up and you could sneak up on them
    - Doesn't take skill only luck in where you live or the locations of your house

    All and all niantic sucks at having any kind of concept on how pokemon is meant to be. This is what happens when you don't let Nintendo and game freak have more saying in what should be put in it. I honestly don't care about walking around the actual world to find them. I like the idea of making the character walk around in a fictional world. Where you still use gps or step counts to move your character around. Just you wont have to go to such desperate lengths to hunt one down. This game kills the pokemon spirit and makes it some dried out half ass version of what it truly means to be a trainer. You don't win battles due to your own strength and level. You win battles due to your pokemon, they teach you and you teach them. Not you teach them and they just take your candy and have no ability to interact with them.    … Expand
  20. nadavkr3
    Aug 3, 2016
    1
    Pokémon go is a bad game .Gameplay - just throw Poke-balls on Pokemon that you found.The battles are just a few clicks without elements of real Pokemon games . And the effects of the game on people every day immersed the phone .
  21. NianticSuckslol
    Oct 15, 2016
    0
    Niantic is hands down the absolute worst company I have ever dealt with in my entire life. I am not kidding. Their actions go completely against the community and their plummeting player base and ever growing list of unsatisfactory players are proof of it. They advertise certain features, take them away, lie, and deceive their player base. This game had so much potential but the companyNiantic is hands down the absolute worst company I have ever dealt with in my entire life. I am not kidding. Their actions go completely against the community and their plummeting player base and ever growing list of unsatisfactory players are proof of it. They advertise certain features, take them away, lie, and deceive their player base. This game had so much potential but the company that runs it is clueless.… Expand
  22. Dearth
    Aug 5, 2016
    1
    This is not a Pokémon game. At best it is a step counter with Pokémon in it or hopefully just an advertising gimmick for the upcoming actual game (see Sun & Moon).

    Aside from catching Pokémon with Pokéballs it lacks all the essential mechanics of a Pokémon title including building a team, training up Pokémon, choosing skill sets, battling Pokémon, dueling with other trainers, puzzles,    This is not a Pokémon game. At best it is a step counter with Pokémon in it or hopefully just an advertising gimmick for the upcoming actual game (see Sun & Moon).

    Aside from catching Pokémon with Pokéballs it lacks all the essential mechanics of a Pokémon title including building a team, training up Pokémon, choosing skill sets, battling Pokémon, dueling with other trainers, puzzles, etc. Though Niantic can clearly make a complex augmented reality game (see Ingress) they have stripped away both the complexities of their earlier title and of the Pokémon titles, essentially just creating a Pokémon mini-game. They have taken a simple but massively popular game of rock/paper/scissors and turned it into a coin flipping contest designed to compel you to pay for micro-transactions. Add to all this that their servers hardly let you connect and this is equivalent to an early access beta release with a lot of work still to go for a viable product launch.

    If you were looking for the next step in multi-player interactive gaming or Pokémon games (or both) this is not what you will find.

    If anything due to the lack of planned updates, market-growth-first rollout plan, and inevitable end of playability when the weather gets worse this really seems like a stunt to just get people interested in Pokémon again.    … Expand
  23. Critex13
    Jul 24, 2016
    1
    This game is a bad cashgrab from Nintendo. The idee is fantsitc but they way the done it is real bad. Never saw a promising concept failing so hard. They try to make Money from everywhere they can. Oh you Pokemon is ded and you dont have any reviver? Pay us 1$ and we review your hard earnd Pokemon becouse we didnt include a Pokehospital mechanic. You get 4 poke balls at best at one stopThis game is a bad cashgrab from Nintendo. The idee is fantsitc but they way the done it is real bad. Never saw a promising concept failing so hard. They try to make Money from everywhere they can. Oh you Pokemon is ded and you dont have any reviver? Pay us 1$ and we review your hard earnd Pokemon becouse we didnt include a Pokehospital mechanic. You get 4 poke balls at best at one stop and a medium Pokemon can cost you up to 11 of them. Wait you dont have any pokeballs anymore? I gues you can buy 10 of them for 1$ wich doent even asure you that its enough for one good Pokemon. They made more then enough money to improve the Game in thnks like the optimasiation and gameplay aspekts but no its still makes them money soooo. Sorry my English is bad ._.… Expand
  24. Okami_Strife
    Jul 20, 2016
    1
    I grew up with the old / first gen pokemon. I am not a super huge fan of the franchise but I love it enough to know enough. Got a pikachu hat and a talking plushe. Used to be mental on the N64 with poke stadium. However... When I first started PokeGo it was pretty awesome. But now... since after the release and more countries added... EVERYTHING sucks!!! I don't understand why rural areasI grew up with the old / first gen pokemon. I am not a super huge fan of the franchise but I love it enough to know enough. Got a pikachu hat and a talking plushe. Used to be mental on the N64 with poke stadium. However... When I first started PokeGo it was pretty awesome. But now... since after the release and more countries added... EVERYTHING sucks!!! I don't understand why rural areas are empty. I don't understand why they are silent about the 3 step bug and the whole NEARBY list that doesn't work. I've been out and about with my GF and friends and the game KEEPS screwing me over. Again and again. Just now I finally found an Arcanine, I saw it on the map, tapped it to catch it / battle, and guess what. Game went down. I cant believe something THIS BADLY DESIGNED is out on the market without any word of fixes. I understand the hacks made it difficult. But stop FEKKING putting the game out in other countries because your servers aren't stable yet. This game could be sooooooo much more than it is right now. I am more than frustrated. I am truly angry because I am so let down. And my enthusiasm is a weak point. But for the love of God and everything that is holy. FIX THIS GAME COMPLETELY! AND LET US HEAR FROM YOU! NIANTIC!!!… Expand
  25. Techbane
    Dec 20, 2016
    0
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  26. ablaise82
    Oct 14, 2016
    0
    This is not even a game. This is a cheap marketing strategy to raise pokemon publicity and make easy money off of idiots who pay money for mobile game transactions. The worst pokemon title of all time in all honesty. Simply a re-skinned geo mapping program with micro transactions. Embarrassingly bad.
  27. PWD
    Aug 7, 2016
    2
    Ok, the good side first.
    This app gets people outside, it encourages social interaction, and it has caused many to get exercise they would otherwise have avoided. That's the good side.
    Now, the bad side. To start with, the game often freezes. It's a battery hog. It often has server issues. And those are the minor points. Much worse, is that there is no limit on the number of    Ok, the good side first.
    This app gets people outside, it encourages social interaction, and it has caused many to get exercise they would otherwise have avoided. That's the good side.
    Now, the bad side.
    To start with, the game often freezes. It's a battery hog. It often has server issues. And those are the minor points.
    Much worse, is that there is no limit on the number of pokemon caught per minute. This has caused the game (which is, in fact, a massive multiplayer game) to be overwhelmed by botters who are griping on the bot sites that they are being teleport restricted to less that 50 per minute! And, to be utterly factual here, there is no possible way to prevent cooperation between apps on Android, that's what the OS is designed to promote. Literally, to actually stop all botting would be to break the OS. Bad idea.
    To cap off that stunning bit of stupidity, they created the usual "high leveling curve" found in MMO's with cash shops. This means that botters get a HUGE advantage over regular players, because regular players cannot play 24/7. Therefore, you have botters making level 33 (couple of million XP) in three days or so, and dominating the gyms. That's a HUGE problem that Xiantic is essentially ignoring. It's been my belief for many years now that a certain amount of botting in MMO's is tolerated to encourage non cheats to use the cash store to catch up.
    And now, the worst part. This game is inherently unfair. By design. IF (and few seem to be doing so) you play by the TOS, then you are to go outside and walk to find pokemon. If you are disabled, unhealthy or otherwise impaired, then you cannot play under the TOS. Disabled vets need not apply. Moreover, they brought out this game with pokemon concentrated in cities, the larger the city the better, rather than in rural areas. Ashe was a fool, he should have stayed in the big city rather than walking the countryside to find pokemon! So farm kids, rural kids, people anywhere outside a major city should just give it up right now. On top of that, icing on the cake as it were, these designers decided that pokestops would be at "points of interest". I'll admit they are trying to fix that, as quite a few have popped up in my region that were not there at first - though you would have thought a US Navy base with decades of history behind it would have had a pokestop at the entrances! Or maybe the National Guard Armory? Those MIGHT be of equal interest to a few parks? Or two dozen other places I could have named? This, at least, they are fixing.
    Even the idiots at Niantic should be able to do simple math. Try this, a pokemon per minute, using magic lucky eggs from the cash shop every time (expensive!) plus playing 8 hours per day (like a job - and carrying a dozen phone batteries with you) plus hitting every pokestop, plus evolving or hatching every pokemon in that time - that gives a maximum number for how much XP one could collect. Do the calculation, you get 3 million XP (give or take) since launch. EVERYONE dominating gyms has more than that. Level 34 would require something like 3 and a half million XP. That's simply impossible even with double XP from lucky eggs. Yet thousands of 30 + players (you can see their level in gym information) have filled up the game. At a guess, over 300,000 - as that's how many bots have been downloaded from a single bot site. There are many bot sites. In Singapore, the game was released this week. Singapore players are screaming about level 33 to 35 botters dominating every gym.
    On top of all this, Niantic is incompetent. This week they decided they'd magically stop remote botters by requiring a sim card. Did they even check the app development kit for God's sake? There's a PC emulator included for app development, the same one they are using, which includes sim card emulation, just enter a phone number. Now people, that's total incompetence, not even looking at your own tools. So now I can't play on my eight inch android tablet with my cell in my pocket doing it's WIFI thing, oh no, have to play on the gadget with shorter battery life! Can't use the car WIFI, my God, that's cheating or something! I've seen this before, and I'll say now, bail out before it's too late, because incompetent game designers will drive you insane before they drive you away.
    To sum up, a decent concept spoiled by no consideration of ANYTHING before launch. You have to wonder who or what was on this design team, and if they have any experience at ALL with the real world. It was obvious and self evident that this game, as an MMO, would be subject to bots. To allow bots to rule utterly was stupid. To allow people to continue to play while catching more than 2 or 3 pokemon per minute or with crazy XP totals is absurd. Limit XP per day, per hour, toss people with stupid numbers. They are doing none of that.    … Expand
  28. Ramiro1992
    Aug 4, 2016
    1
    Casual garbage, this game is just a money making project directed to the brainless and casual audience, mostly kids. I mean why the **** you wanna play this if you have so many hardcore games to play, this is just a temporary trend, hope it ends it soon, but thankfully I am aware of what i play and i don't join this casual crap. The fact that it is for ios just tell you how much of aCasual garbage, this game is just a money making project directed to the brainless and casual audience, mostly kids. I mean why the **** you wanna play this if you have so many hardcore games to play, this is just a temporary trend, hope it ends it soon, but thankfully I am aware of what i play and i don't join this casual crap. The fact that it is for ios just tell you how much of a casual game this is, mobile videogames are among the worst ever made, not including portable consoles of course, because portable consoles are meant and designed to play videogames. At the end of the day, Pokemon Go is a cheap and lame attempt to make some money out of the casual audience, you failed once again Nintendo.… Expand
  29. lwnewton
    Jul 21, 2016
    1
    Is this the place were you write a review of games or of their ability to get people outside? This is game a piece of garbage here's why:

    No skill required
    No depth what so ever
    The game mechanics are completely broken. There's incentive to not evolve Pokemon
    The game rarely works
    The tracking system does not work well
  30. masamuneriku
    Jul 13, 2016
    4
    Pokemon Go is a shallow game riding on its Pokemon legacy. The hype is expected but in its current state I can't recommend the game to anyone even casual gamers.

    In its effort to make the game accessible to everyone the game is well oversimplified: 1. catch pokemons by swiping the screen to throw pokeballs, 2. strengthen the pokemon by catching the same type of pokemon over and over    Pokemon Go is a shallow game riding on its Pokemon legacy. The hype is expected but in its current state I can't recommend the game to anyone even casual gamers.

    In its effort to make the game accessible to everyone the game is well oversimplified: 1. catch pokemons by swiping the screen to throw pokeballs, 2. strengthen the pokemon by catching the same type of pokemon over and over again, 3. restock for more pokeballs at "pokestops" and 4. "battle" at gyms against AI controlled pokemon. 5.as an added extra you can walk to hatch eggs.

    The first issue is if your favorite pokemon is not the common ones around your area then you probably wouldn't be able to use it in battle because of its low stats (point no. 2). This is apparent when I see almost all the gyms around my area being controlled by commonly found pokemons. Rarely can someone power up their starter pokemon unless it can be consistently found around their area.

    Another mechanism of this game is as you level up the strength of the wild pokemon that you find also increases. This deters trainers from investing time and effort to train older pokemons. Why spend the resources to level a pokemon from 50 CP to 300 CP when the next pokemon one finds in the wild is 300 CP?

    Finally, the gym mechanism doesn't work for casuals. Around my area the gyms are guarded by pokemons over 1000 CP. Casuals with few hundred CP pokemons would be obliterated trying to battle at gyms.    … Expand
  31. Arko777
    Jul 17, 2016
    1
    As a big fan of the Pokemon franchise I'm truly disappointed and I don't understand the hype for this "game". It's addicting but gets old real fast because:
    - There are no trading system,
    - No player vs player, - Only 151 out of 721 Pokemon, - If you live in the countryside or far away from a major city you won't have as much (if any) poke stops and gyms in your area thus limiting    As a big fan of the Pokemon franchise I'm truly disappointed and I don't understand the hype for this "game". It's addicting but gets old real fast because:
    - There are no trading system,
    - No player vs player,
    - Only 151 out of 721 Pokemon,
    - If you live in the countryside or far away from a major city you won't have as much (if any) poke stops and gyms in your area thus limiting your experience.

    the only kinda but not really battle that you can have is against AI that controls the Pokemon stationed in the gym by the other player. And even this "battle" is simplified to screen taping without real strategy like in real Pokemon games.

    Stay away from this so called "game".    … Expand
  32. GamecubeLover
    Jul 21, 2016
    2
    The game is super glitchy and I had to wait 3 DAYS to get an account or to make one. I like the game encourages people to go outside but people HAD DIED and gone in people's yard's! The gameplay is so bland and bad it makes five nights at freddy's look like the best idea the universe has ever had! This game should die not people.
  33. xcvbnmmnbftg
    Jul 14, 2016
    0
    It's unplayable if you're living in a rural area, because there are no Poke stops and gyms in a 10 mile radius
    and there are few to none Pokemon's nearby and if a Pokemon is nearby it's 1 mile away in a cornfield
  34. Beltyra
    Jul 9, 2016
    1
    After having it a few days, here are my thoughts:
    The only good and fun part is when Im at Universal Studios playing it. And thats only cause theres a pokestop every 10 feet, and people constantly have lures up on them. Plus there are several gyms between the two parks and citywalk. (Not that it matters cause gym gameplay is borked) So if youre not at a park, its just horrendous, and    After having it a few days, here are my thoughts:
    The only good and fun part is when Im at Universal Studios playing it. And thats only cause theres a pokestop every 10 feet, and people constantly have lures up on them. Plus there are several gyms between the two parks and citywalk. (Not that it matters cause gym gameplay is borked) So if youre not at a park, its just horrendous, and slow, and boring, and repetitive.
    The game is INSANELY lackluster! There is ZERO depth here to the gameplay! The game is a tech demo, maybe a beta at best. Loads of bugs and freezes often, and the only thing that seems to work is the cash shop! No battles other than gyms(which have a massive list of issues with balance and gameplay), cant trade (a MAJOR feature of the brand since its inception), slow leveling/upgrades, useless starter pokemon, battery is gone in an hour, battery saving mode is broken and doesnt keep the app open, and repetitive crappy pokemon spawns! Just to name a couple things off the top of my head.
    The tech is there, but this is one of the most underdeveloped games Ive ever seen in my 28 years of gaming. For having an open beta, there is a severe lack of QA and playtesting in this game. Yes, the basic idea IS fun and cute and exciting, but its soooooo poorly executed, you will literally uninstall the game after 2 days when you realize nothing spawns unless you have a lure($$$) and if it DOES spawn, its your 987th Rattata.

    Don't be fooled by nostalgia.

    There IS appeal, and yes this IS the pokemon game we've been wanting for 20 years. It just needs more time to bake. PLEASE put this one back in the over and lemme know when it's actually a game.    … Expand
  35. DocOcarina
    Jul 7, 2016
    1
    I have never given a game so low a score, but this one has earned it. The servers are crashed more than they're up. I sat in a shopping plaza in my state's capital next to the largest road in the city with absolutely no Pokemon on the map. Best of all: the camera mode, the biggest part of the game, doesn't work unless your phone has a gyroscope. It would have been nice if this wasI have never given a game so low a score, but this one has earned it. The servers are crashed more than they're up. I sat in a shopping plaza in my state's capital next to the largest road in the city with absolutely no Pokemon on the map. Best of all: the camera mode, the biggest part of the game, doesn't work unless your phone has a gyroscope. It would have been nice if this was mentioned somewhere (Just looked again. The gyroscope is NEVER mentioned in the app info) So in order to play this game if it didn't crash constantly and actually had Pokemon in a city with a population of over 800,000 people, I'd need to spend nearly $200 just to get a phone capable of running it thanks to a gimmick that the game never warns you about.… Expand
  36. bonsai
    Jul 14, 2016
    3
    Biggest upset in videogame history for me.
    The concept is a 10/10, seriously this could make billions as a project, the whole idea is amazing.
    The game is **** up tho, basically you wait for the phone to vibrate, click on the pokemon, throw a pokeball, stop. This is all you have to do. No pvp, no pokemon exchange, no friends list, no personalization, pokemons have no skills, no levels,    Biggest upset in videogame history for me.
    The concept is a 10/10, seriously this could make billions as a project, the whole idea is amazing.
    The game is **** up tho, basically you wait for the phone to vibrate, click on the pokemon, throw a pokeball, stop. This is all you have to do.
    No pvp, no pokemon exchange, no friends list, no personalization, pokemons have no skills, no levels, no stats.
    Once the hype will go down hill, this will be remembered as a "could have been" project.    … Expand
  37. itchipod
    Aug 10, 2016
    2
    May be fun for easily entertained people, not for real gamers. No pokemon battle, you just collect stupid sprites. If you catch a pokemon, you just caught it nothing more. The app aslo suffers from disconnection and bugs from time to time.
  38. cookthesauce
    Oct 2, 2016
    0
    I want to be the best there ever was
    To beat all the rest, yeah that's my cause
    Electrode, Diglett, Nidoran, Mankey Venusaur, Rattata, Fearow, Pidgey Seaking, Jolteon, Dragonite, Gastly Ponyta, Vaporeon, Poliwrath, Butterfree Catch 'em, catch 'em, gotta catch 'em all Pokemon! I'll search across the land, look far and wide Release from my hand the power that's inside    I want to be the best there ever was
    To beat all the rest, yeah that's my cause

    Electrode, Diglett, Nidoran, Mankey
    Venusaur, Rattata, Fearow, Pidgey
    Seaking, Jolteon, Dragonite, Gastly
    Ponyta, Vaporeon, Poliwrath, Butterfree

    Catch 'em, catch 'em, gotta catch 'em all
    Pokemon!

    I'll search across the land, look far and wide
    Release from my hand the power that's inside

    Venomoth, Poliwag, Nidorino, Golduck
    Ivysaur, Grimer, Victreebel, Moltres
    Nidoking, Farfetch'd, Abra, Jigglypuff
    Kingler, Rhyhorn, Clefable, Wigglytuff

    Catch 'em, catch 'em, gotta catch 'em all
    Gotta catch 'em all, Pokemon!

    Zubat, Primeape, Meowth, Onix
    Geodude, Rapidash, Magneton, Snorlax
    Gengar, Tangela, Goldeen, Spearow
    Weezing, Seel, Gyarados, Slowbro

    Gotta catch 'em all, gotta catch 'em all, yeah!
    Gotta catch 'em all, gotta catch 'em all, yeah!
    Gotta catch 'em all, Pokemon!

    Kabuto, Persian, Paras, Horsea
    Raticate, Magnemite, Kadabra, Weepinbell
    Ditto, Cloyster, Caterpie, Sandshrew
    Bulbasaur, Charmander, Golem, Pikachu

    At least one hundred and fifty or more to see
    To be a Pokemon master is my destiny!

    Alakazam, Doduo, Venonat, Machoke
    Kangaskhan, Hypno, Electabuzz, Flareon
    Blastoise, Poliwhirl, Oddish, Drowzee
    Raichu, Nidoqueen, Bellsprout, Starmie

    "Woo! We're at the halfway point, doing great so far"
    "We? What's all this 'we' stuff? I'm doing all the hard work!"
    "Breaktime's over, here we go!"

    Metapod, Marowak, Kakuna, Clefairy
    Dodrio, Seadra, Vileplume, Krabby
    Lickitung, Tauros, Weedle, Nidoran Machop, Shellder, Porygon, Hitmonchan Gotta catch 'em all, gotta catch 'em all, yeah! Gotta catch 'em all, gotta catch 'em all, yeah! Articuno, Jynx, Nidorina, Beedrill Haunter, Squirtle, Chansey (Pokemon) Parasect, Exeggcute, Muk, Dewgong Pidgeotto, Lapras, Vulpix, Rhydon At least one hundred and fifty or more to see To be a Pokemon master is my destiny! Charizard, Machamp, Pinsir, Koffing Dugtrio, Golbat, Staryu, Magikarp Ninetales, Ekans, Omastar Scyther, Tentacool, Dragonair, Magmar "Whoa, catch your breath man, shake out those lips" "It's downhill from here, just 24 more to go" "Now it gets tricky, so listen real good" Sandslash, Hitmonlee, Psyduck, Arcanine Eevee, Exeggutor, Kabutops, Zapdos Dratini, Growlithe, Mr. Mime, Cubone Graveler, Voltorb, Gloom "We're almost home!" Gotta catch 'em all, gotta catch 'em all, yeow! Gotta catch 'em all, gotta catch 'em all, huaw! Gotta catch 'em all, Pokemon! Charmeleon, Wartortle Mewtwo, Tentacruel, Aerodactyl Omanyte, Slowpoke Pidgeot, Arbok That's all folks! Catch 'em, catch 'em, gotta catch 'em all (oowww) Gotta catch 'em all, Pokemon Catch 'em, catch 'em, gotta catch 'em all (oowww) Gotta catch 'em all, Pokemon Catch 'em, catch 'em, gotta catch 'em all Gotta catch 'em all, Pokemon!    … Expand
  39. ScarlettCamria
    Jul 20, 2016
    1
    This game has a lot of potential, and is fun WHEN IT WORKS. Which is never. The servers crash ALL the time. And I'm running the game on a new iPhone 6S, so there shouldn't be any technological issues. I log into the game, use some items (an egg and some incense) and then it crashes. And then won't log me back in for HOURS. So basically, the hard-earned game "money" that I spent on thoseThis game has a lot of potential, and is fun WHEN IT WORKS. Which is never. The servers crash ALL the time. And I'm running the game on a new iPhone 6S, so there shouldn't be any technological issues. I log into the game, use some items (an egg and some incense) and then it crashes. And then won't log me back in for HOURS. So basically, the hard-earned game "money" that I spent on those items is lost to the void because the game doesn't work. I have "caught" at least 30 pokemon since I started, only to have the game freeze and crash just before the successful capture animation. And though the game says that it will automatically complete the capture and you'll find the pokemon there when you log back in... It's lying. I have never found one to be there after it's crashed on me.

    I know the argument is that they couldn't have foreseen the popularity of the game or the demand on their servers, but the functionality of this game just isn't there. I feel bad for the people who spend real money on items just to have them wasted during server blackout hours (seems to be from about 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm). The glitches have made it so that this game isn't fun to play, and is instead just irritating and frustrating. I'll be taking some strain off the servers, at least, by not playing this anymore.    … Expand
  40. weirdcryo
    Jul 23, 2016
    1
    Early Access "game", it's not really entertaining and the only hype is on catching Pokemons irl which to be honest is pretty dull (at least for me), I got more excitement from other things.
    Besides the Pokemon everything is far away from the real universe game we all love playing.
  41. barium62
    Jul 27, 2016
    1
    There was SO much potential here. Unfortunately, they blew it. Too many glitches that need to be fixed, especially the way it disconnects you every 30 seconds. I really wanted to like this game, but like so many others I found it to be disappointing and underwhelming.
  42. Nyakuya
    Aug 22, 2017
    0
    No se puede pelear con los pokemons, simplemente te los encuentras y les arrojas pokebolas mientras hacen el tonto saltando y haciendo ruidos esperando a que los atrapes. No poder usar tus pokemons implica no poder levelearlos, y para esto metieron un hilarante sistema de "caramelos mágicos sacados del c***", donde al darle esos caramelos los "leveleas", ¿para qué?, para nada, porque noNo se puede pelear con los pokemons, simplemente te los encuentras y les arrojas pokebolas mientras hacen el tonto saltando y haciendo ruidos esperando a que los atrapes. No poder usar tus pokemons implica no poder levelearlos, y para esto metieron un hilarante sistema de "caramelos mágicos sacados del c***", donde al darle esos caramelos los "leveleas", ¿para qué?, para nada, porque no pode usarlos para combatir ni npc, ni gimnasios, ni siquiera pokemon salvajes o duel. Solo podes meterlos en bases y pelear contra pokemons de otras personas de una forma pobre y patética comparada con todos los demás juegos de Pokemon.

    Dejando la jugabilidad de lado, el juego consta en hacerte salir todos los días a caminar 90 kilómetros para atrapar 2 putos pidgey y 5 ratata, y de paso perder tu celular en el camino porque algún ladrón te lo robó.
    ¿Quién carajo tiene tanto tiempo libre para salir a caminar todos los puitos días y encontrarse todos los días con lo mismo?, con pidgeys y ratatas.
    Además de esa estupidez sin sentido, está el hecho de que hay pokemons que solo se encuentran en ciertos lugares del mundo, yo supongo que los creadores de este juego eran tan ajenos al mundo real, que de alguna forma se imaginaron que la gente tiene dinero suficiente como para viajar a distintas partes del mundo por un puto bicho virtual.

    Solo puedo describir este juego diciendo que es una idea excelente ejecutada de la forma más pobre, patética, e hilarante posible. GG, buenas noches.    … Expand
  43. MzMazzaire
    Dec 11, 2017
    0
    Honestly, I don't see why many people are so into such a dangerous app game. I only played it a little bit, and about the only /real/ entertainment I got from playing it is when I took a photo of my pet ferret with a Horsea last year.

    If you one of those gamers who really don't want to get hurt, let alone get killed irl, I strongly advise you avoid this (cr)app game.
  44. RailgunMisaka
    Jul 14, 2016
    1
    There was so much potential here, but it was all wasted. No Battles besides really bad gym battles that are nothing like the old games. If you don't live in a main city, you're screwed, I live in a small town outside a city, the closest pokestop is 15 km away, and I've walked around my town for 2 hours and not seen more than a couple of pokemon. The game drains battery life like MAD, goodThere was so much potential here, but it was all wasted. No Battles besides really bad gym battles that are nothing like the old games. If you don't live in a main city, you're screwed, I live in a small town outside a city, the closest pokestop is 15 km away, and I've walked around my town for 2 hours and not seen more than a couple of pokemon. The game drains battery life like MAD, good luck getting more than 4 hours of play, even with battery saver on. I could go on, but seriously, this game is BAD, hopefully the new 3DS games make up for this.… Expand
  45. viettungvuong
    Jul 14, 2016
    0
    Can't stand this game. I don't know why this game can be a phenomenon, it sucks. First of all, it wastes my Carrier Data and Battery Life. Second, it's dangerous if you hold a phone when you're on a street. Well, who says this game is nice, I think they're mad
  46. WiiUGamer7
    Jul 17, 2016
    0
    What the **** I nearly fell off a cliff with this app!________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
  47. JustSomeGamer
    Aug 5, 2016
    0
    Absolutely **** fundamentally broken...........................................................................
    just don't even try....................................................................................................................
  48. pythag0ras
    Jul 13, 2016
    0
    there are now reports of ppl using some app to put fake pokemon in places and then when someone comes looking for the pokemon , they get ambushed, robbed etc. beware of going looking for pokemon anywhere thats secluded or not in a well traveled/well lit public area.
    I think this is an interesting idea, but unfortunately it doesnt work well in real world application. People are too    there are now reports of ppl using some app to put fake pokemon in places and then when someone comes looking for the pokemon , they get ambushed, robbed etc. beware of going looking for pokemon anywhere thats secluded or not in a well traveled/well lit public area.
    I think this is an interesting idea, but unfortunately it doesnt work well in real world application. People are too predatory nowadays to be able to interact normally anymore. the days of playing social games IRL with strangers has past.    … Expand
  49. crimsondoor
    Jul 22, 2016
    1
    I am an old gen1 & 2er and to me this is just a mediocre game with the Pokemon logo slapped on it. It brings nothing new to the genre - there are already very similar AR games. I don't get what makes it interesting to some people.
  50. Memulatron
    Jul 12, 2016
    4
    You know, I think that I'm just going to end up waiting for Pokemon Sun & Moon. The concept is cool, but it's not exactly new and it gets old fast. To me, it just doesn't have a lot of staying power and it's going to go down as that one fad that was really cool while it lasted.
  51. SupR_G
    Jul 23, 2016
    3
    While it's fun to catch and collect the Pokemon, ultimately the game is a total waste of time. There's no reason to evolve or level up Pokemon, when you can just catch fully evolved ones later on. Your starter Pokemon ends up being the weakest one because you won't find them anywhere. No real battling, leveling, trading, interaction of any kind with other people.
  52. BigDegs29
    Jul 18, 2016
    4
    The problem with this game is simply that no one expected it to be the success it is. It's the PREMISE of the game that is the phenomenon, not the game itself. The premise of being able to go out into the real world and catch virtual creatures is an incredible and, in hindsight, natural idea for the Pokemon genre. But the game itself is incredibly shallow, geared towards the typicalThe problem with this game is simply that no one expected it to be the success it is. It's the PREMISE of the game that is the phenomenon, not the game itself. The premise of being able to go out into the real world and catch virtual creatures is an incredible and, in hindsight, natural idea for the Pokemon genre. But the game itself is incredibly shallow, geared towards the typical shortcomings of free-to-play / pay-to-get-ahead games.

    Traditional Pokemon games have not undergone any major transformations over the decades for one reason: the original concept is solid. Aside from collecting Pokemon, Pokemon Go doesn't actually subscribe to the same concept. Which is a problem. Which is where its unexpectedly, unbridled success comes in. What do they do now? Do they take the game away from Niantic and revamp it to be more like traditional Pokemon games (I can hope!). Or do they double down on the Ingress-style gameplay?

    Doing the former may mean the complete revitalization of Pokemon. Doing the latter will, in my opinion, lead to ultimate failure as the novelty wears off.

    Where will they go from here? They can make this something great, or they could drop the ball big time. Only time will tell.

    As it stands, it's a game with great promise, but one that in its current iteration fails to deliver.    … Expand
  53. TJAW
    Jul 14, 2016
    0
    Once the novelty of finding and catching real-world Pokemon has worn off, all that remains is a disastrous mess of an app that is plagued by seemingly every problem you can think of. Crashes, freezes, glitches, connection issues, server issues, graphical issues, missing data, stuck menus, poor touch controls, battery overusage - you name it, the game has that problem. The game lacks basicOnce the novelty of finding and catching real-world Pokemon has worn off, all that remains is a disastrous mess of an app that is plagued by seemingly every problem you can think of. Crashes, freezes, glitches, connection issues, server issues, graphical issues, missing data, stuck menus, poor touch controls, battery overusage - you name it, the game has that problem. The game lacks basic Pokemon features you'd expect (like catching Pokemon through battling) and doesn't properly explain the ones it DOES have. If you live in a rural area or if you're playing on a iPad that can only connect to local Wi-Fi, your gameplay is severely limited, and the game's in-app purchases are of course expensive. Add in the fact that it's been exploited for the purposes of crime and the other dangerous incidents that can occur if you walk around playing it, and you've got a game that's nothing but a failure that only the most intensely nostalgic can forgive. For everyone else, the app's dozens of horrific problems are not worth suffering through just to catch the same Pokemon you can catch in the handheld games we know and love.… Expand
  54. TiasAllard
    Jul 16, 2016
    0
    Worst game I've ever played. Grindfest that feels fit to decide that some places are supposed to be boring places to play. Does not get any better as level increases (I got to lv21).

    If you live in a designated "no fun zone", by all means download it anyway if your favourite pokemon is pidgey or rattata. If you want anything else, you're **** out of luck.
  55. CPD98
    Jul 12, 2016
    0
    Este juego es TERRIBLE.
    Para empezar, la era dorada de Pokemon ya hace años que pasó pero con el trailer de Pokemon Go parecía que la saga aún tenía algo interesante que decir. Pero que error fue pensar eso.
    El GPS va bastante mal, el juego chupa bateria de manera exagerada y el juego muchas veces se sobrecalienta y no responde bien. Además, ¿en serio alguien va a estar caminando    Este juego es TERRIBLE.
    Para empezar, la era dorada de Pokemon ya hace años que pasó pero con el trailer de Pokemon Go parecía que la saga aún tenía algo interesante que decir. Pero que error fue pensar eso.

    El GPS va bastante mal, el juego chupa bateria de manera exagerada y el juego muchas veces se sobrecalienta y no responde bien.

    Además, ¿en serio alguien va a estar caminando tantos y tantos km solo para abrir huevos y buscar pokemon? Aparte de ser una estupidez tu móvil sufrirá las consecuencias.

    Y aparte, y esto ya es el colmo. Una vez eres nvl 5 y puedes luchar te das cuenta de que los combates son una mierda. Pero una mierda impresionante. Vamos, que solo hay que aporrear la pantalla, ir para los lados y rezar para que el pokemon del dueño del gimnasio sea de bajo nivel, que, por supuesto, no será.

    Un juego aburrido y muy mal llevado que podría haber sido mínimamente entretenido, pero no, es una bazofia pura y dura.

    No perdais el tiempo e invertid vuestro tiempo (y batería del móvil) en algo productivo y no en esta mierda cutre y sin gracia. Al menos han tenido la decencia de poner los pokemon clásicos y no las bobadas de hoy en día, pero ni eso salva a este juego de la desgracia.    … Expand
  56. Daveisonline
    Jul 21, 2016
    3
    I've had enough of this BS. This game is Broken ... BROOOKKEENNN, It crashes frequently, locks up if I catch a Pokemon or start a Gym battle, Constantly logs me out. The Opening Load times just add fuel to the fire of frustration of having to constantly restart the game.

    There is literally no excuse for a game to be released in such a current state, especially since it likes to drain my    I've had enough of this BS. This game is Broken ... BROOOKKEENNN, It crashes frequently, locks up if I catch a Pokemon or start a Gym battle, Constantly logs me out. The Opening Load times just add fuel to the fire of frustration of having to constantly restart the game.

    There is literally no excuse for a game to be released in such a current state, especially since it likes to drain my Battery and my Data plan. It's unoptimized, it's shallow and its clear they released it early to cash in on the Pokemon Nostalgia.

    If you want to keep playing, I ain't going to stop you. However I implore you DON'T SPEND A CENT on this game until they fix the issues.    … Expand
  57. Wulfrune
    Nov 2, 2016
    0
    What started off being a great concept, was quickly driven sub surface by a bunch of Californian air heads who from their Ivory tower thought up how they wanted the game to run. No rooted device, no travelling over 30mph, no mapping software be it theirs or 3rd party and why? Because they want you to go wandering around doing a f*cking history tour of all the pokestops. Designed for fitWhat started off being a great concept, was quickly driven sub surface by a bunch of Californian air heads who from their Ivory tower thought up how they wanted the game to run. No rooted device, no travelling over 30mph, no mapping software be it theirs or 3rd party and why? Because they want you to go wandering around doing a f*cking history tour of all the pokestops. Designed for fit young people who live in highly populated "interesting" areas, if this isn't you, then this game's not for you. Niantics are about the worst Devs (with the exception of kongregate games) Well done on ruining a game Niantics, mission accomplished.… Expand
  58. necdi
    Jul 24, 2016
    1
    In the beginning of the this essay, I want to indicate that; my country is Turkey and this game is not available our App Store. Because of that, I signed up a new Apple ID from Australia and downloaded this game.(like other Turkish users).

    Of course, I have great expactation about Pokemon Go. Because, this anime was the best anime for my childhood. As a consequence of observations, I    In the beginning of the this essay, I want to indicate that; my country is Turkey and this game is not available our App Store. Because of that, I signed up a new Apple ID from Australia and downloaded this game.(like other Turkish users).

    Of course, I have great expactation about Pokemon Go. Because, this anime was the best anime for my childhood. As a consequence of observations, I firmly believe that; most of people are playing this game, but a great majority of people do not like enough.

    First of all, this game is so boring. We can only catch Pokemons and after 5. level we can go to a GYM and fight with other pokemons. When intending to "fight"; this is very simple, we are touching screen recurrently, thats all thing about fight. Another issue is "Zubat" thing. They are in everywhere and this situation definitely irksome. In addition; servers of the game are too slow, the reason of this situaiton probably is huge user number. This is normal, but while you are trying to catch powerful pokemon, the game freeze because of these slow servers.

    This game is new and in my opinion it is not ready for world.    … Expand
  59. Mrexreturns
    Oct 15, 2016
    0
    LET'S BOMBARD THIS WITH ZERO RATINGS!!

    The company who made this game is a CIA front who has absolutely NO respect to its customer base and is outright corrupt with NO player communication or promises! Every update adds minor polishments which do not solve problems and to now they don't even have a working tracker and recently they BLATANTLY stated that they have NO plans to release a    LET'S BOMBARD THIS WITH ZERO RATINGS!!

    The company who made this game is a CIA front who has absolutely NO respect to its customer base and is outright corrupt with NO player communication or promises! Every update adds minor polishments which do not solve problems and to now they don't even have a working tracker and recently they BLATANTLY stated that they have NO plans to release a new one..Just to give us a middle finger! (Not to say all working trackers are DESTROYED, so there is currently no way to track rare Pokemon)

    Plus Spoofers, Hackers and illegitimate level 10 gyms run rampant and there is absolutely NO stopping them while legit players on Rooted devices, Pokemon trackers/scanners and legit level 39/40 players (Search Pokemon Go Level 40 in Google) were ALL destroyed!

    Recently i even saw that they increased the speed limit to 25 mbph or more so Pokemon DO NOT spawn when you are on a car. Talk about business suicide!

    AND most of the features they advertised in the AD including legendaries, Trading and Trackers are NOT presented yet, they are STILL in the coding, and i do NOT see a future where they will be presented to the public.

    This company DOES NOT CARE for anything save for DESTROYING their game and a potentially great concept, that is all about it.

    If you go to the pokemongo reddit (/r/pokemongo), 99% of the frontpage posts have something to do with devs being a total f**kup and ironically, MOST PLAYERS AGREE. This should give you a very nice idea on what this company actually is.

    The only good thing about it is they do admit the game is unfinished unlike WarZ devs.

    The fanbase is corrupt to and my rant posts about this game, as well as anything that tried to defend the trackers got DOWNVOTED TO OBLIVION and mods on the reddit sub even removed my posts without warning at all! (Other people do whatever they want and get thousands of upvotes)

    If this is not a corrupt fanbase...i don't know what is!

    And there is no use with the Pokemon save for fighting Gyms which i can reliably wipe out within a single attempt most of the time and with supposedly weak pokemon like ALAKAZAM and MACHAMP even though they are infested with Snorlaxes and Lapras with over 2000CP. And not to say that Gyms boot me out 99% of the time and it locks out then there is no way of getting around it save for waiting for 10 to 15 minutes!

    On the good side Pokemon flee much less in the latest update which is the only thing good.

    And below the resentful players and tracker sites there are a bunch of clueless people who do not know what is going on. Now i can see around 5 hours without a single lure in a 1000km area and Gyms got replaced after 3 minutes!

    DO NOT support this game and its developers; They will not give you any form of promise, they just DESTROY, DESTROY, DESTROY and DO NOT expect a gen ii update, legendary pokemon and new trackers coming until 5 months later and at that time the company who made this game would had been finished DESTROYING this game, take money and close servers!!

    DO NOT download this game until they fixed the majority of their broke stuff!    … Expand
  60. somedude14
    Jul 13, 2016
    0
    I played it for ten minutes and hated it. I really don't understand the appeal. I was going to give this a 1 because a 0 is pretty harsh, but it needs a 0 because it's causing a phenomenon that's inspiring people to do really stupid things and hurt themselves or get themselves in a lot of trouble over the worst Pokemon game ever made. I mean holy crap nothing shows how stupid theI played it for ten minutes and hated it. I really don't understand the appeal. I was going to give this a 1 because a 0 is pretty harsh, but it needs a 0 because it's causing a phenomenon that's inspiring people to do really stupid things and hurt themselves or get themselves in a lot of trouble over the worst Pokemon game ever made. I mean holy crap nothing shows how stupid the majority population is when a really awful video game comes out and all of a sudden people are getting fined with trespassing or risking life and limb for some virtual nothing.… Expand
  61. chessman6500
    Dec 10, 2016
    0
    Would give this NEGATIVE stars if I could. This was a game I lived for when it first came out back in July. It seemed like an awesome game, so I figured why not play it? I was hooked instantly. I caught pokemon after pokemon and it was so much fun. Now the game has turned into rubbish. Niantic, you can go jump in a lake with this pile of crap. You made it so that YOU CANNOT EVEN PLAY THEWould give this NEGATIVE stars if I could. This was a game I lived for when it first came out back in July. It seemed like an awesome game, so I figured why not play it? I was hooked instantly. I caught pokemon after pokemon and it was so much fun. Now the game has turned into rubbish. Niantic, you can go jump in a lake with this pile of crap. You made it so that YOU CANNOT EVEN PLAY THE GAME IN A CAR PERIOD as a passenger, and I cannot even do anything more than a brisk walk and the game will cease to function. All that is in my area is dumb common pokemon, or nothing at all. I will not recommend even my worst enemy play this pile of trash. I would highly recommend getting Pokemon Sun and Moon if you haven't done so already, its by far a much better game. Even when and if Generation 2 comes out, it won't be fun anymore because you cant even use the game anywhere. This game sucks and I am so upset that Niantic had to turn it into this.....this terrible excuse for a game. I really am flabbergasted as to why they'd do this, but something is telling me they want people to PAY instead of make it a free game. Goodbye Pokemon Go and good riddance. I am completely done with you.… Expand
  62. pikby
    Aug 29, 2016
    4
    While the social aspect does help the game thrive in our community, the game by itself is just plain boring, nothing really interesting or fun,even with the social aspect ,if you live in a rural area you are screwed

    45%
  63. alaskaneagle
    Aug 26, 2020
    0
    Game is still glitchy, BUT the worst thing is Niantic. Every time they see a way to exploit their customers they do it immediately. The second they started selling balls in the store they made pokemon take 3 times as many balls to catch. (they do this periodically still), This month they made "remote battle passes" so they dropped the capture rate from 95% to 40% so now you Have to buyGame is still glitchy, BUT the worst thing is Niantic. Every time they see a way to exploit their customers they do it immediately. The second they started selling balls in the store they made pokemon take 3 times as many balls to catch. (they do this periodically still), This month they made "remote battle passes" so they dropped the capture rate from 95% to 40% so now you Have to buy passes if you want to catch anything. I have hit the latest one with 50 pokeballs in 3 raids and didn't get him. Every Time niantic thinks of a way to squeeze money from their players they do it.… Expand
  64. FilemonBR
    Aug 22, 2016
    4
    Jogo chato, feito para jogadores casual, quase ninguem consegue jogar o pokemon seriamente, so quererm saber de pegar pokemon, mas nao sabem treinar e nem lutar
  65. Bleedthedream18
    Aug 18, 2016
    2
    Prior to the update, I would have given this game a 7. However, the update wrecked this game. Niantic took one step forward and two steps back.

    Pros: The nostalgia of capturing 151 Pokemon is a brilliant concept. You do actually feel like a Trainer. There's no better feeling than evolving or finding new Pokemon to catch. Collecting Stardust and watching your Pokemon grow feels    Prior to the update, I would have given this game a 7. However, the update wrecked this game. Niantic took one step forward and two steps back.

    Pros:

    The nostalgia of capturing 151 Pokemon is a brilliant concept. You do actually feel like a Trainer. There's no better feeling than evolving or finding new Pokemon to catch.

    Collecting Stardust and watching your Pokemon grow feels rewarding.

    The servers rarely crash anymore. The game plays fluently for the most part.

    Cons:

    The game still will freeze in the middle of gameplay, sometimes during crucial moments like catching new Pokemon or during gym battles.

    After the update, the Pokemon now run away so much easier. This is my biggest complaint. Challenge is one thing, but this makes the game almost unplayable. It's unpredictable, unfair, and annoying. Even worse, sometimes you may have to use 4-8 balls to catch a simple Pidgey or Weedle, and they may still run after that. Also, the amount of supplies you get at Pokestops just does not equal the amount of balls you'll be using to catch these things. So, why not just be selective and not catch every Pidgey you say? Well, then how are you supposed to level up? See, Niantic designed it in a way where once they got you addicted, you WILL have to end up spending money eventually. They know what they did. They made the Pokemon run more, so you'll run out of balls, and have to buy more. After all, you want to level up more, don't you? It's a joke.

    Speaking of leveling up, after say level 20, it becomes a chore. You ALWAYS get 100 experience points per Pokemon caught DESPITE the fact that as you grow in level, you need more and more experience points to level up. In any good RPG, you earn more experience points as you fight harder enemies and progress in the game. However, here, you get the same experience points whether you catch a 100 CP Pidgey or a 876 Scyther. Imagine how many Pokemon you have to catch to level up from 23 to 24 when you still only get 100 experience points per Pokemon and you need 150,000. Imagine yourself sitting on a bench for 8 hours throwing hundreds of balls and catching hundreds of the same Pokemon over and over everyday. Sounds fun? Don't waste your time and money. It's not worth it. Did Niantic ever play another RPG before?

    There is no way to tell what is nearby. How can you zero in on certain Pokemon when there's no way to tell where they are? That Nearby List in the corner is completely wrong and useless. It's just a random roll of the dice what shows up. They wrecked the very core essence of the game. I honestly caught better Pokemon just staying home rather than going out and hunting them, wherever they are.

    The amount of Pidgeys and Ratattas that show up is just laughable. Would it have killed them to have a little more variety? Again, I'm torn between wasting balls on them to level up or just putting the phone down and not bothering.

    The way the gyms are structured is terrible. The gym battles themselves aren't the problem. It's the fact that sometimes you'll have to beat a gym five, six, or even seven times to claim it. Are you kidding? You didn't have to do that in the Game Boy games. No one wants to sit there and do the same battle you already won six more times. Couldn't they come up with a better system? What happened to badges? Also, good luck owning a gym for more than an hour before someone takes it, or worse, someone could be standing right next to it ready to take it over after you win. There's no way to stop that.

    Overall:

    I think what frustrates a lot of people is the lack of respect Niantic is showing for a franchise like Pokemon and it's players. They shouldn't have released this game until a lot of the complaints people have been saying were addressed. I believe this game is here to stay, however, and I can only hope for a better experience with Generation Two and future updates.    … Expand
  66. Luigibros
    Oct 25, 2016
    3
    Garbage, it's so boarding, I played, and got boarded after I got 2 Pokémon (which were a ratatta and pidgey) and went on the internet to complain about it, the next day I got a bunch of responses which were from probably ignorant 7 year olds cause a bunch of post's were in all caps, and they just kept calling me a lazy/fat bastard because I don't like it, f*ck Pokémon go, sun and moon willGarbage, it's so boarding, I played, and got boarded after I got 2 Pokémon (which were a ratatta and pidgey) and went on the internet to complain about it, the next day I got a bunch of responses which were from probably ignorant 7 year olds cause a bunch of post's were in all caps, and they just kept calling me a lazy/fat bastard because I don't like it, f*ck Pokémon go, sun and moon will be much better than this steaming pile of garbage… Expand
  67. NahtanojOrigin
    Nov 30, 2016
    3
    It w a s f u n for like T W O W EE K S . I r e m e m b e r j u st p l ayin g i t a nd t he n b e i n g a l l l i ke " th i s i s bo r i ng" i t g o t t o the p o i n t w he re p ro g re s s in g w a s r e a l ly s l ow . i d ele ted the game be c ause it w a s dummmm
  68. Danieljreid1987
    Dec 18, 2016
    0
    Great idea poorly executed had the potential to be something great but after 6 months niantic still haven't fixed the bugs that it came with which is a real shame keep adding things that don't help tuckaway tracking system game sometimes won't load gyms have become impossible to battle alone poke stops don't work sometimes basic Pokemon extremely hard to catch it's basically a grindingGreat idea poorly executed had the potential to be something great but after 6 months niantic still haven't fixed the bugs that it came with which is a real shame keep adding things that don't help tuckaway tracking system game sometimes won't load gyms have become impossible to battle alone poke stops don't work sometimes basic Pokemon extremely hard to catch it's basically a grinding game after a few months gets extremely boring… Expand
  69. BlakDak666
    Mar 23, 2017
    4
    The idea of Pokemon Go is definitely a great idea that could define a era where gamers not only can play games, but also engage in exercise, social interactions and get outside more. This idea did take off and was able to initially get players to go outside and experience the idea of catching the original 150 Pokemon, reflecting on the 20th anniversary of Nintendo's Pocket Monsters.The idea of Pokemon Go is definitely a great idea that could define a era where gamers not only can play games, but also engage in exercise, social interactions and get outside more. This idea did take off and was able to initially get players to go outside and experience the idea of catching the original 150 Pokemon, reflecting on the 20th anniversary of Nintendo's Pocket Monsters. Unfortunately, Pokemon GO is no different of a mobile game than say diner dash, candy crush or clash of clans and by its third month of release, the hype died fast. The launching of the app came with a myriad of problems: awful crashing, using lures to get people to be robbed, raped or beaten up, putting pokemon in holy and respected establishments that caused outrage, rural areas had virtually no diversity in pokemon, terrible rng based pokemon catching that any main Pokemon title could do better and maintenance that kept players away from the app when it was supposedly ready for launch.

    The influx of downloads might have been a reason why it was unprepared, but when you take a iconic name and know that many who are downloading are the same people that played the originals as kids (along with being one of the most popular franchises of all time across most of the world) you should have anticipated more and refine your systems to handle it better. Making a team based allegiance on top of that (with stupid memes and competition) is just downright pointless. Because it is free and a mobile game, it also sells lures and other microtransactions that go through your time duration even if you are not on the game! It is stupid and should never be allowed.

    The updates of adding the Johto region is admirable, but with over 700 Pokemon now, it is much easier to just play on the 3DS of any of the new or latest Pokemon games and trade and catch there. Also it's combat is better too, and if you can't get THAT right, then you defeated your own concept entirely. Overall, Pokemon GO is a subpar app that has cool concepts that are mired by technical and social problems that plague it to this very day.    … Expand
  70. xxxboilozxxx
    May 29, 2017
    2
    nothing like pokemon and its like a loop and bad server quality like ea bad combat people most of the time cheat and a bad game its utter **** and a mess
  71. Warbringer
    Feb 21, 2021
    1
    The reason to main Pokemon series games downfall. So many micro-transactions that made the company focus on mobile games than console games.
  72. Thedarkadonis
    Mar 26, 2020
    2
    Pretty good game RUINED by the devs. Niantic is the scummiest, trashiest, group of no-gooders I've ever seen. They single-handedly ruined this game with their incompetence and greed. They'll ban you for playing the game for no reason! Then tell you to screw yourself. THEY BANNED THE #1 PLAYER FOR NO GOOD REASON AND DIDN'T EVEN CARE! The SCUMBAGS!!! It's a huge shame because thePretty good game RUINED by the devs. Niantic is the scummiest, trashiest, group of no-gooders I've ever seen. They single-handedly ruined this game with their incompetence and greed. They'll ban you for playing the game for no reason! Then tell you to screw yourself. THEY BANNED THE #1 PLAYER FOR NO GOOD REASON AND DIDN'T EVEN CARE! The SCUMBAGS!!! It's a huge shame because the game had a great concept and SO MUCH POTENTIAL. It's all gone to waste now.

    Don't play this game...Not because of the gameplay, but because nobody should support this festering, bloated carcass of a company. NIANTIC IS TRASH    … Expand
  73. Disgruntled-
    Jul 9, 2020
    0
    Garbage support, no humans to talk to even after all the information they had asked for had been provided. The pvp system is very shady and seems like no matter what you do your team is always at a disadvantage. The game is so buggy that for them to have in game purhasrs is a bold move indeed. Don't go anywhere near any of their games, especially Pokemon GO.
  74. Williboii
    Aug 6, 2021
    0
    Pokemon go is the Most Overated Pokemon games of all time. It was an awesome game in 2016 but then It started to became horrible. Nothing is good about this Game anymore. They have completely ruined The best Part about this Game the gyms. It used to be you have to stay in a gym for as long as as possible and if you are able to stay in a gym for a full day you will get a Pokècoin and ifPokemon go is the Most Overated Pokemon games of all time. It was an awesome game in 2016 but then It started to became horrible. Nothing is good about this Game anymore. They have completely ruined The best Part about this Game the gyms. It used to be you have to stay in a gym for as long as as possible and if you are able to stay in a gym for a full day you will get a Pokècoin and if you stay in a gym for two days then you get another Pokècoin And their was no limit to how long you stay in a gym. But Now it's is if you stay in a gym for one day you get 50 coins and that is it if you have two pokemon in different gyms and they both last. One day it is still 50 coins. It ruined the fun out of gyms and if it is torchering to see your pokemon staying in a gym for really long that you are begging for some one to take you out. Their is A crap toon of. It is annoying for your bag to be full or you're pokemon storage to be full. Peapole are stupid enough to complain that pokemon unite a game that is actually Awesome about their Microtransactions awhich aren't even that bad, but But not Pokemon Go. The game has a crap ton of glitches, The sound is hard to listen to because it sounds terrible, and the grafics are trash. Guys Stop complaining about the Microtransactions of Pokemon Unite when you don't about Pokemon Go.… Expand
  75. DeadlyRoze
    Feb 5, 2022
    0
    this game is a miss bad graphics and bad game play honestly i am welling play bubsy 3d world or whatever then pokemon go
  76. DieterfallCZE
    Nov 15, 2022
    3
    really bad :((((
  77. AlexMakesToast
    Nov 23, 2022
    3
    Go = 3/10
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  78. Poccigoni
    May 27, 2023
    4
    Pokémon GO is the result of not listening to your community + heavy monetization of your game. The change to Remote Passes was the nail in the coffin, and it just showed how little communication there was between Niantic and the playerbase. The game doesn't feel rewarding enough to motivate you and go out to get some new Pokémons, and Niantic knows that. But, for some reason, they justPokémon GO is the result of not listening to your community + heavy monetization of your game. The change to Remote Passes was the nail in the coffin, and it just showed how little communication there was between Niantic and the playerbase. The game doesn't feel rewarding enough to motivate you and go out to get some new Pokémons, and Niantic knows that. But, for some reason, they just keep thinking that making staying at home more expensive will motivate players to go outside. But sadly, most in the community don't have enough time to go catching Pokémon for hours.… Expand
  79. Marioipod13
    Sep 4, 2023
    0
    This game deliberately unfairly disadvantages minors and even some adults. If you're not allowed to go anywhere then you can't get anything in this game, besides there's WAY too much grinding for rewards you'll never get.

    Don't waste your time or money on this garbage and get Emerald or Platinum instead.
  80. GameCatastrophe
    Sep 3, 2023
    2
    This game is such a good idea conceptually. The theme around all of the Pokémon series is travelling the world, discovering Pokémon, and having the ability to do so in the real world is a great idea. However, this game slowly became less of a game and more of a billboard. Nowadays, if you want to get a specific, early-game Pokémon, you have to wait for a celebration of that specificThis game is such a good idea conceptually. The theme around all of the Pokémon series is travelling the world, discovering Pokémon, and having the ability to do so in the real world is a great idea. However, this game slowly became less of a game and more of a billboard. Nowadays, if you want to get a specific, early-game Pokémon, you have to wait for a celebration of that specific Pokémon or you can't get it. Additionally, with the seasonal events and missions, the game seems to revolve more around marking your calendar and going to a real-world event rather than playing the game normally. Another problem is that as you progress through the game, certain goals will have to be reached, some of which are unrealistically challenging or entirely luck-based. Some features are also limited to certain areas or require transportation or other things in the real world that may not be available to all players.
    In conclusion, I think that this game started off alright, but slowly became desperate for content and community involvement as the years went on.    … Expand

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#1 Most Discussed iOS Game of 2016
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#1 Most Shared iOS Game of 2016

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 37 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 37
  3. Negative: 2 out of 37
  1. Jeuxvideo.com
    Jun 2, 2018
    90
    You don’t even have to like Pokémon to enjoy Pokémon Go. During the previous year, Pokémon Go has tuned its ideas and it’s now even more original and addictive. This is a one-of-a-kind game.
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  2. CD-Action
    Sep 17, 2016
    90
    The best mobile game I have ever played. [09/2016, p.66]
  3. games(TM)
    Sep 14, 2016
    70
    Improvements and additions over time – including the Raid-style events for catching legendary Pokémon, as teased in the original trailer – as well as ongoing tweaks to fundamental systems stand to improve Pokémon Go as a game, but the quality (and novelty) of the experience of playing, particularly as part of a group, is already there. Go could still one day be the legendary game its immense potential hints at.
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