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. 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
  3. 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%
  4. 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.
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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.
  11. 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
  12. 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.
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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.
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. DieterfallCZE
    Nov 15, 2022
    3
    really bad :((((
  21. AlexMakesToast
    Nov 23, 2022
    3
    Go = 3/10
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  22. 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
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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.
  29. 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
  30. 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
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  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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