Pokémon Go |OT| As in "Go Outside"

JackDT said:
The 50 XP per hit. Right now I could go and walk around the park... or I could just sit here and get 6000 XP an hour.
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That's compelling, a daily limit makes perfect sense I guess for the XP. Even doing that twice daily for 12000 is already pretty excessive.

Item-wise, I think the 5 min cooldown all day every day is necessary especially for some players.
i am unagi said:
THANK YOU!!! It all makes sense now.

So, if you're defending and your gym is defeated, does your pokemon show back up in your pokedex automatically and with zero HP?
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Yep, fainted- it will need a Revive.
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uh, wow
 
m4st4 said:
To those among you who played 3DS games and like Pokemon RPGs, what's the appeal here, doing the same in real world with less tactics? I'm just curious what's the main draw here.
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I never really thought Pokemon was that good of an RPG, so stripping away those elements? I don't miss them that much.

And, y'know, this is perfect for walks during and around work.

First time I've been excited about a Pokemon game since Red/Blue, legit.
 
m4st4 said:
I see this game is seemingly everywhere right now (no pun intended). Don't see the appeal but it's certainly funny reading about all the weird Pokemon sightings.

To those among you who played 3DS games and like Pokemon RPGs, what's the appeal here, doing the same in real world with less tactics? I'm just curious what's the main draw here.
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Literally being a real-life Pokemon trainer.
 
i have a 758 cp flareon but i can't beat the 300 cp poliwhirl defending the gym each tiem, and if i do, i can't beat the next 2. ayuda me :(
 
m4st4 said:
I see this game is seemingly everywhere right now (no pun intended). Don't see the appeal but it's certainly funny reading about all the weird Pokemon sightings.

To those among you who played 3DS games and like Pokemon RPGs, what's the appeal here, doing the same in real world with less tactics? I'm just curious what's the main draw here.
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Social interaction. Rivalry and team pride, in terms of gyms.
 
m4st4 said:
I see this game is seemingly everywhere right now (no pun intended). Don't see the appeal but it's certainly funny reading about all the weird Pokemon sightings.

To those among you who played 3DS games and like Pokemon RPGs, what's the appeal here, doing the same in real world with less tactics? I'm just curious what's the main draw here.
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The appeal for me at least is getting together with your friends and go exploring. My group of friends usually don't do much outdoor activities, but with Pokémon Go we actually went to the park for once and had a great time. Also meeting other players is always a great experience.
 
I've never played Pokemon until now. Today I went out walking and ended up doing 10km around the suburbs and beaches, walked some paths I never would have, and bumped into all sorts of people playing. I loved it.
 
Bufbaf said:
And yet everyone's just staring at their phones, not talking, not smiling, just staring into this Pikachu shaped void.

Yes I know some of them probably talk.


Probably.
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Go to the Pokemon Go subreddit and you'll learn that actually, EVERYONE socializes. In fact, that's one of the main draws of the game. Anecdotal stories of total strangers hanging out and bonding in lure areas. Even shut-ins have said they were amazed to be socially interacting with people when normally, they'd clam up in public.
 
wmlk said:
Why is the gender ratio still so bad. Can't believe that's an issue with Pokémon, too.
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In the 3 times I've gone out to play go there's been a fair mix of girls playing it. Most seem to be going either with their SO or in a group of friends.
 
Okay, I really don't get it. I'm at a shopping center full of players capturing gyms that I can easily steamroll with my 1400 CP Arcanine, but I keep getting the 1 HP glitch while no one else here seems to be. Argh!

Or it just straight up ejects me out of the fight before it even starts. This game hates me, haha.
 
m4st4 said:
To those among you who played 3DS games and like Pokemon RPGs, what's the appeal here, doing the same in real world with less tactics?
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I don't personally find that appealing at all, so I'd be surprised if I hear that is the answer some people have. But I would be pretty curious to hear if that is the case for some.

I enjoy all of the RPGs to some extent and really loved the first few, but barely anything about an actual RPG would translate well to what this game is trying to encourage.

It's funny, thinking about the term now, this is less Pokemon the Role-Playing Game and more Pokemon the Actual-Doing Game. I mean obviously you aren't legitimately catching monsters and battling Gym leaders. But it's (unless you're sitting in one place clicking pokestops every 5 minutes for hours at a time) a very active and atypically social experience using some of the really comfortable and addictive concepts from the original Pokemon idea: catching your own creatures (you can name them), evolving them, getting jelly and wanting rare ones really bad, battling them against other ones. Those concepts are all here and just as strong as they were in 1996, but the "mechanics" aren't even remotely RPG-like.

Pokemon Go is a 0/10 RPG. Like, -50/10. It actually feels a little more like other activities than most games in general, I guess sort of more like a board game or LARPing minus the RP plus technology? Or I guess to be perfectly honest, it doesn't really feel much like anything else that exists so far as I know, except for Ingress. Which has no pokemon at all.
 
Seems like this game is off to one heck of a start.
Went to the mall(Downtown Brooklyn, NY) earlier tonight to pick up some items. Entering Target's doorway, a small group of employees were congregated. To my surprise, the conversation wasn't about the latest movie, music single, or online shooter - the usual. This time, it was all about Pokémon Go! A few of them had their phones out, and one girl, in particular, had the ap opened and talking about how many pokemon she encountered within the departments of Target alone.

This is anecdotal of course, but may hint at the kind of impact that is already being made by Pokémon Go, and even before several weeks of word-of-mouth here in the US takes effect. I truly did not expect to witness - first hand, and THIS early - how quickly the excitement for this game is spreading, in a place other than a game store. It's one thing to read about it topping iOS/Android charts, but another to see the social trend in effect.
 
DonutTurtle said:
I bought a portable charger for my phone for this game...send help.
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Yo same here. Actually, it made me find out my outlet had a blown fuse, so I replaced it as well.

EDIT: I just hope it keeps its popularity all the way through a few new generation introductions and gameplay updates, or at least until Gen 3 hits.
 
Pokemon Go is what it is. Pokemon on the go. That sounds weird considering Pokemon is always on the go with handheld games. But this game is designed to be very fast and basically playable with one hand.

I'm curious to see how they'll handle Pokemon battles between actual players. Service on your phone could handicap you. It's already annoying enough with gym battles against the A.I Pokemon.
 
everyday math said:
Pokemon Go is what it is. Pokemon on the go. That sounds weird considering Pokemon is always on the go with handheld games. But this game is designed to be very fast and basically playable with one hand.

I'm curious to see how they'll handle Pokemon battles between actual players. Service on your phone could handicap you. It's already annoying enough with gym battles against the A.I Pokemon.
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I hope they improve the battle system before that happens (including the glitch fixes).


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I keep opening the app to do something but its literally useless for now unless I want to use some incense. Wish I had something else to do with it.
 
Hawkian said:
I don't personally find that appealing at all, so I'd be surprised if I hear that is the answer some people have. But I would be pretty curious to hear if that is the case for some.

I enjoy all of the RPGs to some extent and really loved the first few, but barely anything about an actual RPG would translate well to what this game is trying to encourage.

It's funny, thinking about the term now, this is less Pokemon the Role-Playing Game and more Pokemon the Actual-Doing Game. I mean obviously you aren't legitimately catching monsters and battling Gym leaders. But it's (unless you're sitting in one place clicking pokestops every 5 minutes for hours at a time) a very active and atypically social experience using some of the really comfortable and addictive concepts from the original Pokemon idea: catching your own creatures (you can name them), evolving them, getting jelly and wanting rare ones really bad, battling them against other ones. Those concepts are all here and just as strong as they were in 1996, but the "mechanics" aren't even remotely RPG-like.

Pokemon Go is a 0/10 RPG. Like, -50/10. It actually feels a little more like other activities than most games in general, I guess sort of more like a board game or LARPing minus the RP plus technology? Or I guess to be perfectly honest, it doesn't really feel much like anything else that exists so far as I know, except for Ingress. Which has no pokemon at all.
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Alright guys you got me, when is that EU release? I want to be a Pokemon trainer, again.
 
m4st4 said:
I see this game is seemingly everywhere right now (no pun intended). Don't see the appeal but it's certainly funny reading about all the weird Pokemon sightings.

To those among you who played 3DS games and like Pokemon RPGs, what's the appeal here, doing the same in real world with less tactics? I'm just curious what's the main draw here.
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As someone who finds the actual Pokemon games ungodly boring and slow, this is fun because it's just the collection part of Pokemon, plus all the fun social interaction.

It definitely needs a little bit more to it to hold my interest, but it's a great starting point for what ever it actually is.
 
So I downloaded this and I'm not a Pokemon fan or anything. But. I feel like I'm missing something. Is this game really only throwing balls at random Pokemon that appear and walking to landmarks or whatever and getting a few items? Is there no Pokemon battles unless you find a gym? Just seems like a lot of hype for an overly simple mobile game...
 
Ferrio said:
1. The box in the lower right is your way to locate pokemon. The more feet symbols the farther away they are.
2. Pokestops are notable real world places where you can obtain random items, as well as deploy lures to attract pokemon. The lures + location allow for real world interaction with other players.
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Ah, OK. There is a pokestop right in front of my work, and another across the street :D

This is my first pokemon game.
 
BY2K said:
Any reason for that? There seems to be a big scare about APK bans.
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The APK is what you download from the Google store itself, if they ban an APK, they would literally be banning anyone who downloads the game from the Google Play store itself.

On top of that, I downloaded the APK while the game was in Beta and have been using it ever since... I am still playing.
 
wmlk said:
Why is the gender ratio still so bad. Can't believe that's an issue with Pokémon, too.
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I saw a few groups of people wandering around and it was usually 3-5 guys and 0-2 girls. I think it might just be confirmation bias--you notice when there's a girl with a group of guys standing near a Pokestop, but don't even think about it when you see 3-4 girls walk by. I know from FB that it's nearly an even split among people I know.

Bufbaf said:
And yet everyone's just staring at their phones, not talking, not smiling, just staring into this Pikachu shaped void.

Yes I know some of them probably talk.

Probably.

Edit just in case it's not clear, I'm not serious of course. This is great.
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I was at a bar and had my phone open with the game out and as people were ordering drinks quite a few started conversations with me about it--2 or 3 asking what it was, and 4 or 5 saying they played, as well as 2 guys that commented they saw about 30 people in different groups wandering around the Park across the street playing.

tempest3 said:
I thought you were supposed to be able to take 6 to try and challenge a gym spot? Not sure how these gyms work
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If it's only 1 pokemon it must be a gym his team already controls.
 
At 2 in the morning I saw a pokelure at a nearby church. Fuck what I'm doing, I got my ass there post haste. Turns out there was a gathering of 10 people that had developed, all talking pokemon. Traded tips with the group and walked around town, by the time we headed back the cops were waiting in the parking lot of the church waiting for us.

I wasn't surprised, but I did find it funny as hell.
 
Ok. So i tried this briefly when it came out, sideloaded the .apk to get around the region locks. I had done no research on this going in, I had only my own preconceptions about what the game should be.

I *really* don't understand the way it's taken off, and I would love some insight from those of you who are in to it.
Let me explain: When I heard about this concept, I immediately developed a very clear image of what I thought the game should be. Basically, all the mechanics of a core pokemon game, but sans story and set in real world. So, I expected to do things like these:

Scenario 1: Go on walk, phone vibrates. A wild pidgin appears!
I fight it with my set of 6 active pokemon, using the same mechanics established in the base game. Once weakened, it can be caught with pokeballs. My fighting pokemon gain exp as they finish the fight.

Scenario 2: Phone vibrates, other trainers in area. Can choose to initiate battle, or ignore. Same battle system and exp earnings as from wild fights apply.

Once your pokemon are all knocked out, you need to go to the local pokecenter, wherever that is, and revive them.

Basically, what I'm saying is this: I imagined a core pokemon game, but the overworld happens to be the real world. And it sounded awesome. What I played briefly was something else, and I'd really appreciate some insight into why people would be excited for what this has turned out to be, and why doing it the way I imagined wouldn't have been infinitely better. If economics is the issue, I'm sure they could still nickel-and-dime people by selling pokeballs or something.

I just don't get it, please help me do so.
 
I just learnt of this game a couple of days ago. so I am dumb and I don't understand how AR works in this game. How do they decide which Pokemon show up at a given location?
 
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