It's still going strong here. Pokemon Go is like a never ending battle to claim all the gyms. You're lucky to occupy one for at most a few hours. It seems impossible to hold it for more than a day. People still actively playing it here, including me.
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| Ganoncrotch said: Yeah I've said this a few times, but realistically the casual gamers who downloaded POGO in their droves are not the sort of gamer how is going to basically Beta Test a game like this, the concept of having to restart a game 10+ times during a trip out to play it would just instantly turn off casual players who don't know about restarting apps or turning something off then on again. Was such a wasted oppertunity to launch the game in the state that it was in, I doubt there will be another chance to rope in so many non Pokemon players into a game like this for some time again. |
I'm playing it lightly and enjoying. However, there are some things that can, and most likely will, drive some people off pretty fast:
- It's a massive battery killer. Really. I have a 3600 mAh battery on my phone and it just kills it faster than anything. People need their phone.
- You have to keep the screen on all the time, with the app open or it doesn't do s***. It's not very confortable to do it and it makes the previous point worse. Why couldn't it run a lightweight service on background and notify me of new Pokémon? It could actually make people that stopped playing come back to the app.
- It's won't run on a lot of mid-end devices. If you have anything like a Moto G3 or Galaxy J5 or worse, the game won't run that well. It's just a simple map with a 3D character walking. I don't have idea why it is so demanding. The combination of a heavy app + GPS + 4G also makes phones get pretty hot. Before anyone says "buy a better phone" for these people, not everyone can afford a high end device. And nowadays, they really aren't much worth it anyways. If we were talking about a complex 3D game, ok, you need a good phone. But this is just a damn map, it's basically Google Maps (that actually has a better 3D view with real 3D building) with a boy/girl walking on it. It's extremely badly optimized.
- Uses a lot of RAM. It would be a no issue, but on phones with 2GB of RAM, if you minimize it and opens the browser or Facebook, it ends up kicked out of memory and you have to restart the game. It wouldn't be an issue, but...
- Takes too long to open the app. Easily 30 seconds or more. And you have to reopen it almost each time you minimize it.
- Hacks/cheats. When the game launched in Brazil, most gyms were already occupied by players at level 20-30 with Pokémon with 2000 to 3000 cp. In a few hours after launch. Fake GPS could really ruin the game completely. This is priority n. 1.
I like the game, I like the concept. And I'll keep playing. I'm not a "hardcore" Go player that will go out just to play it, but I always play a bit when going out. But I recognize that this kind of issues may start driving people off once the novelty wear a bit and they could be easily fixed. It will make a ton of cash anyway, but fixing this stuff can make them way more.
| spurgeonryan said: Took a picture, will post it on Facebook later and link it here for people who think I am a fibber. |
still waiting on da pic brah
| TomaTito said: Updating an app is second nature to a mobile user, they just come from the store app, and by default these are done automatically. The main decline, I believe, are people just getting bored with it, be it the exponential progression or increased capture difficulty as you level up. |
It needs a bit more of depth. Right now, it's basically grinding. They should add real time battles against people on the street. You are walking and suddenly you get challenged to a Pokémon battle! That would rock!
The battle mechanics should also be improved. It really sucks. Most of the time, the best strategy is to put your high level Pokémon and just tap the screen like a maniac until the ther guy is down.
torok said:
It needs a bit more of depth. Right now, it's basically grinding. They should add real time battles against people on the street. You are walking and suddenly you get challenged to a Pokémon battle! That would rock! The battle mechanics should also be improved. It really sucks. Most of the time, the best strategy is to put your high level Pokémon and just tap the screen like a maniac until the ther guy is down. |
Thats an NX exclusive :p
| teigaga said: Thats an NX exclusive :p |
hahahahahah, I think people would be pissed off. But they should get the first Pokémon game on NX and add some sort of connection to Go. It would be a regular Pokémon game, but maybe you could just also be able to use the gyms and Pokéstops from Go to get more points or something like that. They will be really dumb if they don't manage to create some sort of link that stimulates people that are on Go to get a NX with Pokémon.
| Natsu said: It's declining? Well that may be because everyone was playing it for a bit. A lot of people still play it I just don't see grown women play as much XD |
My mom plays it... And she's 43... It's the mos funny thing to see her playing and trying to hide herself from the other kids! ROFL
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Ganoncrotch said:
Casual soccer mom players do not know what updates are to things like this really and wont be coming back, this isn't like expansions to PC MMOs, those people tried it, was buggy and stopped playing it because of that. First impressions with some players are damning especially like I said if they aren't your standard gamer who is fine to basically beta test a buggy mess. |
Yup. I keep reading that updates will bring people back and I could agree with you more.
People won't like the idea of paying for data. The game doesn't have much to offer and you can't play it wherever you go like Candy Crush or Angry Birds.
torok said:
hahahahahah, I think people would be pissed off. But they should get the first Pokémon game on NX and add some sort of connection to Go. It would be a regular Pokémon game, but maybe you could just also be able to use the gyms and Pokéstops from Go to get more points or something like that. They will be really dumb if they don't manage to create some sort of link that stimulates people that are on Go to get a NX with Pokémon. |
I'm quite inclined to believe that NX's first pokemon game will be a battle game ala Stadium which connects with your pokemon go account. There was a rumour saying that Pokemon would be on NX in the first 6months (as you've said it'd be dumb not to capitalise on Go) yet I doubt that they'll release another full length RPG right after Sun and Moon has just come out.
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Well all it means is that just cause its big in some/your areas doesn't mean it's big in others.
My friends said they use to see their parks super packed with people but now there's a lot less these days.
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