I firmly believe that had Niantic been allowed to mimic the traditional Pokemon PvP, it would have been an even greater success.
The core gameplay of the Nintendo games wasn't terribly complex, but had tons of replayability.
The core gameplay of the Nintendo games wasn't terribly complex, but had tons of replayability.
As someone who left that rural background and now lives in a smaller, but proper city, my response is a lot colder and less sympathetic. Living rurally is a trade off. Cheaper land and housing, more space, less culture, fewer people, and less socialization. The internet _helps_ but it doesn't _cure_ this issue. Until we have teleportation living rurally will always be more isolating.
It's not really surprising that a walking-based game with a social streak that seeks to have 10 to 30 interactions per user per hour (pokes to catch, teams to form, battles to fight, etc) wouldn't work well in areas of the world where there aren't even 10 to 30 _people_ per square mile.
I am very curious how close VR with gaze and body language tracking will get us.
Do you have anything to back it up?
My understanding was that they just have a small team and aren’t very good (ie. brave enough) at making changes beyond ‘text fixes’
I rage uninstalled pokemon go after that and my data bill has been rational ever since :)