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Stuart Smith
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 Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2016 7:48 pm
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| TsukasaElkKite wrote: | | Is it worth all the hype? |
I never followed the game so I went in blind. Five minutes later I uninstalled it. It's just a simple mobile GPS game like Igress. If you're expecting anything like that main titles you'll be very disappointed. Given the fact there's only gen 1 Pokemon makes me think this is aimed at non-fan who stopped playing and watching the franchise after the 90s. Most of the news articles about the game on the web seem to be framed in that mindset of capturing their nostalgia as a kid at anyrate .
-Stuart Smith
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Polycell
Joined: 16 Jan 2012
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Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2016 12:41 pm
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| Lostlorn Forest wrote: | | The moment this app results in a fatal car crash or traffic accident when some stupid kid rushes into oncoming traffic it will be slam dunked into the trash where it will join Swapnote. I would say there should be age restrictions, but this is Pokemon we're talking about. Just stick to the handheld games, this idea isn't that amazing. |
Swapnote lead to kids getting molested, didn't it? That's kind of on a whole nother level than forgetting to put a speedometer into the game(or did they? There somehow hasn't been a wreck yet I can find).
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Zin5ki
Joined: 06 Jan 2008
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Location: London, UK
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Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2016 12:57 pm
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| Stuart Smith wrote: | | If you're expecting anything like that main titles you'll be very disappointed. |
As a bystander to this craze, I must admit I am quite entranced by the cultural aura surrounding the game. The presses have barely been able to keep up with the stories arising from it:
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enurtsol
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Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2016 5:02 pm
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Many people been playing all week
Even people who weren't into Pokemon but want to join in on the fun
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Lord Oink
Joined: 06 Jul 2016
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Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2016 7:59 pm
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Just wait until we start getting news stories of people getting mugged and stabbed because they wanted to go catch Pokemon in the ghetto, or a pedophile set his home to be a hotspot to lure kids. Or someone gets shot for tresspassing on private property.
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Maidenoftheredhand
Joined: 21 Jun 2007
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Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2016 9:50 pm
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| enurtsol wrote: | | Many people been playing all week
Even people who weren't into Pokemon but want to join in on the fun |
This describes me. I guess I like the phenomena of it. I like that you have to walk around to play (although I caught the most Pokemon sitting in one spot that was luring them in) and tons of people in my neighborhood who were also playing.
Edit: There was already a news story about people using the game to lure people to rob. I guess you just need to use common sense.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/armed-robbers-used-pokemon-go-app-lure-victims-police-say-n606786
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