Pokemon Go at home vs POKÉMON GO

Ecksell@lemmy.one to Games@lemmy.world – 181 points –

I know now why so many people skipped and/or hated this game haha! (Just got back from Disney). It was fun, but deleted now. ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯

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This game was such a letdown

Because it wasn't a game, it was a gamified data collection app. If someone actually wanted to make a game with this concept, it could turn out well, but that was never Niantic's intention.

I had a ton of fun playing Ingress in highschool/college – exploring parts of my city I had never been to before, walking around a ton, meeting new people and making friends.

But yeah, it's a data collection service for Google Maps.