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New Pokemon Go Beta Gameplay
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Bear Force One
Banned
You REALLY need to battle wild Pokemon. And they need to add their Pokemon cries/voices.
Don't bring it to market without this.
Don't bring it to market without this.
chrominance
Member
Yup, that is an Ingress-ass Pokemon game.
Yeah, I'll try it.
Yeah, I'll try it.
Yeah I'm out.
outunderthestars
Banned
Agreed. People should approach it from the Ingress perspective more than as a new pokemon game.
I really don't know why people didn't think this from the start.
Barrylocke
Member
I can agree with the cries missing being a bummer, but I can really see the reasoning people have pointed out about why wild battles aren't a thing here. If pokemon are something you collect in between pokestops and gym then you really wouldn't want to be doing a minute or two long fight for every pokemon. In Ingress, all gameplay between portals is extremely quick. The portals are where the action is.
Compsiox
Banned
I don't believe this. That would ruin what makes Pokemon, Pokemon.
It looks okay... I'm disappointed you don't get to fight wild Pokemon using your own Pokemon though, it looks like you just find the and thrown your RNG-microtransaction Pokeballs at them until you either catch them or give up? Oh well, the concept is still cool enough that I'll probably play it a bunch.
I mean, that's crazy! Like if Nintendo made a rogue-like game in which a human being is turned into a Pokemon and had to search some sort of mysterious dungeon!
Looks much better than before, but...
This just bums me out. I was hoping that they would have kept battles somewhat engaging, but this sounds (and looked) so shallow. Should've been more depth to the system.
Yup, a guaranteed success.
Exactly. So many people are just imagining Pokemon 3DS on your iPhone and won't listen/read to anything else people say. Then when footage comes out, they go and complain about how the game wasn't up to their expectations at all.
Barrylocke
Member
For what it's worth, there are multiple potential moves that each Pokemon can have. There seems to be over 130 Charge type moves and over 40 Quick type moves so far. Moves have varying types (for super/not very effectives), power, and seemingly accuracy and critical chances. Each pokemon can learn different moves at higher levels or on evolution.
That sounds pretty Pokemon to me.
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
People expecting or wanting this game to be as complex as the main series are missing the point, the average casual fan who they're aiming for doesn't want that from a cellphone game---they want an easily accessible game that touches upon their nostalgia.
Whether or not that makes a good game is up for debate, but this game is by design meant to offer a simpler style compared to the strategy the main series offers up.
Whether or not that makes a good game is up for debate, but this game is by design meant to offer a simpler style compared to the strategy the main series offers up.
Compsiox
Banned
He made it sound like every pokemon had like 2 generic abilities shared among them. My apologieees.
Barrylocke
Member
No worries. Niantic has been pretty closed lipped about development, so everything we know came from the beta tests in Japan and Australia, and the Australian tests only began very recently.
I haven't followed all the latest details but it does seem like Niantic is trying to keep a degree of uniqueness to the pokemon which should help with adding strategy to the gym combat.
backflip10019
Member
I'll try it out. Nothing to lose so why not.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
Looks like it barely works at any point. Off the charts jank.
Also, first kid to get hit by a car in a road while catching a Pidgey wins the press' undivided attention.
Also, first kid to get hit by a car in a road while catching a Pidgey wins the press' undivided attention.
Pokemon won't spawn in the street and the go plus let's you play without looking at your phone. They thought about this lol
Graphically the game looks good, when it's in battle with the camera turned off, plus I like the detail of the center of the Pokéball flashing red when trying to catch Pokémon.
Game Play wise however the game just looks shit, something that I expected it.
I will just stick to the real Pokémon game.
This pretty much, it's also why they are only starting with Gen 1 Pokémon as they are trying to pander to the gen 1 crowd.
Game Play wise however the game just looks shit, something that I expected it.
I will just stick to the real Pokémon game.
This pretty much, it's also why they are only starting with Gen 1 Pokémon as they are trying to pander to the gen 1 crowd.
Doesn't look great visually, but I'm up for exploring the real world to find pokémon. I only wish I had this when I was younger and dragged around for long walks by my parents. The redone textures on the pokémon look nice too, hopefully that'll copy over to Sun and Moon.
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"Pikachu hatched from the egg!"
*twitches*
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"Pikachu hatched from the egg!"
*twitches*
Brings back painful memories of the Gen 1 remake when Game Freak blocked any Pokémon that didn't exist in gen 1, which prevented friendship evolution from happening because you didn't have the national Dex.
There's gen 1 pandering and there's straight up changing things to pander to gen 1 crowd, the latter option shouldn't exist at all.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Look like what I thought, just catching pokemon walking around thats it. No battle no gaining xp
They battled in the video?
This game really isn't about battling at all. Even if it ahd a battle system it'd be shallow.
Looks great, exactly what I expected from playing ingress for a while.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Huh? It look like he just saw a vulpix and threw pokeballs till he hit it
Oh you mean free-roam battles, yeah its only gyms right now
Danis Saur
Member
This cost alot of money didn't it?
Looks like a non official side project app.
Looks like a non official side project app.
Porygon should a jailbreak exclusive.
DeployThatPizza
Member
Looks decent.