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RUMOUR: Potential Pokémon GO footage.
- Thread starter JoeM86
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Pokémon has been on smartphones in various manners (including games) since 2011.
Schnozberry
Member
Early build of a video game looks unpolished. More news at 11.
Guys what were you expecting from a free to play MMO AR smartphone app? A Mainline game like experience? There was no way something like that would happen.
Sure, it does not look good, but don't act like they promised the biggest and best game ever, and suddenly we got that.
As former Ingress player this is even more than I hoped for (I expected sprites)
Sure, it does not look good, but don't act like they promised the biggest and best game ever, and suddenly we got that.
As former Ingress player this is even more than I hoped for (I expected sprites)
Herbspiceguy
Member
Ivysaurs movement is janky, especially in the transition from map to 'street view'. Looks a bit better when's jumping after the first miss.
Maybe this is a downside of AR.
Other than that I'm not seeing anything "horrible" or "terrible". Sounds like hyperbole, unrealistic expectations and/or mobile bias.
Maybe this is a downside of AR.
Other than that I'm not seeing anything "horrible" or "terrible". Sounds like hyperbole, unrealistic expectations and/or mobile bias.
It's not. Don't be like this just to stir shit up.
Icedburden
Member
That's a very edgy answer. Congrats.
This is AR. The chance of this being a great game/project was pretty slim. Concept is awesome but we are a ways off before this is viable.
I have seen so much hype for Pokémon GO. It got so hyped by the trailer and conference that expectations were ridiculously high.
I've dealt with e-mails about it the last 6 months. People were excited and expecting major things from it. I saw one person actually pissed that Sun & Moon were revealed because they thought GO was the continuation of main series.
Pokémon Sun & Moon is the future of Pokémon. This is a spin-off.
Judging from the footage it seems like another wasted potential outing from Gamefreak/The Pokemon Company. This could have been something really special but it doesn't even look or feel like a Pokemon game. Really, Crystals? Man, I just can't get on board with mobile ever it seems. Maybe I'm judging too much from a 1 minute teaser made for the press but still.
I remember you shunning Pokemon Go a while back and everyone trampled you and called you a fanboy or something. It's a bit foggy but I'm pretty sure that's the gist of it.
Unfortunately, you were right.
I remember you shunning Pokemon Go a while back and everyone trampled you and called you a fanboy or something. It's a bit foggy but I'm pretty sure that's the gist of it.
Unfortunately, you were right.
That's more or less what i expected to see, so i'm not disappointed because i wasn't crazy about this "game" from the beginning.
I mean, the concept of catching Pokémon in real life is amazing, but AR today doesn't exactly allow for a good or "proper" execution of that.
I mean, the concept of catching Pokémon in real life is amazing, but AR today doesn't exactly allow for a good or "proper" execution of that.
You're not serious.
I'll stick with Sun and Moon thank you very much and so will probably the rest of the world seeing how this looks.
Game is coming out soon, I doubt this late in development this is "early footage."
This is what we were going to get all along. All modern AR technology looks like this.
I wonder how (or if) the communal aspect plays in. Ingress is basically the same thing but it has the illusion of working with others when you press a button after going to a place. I can see how there might be rare spawns that people race for but not how you could work together.
TheGreatLugia
Banned
Crysis on my phone
Icyflamez96
Member
They need to fix the camera jankiness and It'll look great.
What the heck were people expecting from this though? The only thing I'm wondering is if you can battle/weaken a wild pokemon with another one that you have in your party.
What the heck were people expecting from this though? The only thing I'm wondering is if you can battle/weaken a wild pokemon with another one that you have in your party.
Sammy Samusu
Member
I'm excited, but I expected more.
Good lord, I never knew...
I mean, I see where the hype comes from. The Trailer was amazing, and due to no actual gameplay footage this was the only indicator of what we might get.
But I expected the hype to be strong enough that people would have actually checked what the developer did before. Because once you do that, it becomes painfully obvious that the final product may not be that hype.
Did you ever get an e-mail from someone who thought that Pokemon Go was the legendary Pokemon MMORPG??
You sound disappointed this is the results of Pokemon GO
I was secretly hoping to be proven wrong about my concerns :/
I did. Was that you?
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
You sound disappointed this is the results of Pokemon GO
Joe aint a big advocate of mobile gaming
Chairmanchuck
Member
"Kevin. How do you explain that credit card bill????"
"But mom. I saw a Mewtwo and had to buy the master ball for 29,99$. But I also saw a few other shiny pokemons. So I had to catch them too!"
"But mom. I saw a Mewtwo and had to buy the master ball for 29,99$. But I also saw a few other shiny pokemons. So I had to catch them too!"
I bet the Master Ball costs like $30-50 worth of "PokeCrystals" or sommit, so I could see it happening like a week after the game launches.
humansewer
Neo Member
I wan't expecting the game to LOOK great, so I'm not disappointed in that regard... I just hope the microtransactions aren't as bad as we're speculating.... I was planning on giving this game a shot, and I don't wanna go for a drive or hike or something only to be strong armed into buying a masterball or getting nothing.
I honestly don't know what I was expecting but this doesn't look that great or compelling. Obviously this must still be an early version, so heres hoping it'll improve. The battle system will be interesting if they can get the AR to look smooth in the final version because right now the animations look like they are straight out of Birdemic
Pokemon Go will make a lot more money though and it will easily be played by 10 times more people than sun and moon.
Chairmanchuck
Member
"But you can also get 10 Pokecrystals each day by battling other people. And the Master ball is just 10.000, so you just need to battle 1000 times! Its fair!"
Pokemaniac
Member
It deeply annoys me that they use XP instead of EXP.
Other than that, this is pretty much exactly what I was expecting. A throwaway AR game which I'll play a dozen or so times before never touching again.
Other than that, this is pretty much exactly what I was expecting. A throwaway AR game which I'll play a dozen or so times before never touching again.
Mobile AR tech is limited right now, should improve over time thoughI honestly don't know what I was expecting but this doesn't look that great or compelling. Obviously this must still be an early version so heres hoping it'll improve. The battle system will be interesting if they can get it look smooth in the final version because right now the animations look like they are straight out of Birdemic
Serenitynow
Member
This.
The reveal trailer made the concept pretty clear and anyone who didn't expect AR with real world backgrounds to be kind of janky was setting themselves up for disappointment. I will say though, I was expecting (and hoping there will be) a battle element to wild pokemon encounters. Do I just find a bulbasaur and throw a pokeball? Is that the game?
TheGreatLugia
Banned
I could see it continuing alongside the mainline series if it's successful. However, it's worth pointing out that Pokemon Go isn't part of the mainline series. It isn't developed by Game Freak, and in Japan the mainline entries are always titled "Pocket Monsters" while all of the side entries and spinoffs are titled "Pokemon."
I don't think it'll be played by 150,000,000 people.
That was implied by the original reveal, yeah