Re:Pokémon Go loses its luster, sheds more than 10M users
by mjevans on Thursday August 25, 2016 @04:24PM
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Multiplayer... yeah no. It isn't in my experience.
There is a type of player that grinds and min-maxes and generally does a bunch of stuff I DON'T CONSIDER FUN to win a zero-sum game. That's the only currently existing multi-player aspect, and it isn't why I started using Pokemon GO (I use it as an excuse, to my self, to get out and exercise).
There is absolutely zero other 'multi player' aspect to the game as it is officially built. Anything else is a happy co-incidence.
There isn't anything within the game to turn the crowd of players in the local downtown park from a bunch of strangers in to friends. We all just happen to share one singular interest.
There is a type of player that grinds and min-maxes and generally does a bunch of stuff I DON'T CONSIDER FUN to win a zero-sum game. That's the only currently existing multi-player aspect, and it isn't why I started using Pokemon GO (I use it as an excuse, to my self, to get out and exercise).
There is absolutely zero other 'multi player' aspect to the game as it is officially built. Anything else is a happy co-incidence.
There isn't anything within the game to turn the crowd of players in the local downtown park from a bunch of strangers in to friends. We all just happen to share one singular interest.