>"It's popular, so it's bad"
- /v/, 2016
>>344725748
>A walking simulator MMO with no gameplay
>good
>"It's popular, so it's good"
- some faggot on /v/, 2016
>>344725748
>haha I see you've pointed out the flaws in this game but you've forgotten that this game is popular so I can just accuse you of being contrarian
It's not a game. Go to /vp/ if you wish to discuss this mobile app.
>>344725748
what is this game about? what do you do? is there battling other trainers? is there breeding?
It's bad because the core "gameplay" is weak and the progression is incredibly tedious.
>>344725808
>simulator
>>344725748
IT IS FUCKING SHIT
FUCKING NORMAL PEOPLE DISGUST ME
FUCK OFF
>>344725893
No breeding, No Trading, Watered down 'Gym' Battles. No Pokecenters.
>>344725965
I guess its not a sim as it makes you literally walk. you got me anon
>>344725748
Right now it's kind of dull
The battles are boring and you can't do things like battle your friends or trade
It's a neat little app but nothing I'd go crazy over at its current state
It keeps it basic which is exactly what AR needed. How are you supposed to introduce a concept that's new to the vast majority of people and have complicated rules? This is basically hunter gatherer shit, if you're not a shut in you already know how to do everything Pokemon Go asks you to do, all you have to learn is how to flick a Pokeball. That's why it's good and that's why it's popular
Hell I got a kick out of just walking out into my backyard every 20 minutes once I learned where the spawn point was. It's like going for a smoke.
>its bad yet its popular, perfect!
-nintendo
>>344725748
>"it's popular, so it can't possibly be bad!! I swear!"
- neo-/v/ 201X
>>344725808
>walking with no gameplay
>>344725808
>simulator
>>344725808
>walking in real life is pointless
>"It stinks, and I don't like it"
- Jim Norton 2002
>>344726467
>staring at your phone while walking outside
fucking kill yourself, moron
Sonyggers are on suicide watch
>>344725808
FPBP
P
B
P
No, it's bad because the gameplay is near-nonexistent. The biggest problem is that the battle system is just mashing the screen instead of regular Pokemon. I really don't understand how anyone could enjoy it currently. Hopefully they make it a bit deeper.
That's /v/ since forever
>>344726540
Doesn't need to. That's how people walk into traffic.
>>344725748
>you can criticize anything popular as long it's not Nintendo related
t. /v/ 2016
>>344725808
fpbp
Alright, since my country can't play the game yet, can someone answer me how the game works?
Do you just
>Go around to find pokemon
>Throw pokeballs until you catch it
>Walk around to level up the pokemon
>Use said trained pokemon to take over a gym
>And there's no skills, no battle. Just a number representing your "attack"
>If your "attack" is higher, you win the gym"
>That's all for the whole "game"
Is this about right?
>>344725748
The problem is that it isn't fun.
>>344725748
People keep breaking into my property
I am running out of holes to dig
>>344726891
Yeah basically. There are still type advantages but that's about it. Big piece of shit.
>>344726467
I dont need a program to tell me where I can and cant walk. I can play actual games while walking if I must be a sperg
Holy shit we're actually defending mobile trash now
>>344726620
Thanks for caring enough to respond :o)
>>344726089
>How are you supposed to introduce a concept that's new to the vast majority of people and have complicated rules?
Seeing how the game caters to genwunners and RBY was deeper than this mess, I'd say it would be easy to make the app somewhat fun. Instead it is a dull buggy mess.
>>344725748
It's bad because it's dumbed down, gimped, and otherwise lazy. That it is so popular in spite of these things is annoying.
>>344727090
ITS
OK
WHEN
NINTENDO
DOES
IT
Oh for sure, it's bad
But I'm trying to keep the suicides away let me catch my pokes
There is literally nothing to it. It's essentially a social app and nothing more.
Wait until the other gens come around and I'm sure that it'll lose most of its popularity due to many of its audience being genwunners. I can guarantee.
>>344726806
>>344726637
did this really need an acronym? also why is the first thing to pop up when this is googled is Urban Dictionary?
No proper stats
No proper evolving and XP and leveling
No proper movesets
No proper battles
No trading
It's LITERALLY just simpler Ingress with a pokémon skin. Walk to places, capture the place, and toss balls at random GPS markers.
If they actually had all that shit from normal pokémon games and kept the map stuff it would be good, but as it stands currently, it's shit
>>344727181
Agreed.
To point this out,
this same gameplay was already out before, and it never gotten so popular.
It's proven that the gameplay is not the reason people play it at all.
People are hyping this shit because it's the flavour of the month.
What a bunch of sheeps.
GPS in the mountains is shit, so I can't even play it when I go for a walk. Ebin
>>344726089
The Pokemon battle system ain't that complex - especially in gen 1. I was able to figure out how to play when I was like 5.
The good thing about Pokemon is that you don't have to understand the nuances of the battle system to play, but you get more out of it if you do. This game has absolutely 0 depth and doesn't offer any enjoyment past the initial novelty of having low poly Pokemon in your backyard.
Hell, a Pokemon snap sequel with the same tech would have been better.
it's literally an extremely gimped version of pokemon with only the original 150 and a pay2win aspect
it's fucking garbage, just go buy a real pokemon game and stop falling for this normie meme game
>pokemon will become the app that controls the world population
Based japan
>>344727358
Or maybe because it has pokemon in the name
on a phone
and its free.
>>344725748
A woman found a dead body because of that game.
>>344727330
To be fair, that's what digimon games have always been and there are retards who swear by those.
>>344727265
Maybe, but the experience was already there.
I've met several people through it already, and the park in my city literally had hundreds of people in it hunting pokemon. It was on the local news and everything. This app has been a city wide event here, it's crazy.
It's crazy too because it is blowing everyone else away. So many people talking about it. We went to get some food today and the guys at the counter just started talking about it, saying "have you heard of pokemon go" totally unsolicited. And you can see people are kind of excited about everyone randomly feeling that it is appropriate to talk to each other and make friends in public.
>>344727519
This is what triggers me. that brand name alone is enough to carry a game to the top of the charts
I enjoy this game and am having fun playing it. Good excuse to get outside.
>>344727530
That story made literally no sense.
How retarded would you have to be to think a dead body is a Pokemon?
>"it was on the news, so it's good"
normies 2016
>>344725808
>walking simulator
>mmo
>no gameplay
>implying it's not fun
damn literally everything in this post is backwards
>>344727090
>we're
Nintendrones and for the record they are not human
Damn all of a sudden people on /v/ care about the strenuous exercise known as Walking From House To The Nearest McDonalds. Crazy shit man! But hell, i dont want to be on the wrong side of history.
>ITT it's bad to be a "normie"
when did /r9k/ move into /v/?
Its a piece of shit watered down normie game for fucks sakes. Its not even a video game, its just garbage. I'm on the heavier side (350lb) so why the fuck would I enjoy this shit? Take your stupid phone walking game shit to /vp/ and fuck yourself, thanks,
>>344727675
You're the one that's retarded. Have you even played the game?
>you would rather play this mobile travesty than a real pokemon game
fucking shameful, why are you even on /v/
>>344727616
Why do you care about charts? Do you usually agree with the majorities choices for most popular games?
It's popular because you can walk around and pretend to catch pokemon in the real world with AR, that's all
God damn Pokemon GO is an assblasted sonygger magnet
Funny isn't it
Is anyone getting tired of le jaded gamers? I'm not saying you have to be naive or anything, it's just annoying when you're having a discussion and someone just say "Who cares, all games are shit nowadays anyway." It doesn't really add anything to the conversation, and most of the time people are just trying to brag about being cynical. I don't understand why people spend all day on /v/ just chiming in how much they hate modern video games. Wouldn't it make more sense to stay in /vr/?
You guys know how combat in this game works, right?
When you're battling enemy Pokemon in the gyms, there's a yellow flash a bit before the enemy Pokemon attacks. When the screen flashes yellow, swipe to the left or right. You'll dodge their attacks.
When it says they're using their special ability, just keep dodging. I haven't been hit by a special move yet.
Wait for the yellow. Dodge. Hit them with basic attack 1-3 times until you see yellow. Dodge. Repeat.
Hold down on your Pokemon to use your special move. EZ PZ.
I just soloed an entire gym with one Pokemon using this tip. 4/5 of them were higher level than me. Including a Jolteon (I had Vaporeon) 300+ levels than me. I'm having a grand time ass blasting those red faggots out of all the local gyms.
EZ MODE.
>>344727330
if it catered to autistic shits like you it would not be nearly as popular as it is
my girlfriend is video game retarded and even she can have fun with it
>>344727950
>whynotboth.jpg
>>344728030
That the capitalist machine has failed.
>>344727519
Pokemon Shuffle is on phones too, but no one went apeshit for that.
>>344728040
The only console I have is a PS4 and Pokemon Go is the only game I have played since it came out.
>>344727950
the community is better
not a joke
>>344728070
>Wouldn't it make more sense to stay in /vr/?
No, because how can I be upset about video games that are good
I want to be an empty husk of a man who hates everything, and luckily modern video games resonate perfectly for that exact mindset so yes, pokemon go is fucking garbage mobile trash and you're a casual for enjoying it
pokemon pinball is a more worth your time than this shit
NEETs are insanely furious and salty because norm MacDonald's have cucked them out of video games
>>344725748
>2016
This has been /v/'s motto since day 1.
/v/ always has and will be contrarian just for the sake of it for better or worse.
So what is the official /v/ team again?
>>344728070
I like modern games though, this one's just shit.
>>344728040
The salt is apocalyptic. It is as if the oceans evaporated.
I've had tons of fun with it. Actually met people through it. People on the street are feeling more bold to just talk to you. Our grocery store has a stop, and it had a small crowd gathering around it dropping lures. They were getting food from the cafe and shooting the shit. It's nice. Even hearing stories about people just getting together and going after gyms. Some guys were talking about how they got in a car with some dudes who drove by on the way to a gym. Didn't get mugged or anything, just having fun.
>>344725893
You walk around outside finding pokemon. When you find one, there is no battling or lowering health. It's literally aim a pokeball and hit it, with a chance for the pokeball to fail.
Once you have captured pokemon you "battle" gyms which are fought by clicking your screen as fast as possible while swiping left and right to dodge opponent attacks that are barely registered.
>>344728380
>downtown has a street with thee stops all next to each other
>dozens of people all hanging out
>lure mods constantly on the stops
>have a fucking blast
game is seriously underrated on this board, autists on /v/ should get out more
>>344725808
Its not really a walking simulator if you have to actually walk
>>344728508
it's fun too, you mad?
This game will be dead by the end of the month and the only people still playing it are the ones who already enjoy mobile crap like candy crush
Mark my words, you will rarely see any pokemon go threads here very soon
>>344725748
It requires no skill and I'm fucking sick of hearing everyone talk about it. Fight me bitch.
>>344728675
Considering I'm going to California in a few days, I'll download it to be part of the craze before it dies off.
But yeah, from what I've seen I'll likely get bored of it and delete it for the memory.
Can you faggots stop posting Pokemon Go shit in /v/? It isn't fucking /v/ related and you literally have a fucking containment board for your autist shit right next to the broniefaggots.
Take your shitty threads to any of these boards
>>/vp/
>>/lgbt/
>>/trash/
Thank you, fuck you, bye autists.
My phone is too outdated to even get Pokemon GO
>>344727358
Are you literally retarded?
It's a game that let's you pretend you are actually finding Pokemon in the real world, how are people fucking surprised it's doing well?
Mindlessly hating shit doesn't make any of you any less of a sheep btw
>>344725748
You posted a picture of Pokemon go but this statement is true of literally every popular game from Mario to Chrono Trigger to The Witcher 3 to Pokemon Go.
>>344729449
You like that Redgrin Grumble reference?
>>344725808
>Play Pokemon GO in Central Park
>Almost everyone is playing
>Talking to people I never would have otherwise
>Social anxiety melting away
>>344730438
If you need a videogame to make you go outside and talk to people you might need some help
>>344730438
It's sad that your social skills need help from a smartphone game.
I guess it's a good game for neckbeards.
>>344730438
I can add you on steam if you're feeling that lonely.
>>344730438
>Social anxiety melting away
then your "social anxiety" isn't real
>>344730996
Hes a special snowflake anon, he has anxiety attacks while doing normal day things, and posts about it on tumbler. TRIGGER WARNING
>>344730996
Social anxiety is all in your head whether its real or not. I dont see how a placebo effect cant help elevate it
>>344728380
Holy shit you normie
>>344726891
pretty much
its a fun watered down ds pokemon game that you can take with you on the go so you wont look like a total beta faggot who has a ds with him at all times
if youre a normie who goes on walks itll definitely make it more entertaining
>>344726891
>>344732994
>>344726998
>No skills, no battle
>Yeah
I thought this was /v/, where we actually know what we're talking about
There are gym battles to take over pokemon, tap repeatedly to attack the current pokemon, you can swipe to the left and right to try to dodge attacks, and holding down attack will do a special move if your bar fills up. Once the gym pokemon dies, you have to fight the next one if multiple were placed, if yours die, then it goes through the squad you picked, similar to regular pokemon games
It's not great gameplay, it's not deep or challenging, and it's really easy to cheese, but to straight up lie to an anon about what it is, is a dick move
Oh also you don't walk around to level them, you catch pokemon to get stardust and candies, you spend stardust and candies to level them, and spend a shit ton of candies to evolve them, you can only get candies for a pokemon by catching more of the same type or letting the same pokemon free
>>344730996
i dont think you know anything about ""social anxiety""
>used to play pokemon on gameboy colour but haven't played since
>after days of non-stop talk about the game i decide to install it
>friends are jealous because they can't get it in their country yet
>it's actually pretty fun
>/v/ hates it
I know it's casual as shit and normies drooling over it like it's the best thing ever is cringe, but how come everyone here hates it so much?
I think it's exciting the thought of going out and moving between pokestops and trying to catch all the different pokemon as well as dominating gyms for your team. It seems like most of /v/ hasn't even played it...
>>344731583
>normie
>derogatory term
>>344734226
>>it's actually pretty fun
How?
>>344734226
And they won't because they're too afraid to leave their houses. I'm loving this game. It's almost generation defining
>>344734325
>I think it's exciting the thought of going out and moving between pokestops and trying to catch all the different pokemon as well as dominating gyms for your team.
>>344734226
It's ok but two major problems are present for me:
1) Can't challenge other people to impromptu battles.
2) Battling is Fruit Ninja tier swiping shit instead of like the handheld series.
>>344730529
Maybe this is his help. Who cares how he confronts his problems?
>>344734729
1 i agree but 2 would make it too complicated for the majority of its player base. whats drawing people in by the millions is its simplicity
>>344734450
so you like walking around with a battery draining app that you flick the screen at once in a awhile and a horribly implemented battle system
Normies ruin everything though.
>>344734325
I'm not trying to be sensationalist, but I would compare it to Runescape. You are trying to get as many Pokemon as you can. For what reason? Well, gyms and stuff are there, and I expect duels to come soon, but essentially no reason...just like most games. When it comes down to it with most games, your only reward is the fun you gain from it. Except this game may just actually help NEETs get outside and make friends, maybe even get a tan and lose some weight. Who knows, but people are having fun, and it's not worth the time and energy to be negative towards it.
>>344734375
I wouldn't call it generation defining, it could die soon unless they begin adding more content, but it is certainly a great experience.
>>344734729
I agree with both your points, and I think if they don't add content soon it may die. At the moment though, I'm just having fun catching them. It's best played with a group of friends.
>>344735013
you must be a real charmer, anon
I hate this game because I'm a shut-in and a loner and a NEET and I don't have a smartphone.
I hate it. STOP HAVING FUN.
>>344735013
>having fun collecting pokemon
NONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONO NOT ON MY /V/
t. (you)
>>344735105
no worries mate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO0Bx-AkhOc
>>344725748
it's bad because
>minimal "gameplay" that relies not on skill or knowledge of how the game works but your ability to move to a location and check in with a shitty unreliable server that requires battery draining and privacy invading location services to be active and provides nothing but a brief nostalgia trip
tell me why in the fuck I would want to play this
>pissed off there was LITERALLY nothing in my town for miles
>figured out you could emulate the game on PC and spoof yourself somewhere good
>found this spot in central park with 4 pokestops with constant lures
>can do this all from my comfy chair
le pc masterrace mayme
>>344735105
>2016
>people on /v/ literally do not own a smartphone
>voluntarily living like theyre in a third world country
and dont even say anything about not having the money cause even the poorest, nastiest fucks i know have S7s
can you share pokemon with people at lures?
i would have thought that if someone can steal a pokemon spawn then someone would have been shot by now
>pokemon fixing the world has the added downside of increased car crash rates and tresspass shootings
Worth it desu
>>344735183
>privacy invading
you seriously worried about this? anon have you ever been checked for schizophrenia?
>>344735259
>even the poorest, nastiest fucks i know have S7s
I have literally zero dollars in my name. I have to crossdress for some weird guy to pay for my vidya.
>>344735237
can you tell me your method
I went outside and my main acc is level 9 but it's raining outside and want to try this shit instead in the mean time
>>344729449
>Mindlessly hating shit
>Already claimed why we hate a game with almost no game play
>Mindlessly
>hating
Yeah, no
>doesn't work on my phone
I suppose that's a good thing.
>>344735259
anon even people in third world countries have smartphones at this point, and most "poor" (see: entitled 'muh government moneyz' fucks who don't know the meaning of poverty) people in first world countries
I went to a lure party the other day down town. Had a great time catching ghost pokemon in the historic area
>>344735237
or you can just do this and own any gym in the country
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO0Bx-AkhOc
>>344725748
>popular things can't be bad. it's literally impossible
>b-but I'm having fun, you're just jealous of all the fun we're having
What kind of egocentric retards browse this board now? I could give 2 shits what you consider fun. I'm looking at the game itself
Its a fotm smart phone game that's an inferior version of a game that already exists and is held up solely by a gimmick.
I can't believe I would see the day that this board is defending smart phone trash solely because it has a Nintendo label on it.
Holy FUCK /v/
>>344735440
if you spoof too fast you get softbanned
i just got softbanned because i accidentally moved the location marker too far, i goofed hard
>>344735356
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO0Bx-AkhOc
what the arsehole in the video doesn't explain is that when you have the gps app and pokemon go open, to switch to the map you click the tiny tiny notification bar
you dont click the tab
>>344725748
Who placed the shill lure?
>>344735337
honestly sounds like you put yourself in that situation. recommend killing yourself either way
>>344735382
thanks for reinforcing my point
>>344735382
>muh government moneyz
Getting autismbux in the U.S is near impossible. You can get foodstamps and medicaid very easily but social security income is off limits to anyone who isn't missing all of their limbs.
>>344735259
>>344735337
>saw this post
>bought an s7 yesterday
w-wew...
>>344735597
B-b-but, muh welfare queens....
>>344735523
/v/ no longer shares my hive mind opinion, im so upset. Woe is me
>>344735523
>calls other people egocentric
>"I could give 2 shits what you consider fun"
this is why you're mad
There were like 30 ppl around a lure by a church in my town. Felt a strong sense of community even seeing a few friends there.
It was fun to walk around town looking for Pokemon.
>>344726420
This is now a girls with question mark over head thread
>>344735523
This is exactly like the leaf blower episode of Spongebob desu.
>original idea behind Pokemon was to have kids interact with each other to trade and battle
>fast forward 20 years
>Pokemon Go is basically the same concept
>kids can't really go out because 90% of the people playing are weird adults
>people are already getting mugged over this game
Times change
>>344735826
to be fair the game only has 1st generation pokemon, which would appeal to all the "weird adults" that watched the original cartoon when they were kids
Game will be old news in a couple of weeks and hardly anyone will be playing it or talking about it.
Screenshot this.
/v/ before
>haha fucking normies, I don't need a smartphone, they'd just track me anyway, enjoy your botnet
/v/ now
>S-STOP HAVING FUN, THIS GAME IS SHIT, THERE'S NO GAMEPLAY REEEEEEEE
aww the sweet tears
>>344735924
or, you know, people that actually played the first game
>>344736007
my whole family is playing this shit and im the only one that played the games
you cant deny that, among the general populace, that the most popular thing about pokemon was the original series
>>344736112
among the general populous, the most popular thing about pokemon is that it's popular, nothing more
>>344736179
>>344735005
I absolutely understand why they chose to not make the combat too deep. It's disappointing to me personally.
>>344735551
>if you spoof too fast you get softbanned
>i just got softbanned because i accidentally moved the location marker too far, i goofed hard
Wait how fast are you going to get yourself softbanned? I have been in my friend's car catching pokemon so it's gotta be a drastic distance in a short period before it flags you for using a gps faker
>>344725748
What if I say it is bad because I didn't like it? Will you twist my words into It's popular, so it's bad"?
>people talk about game
>some people don't like the game
>lol you're mad
No wonder that fun is a buzzword shit started. People like to complain about hiveminds but the second an opposite is posted, it just becomes a shit posting war of "fun", "lol poorfag" or "sony poster"
Absolutely pathetic threads
You guys know how combat in this game works, right?
When you're battling enemy Pokemon in the gyms, there's a yellow flash a bit before the enemy Pokemon attacks. When the screen flashes yellow, swipe to the left or right. You'll dodge their attacks.
When it says they're using their special ability, just keep dodging. I haven't been hit by a special move yet.
Wait for the yellow. Dodge. Hit them with basic attack 1-3 times until you see yellow. Dodge. Repeat.
Hold down on your Pokemon to use your special move. EZ PZ.
I just soloed an entire gym with one Pokemon using this tip. 4/5 of them were higher level than me. Including a Jolteon (I had Vaporeon) 300+ levels than me. I'm having a grand time ass blasting those red faggots out of all the local gyms.
XD yes, the gameplay isn't nearly as deep as the main series. But it's more deep than you perceive it to be.
>>344737089
>they make the gameplay casual as fuck
>normies still suck at it
I'm having fun
>>344725748
I'm just glad you autistic faggots have something new to hate on, so we can finally have peaceful Overwatch threads :)
>>344737241
I'm having fun too, friendo
Also because when I explained this to my normie friends tonight, they had no idea what the fuck I was talking about. Even with an explanation they still don't get it.
They just tap tap tap tap tap
I'm having a blast with the game, but not having pokestops I can grind at home or the workplace is a curse.
I'm literally always low on balls, it's crushing I can't level up anymore until I take a whole day grinding materials.
>>344726620
Sonyggers don't have phones?
>>344727267
why? would you rather the first thing that pop up is reddit?
>All these farm hillbillies complaining about lack of PokéStops or gyms
>Live in such a big city that my apartment is a PokéStop and my Deals (discount store) is a Gym
>>344728098
>any form of depth is autism
Jesus you're pathetically stupid.
>>344737983
fuck you I've got about 5 pokestops in a 5 mile radius. I can only realistically bike to one as the others are across an incredibly busy road with no sidewalks. IT'S NOT FAIR.
>>344738105
Good, you could use some fucking exercise
>>344728094
>300+ levels than me.
That's not really how it works
150 CP is like level 5 going by HP
>>344738105
RIP
The game is bad for various reasons
I'm glad some are able to enjoy it though
>>344725808
>simulator
>gee instead i will walk in games like life strange ;')
>americucks
>tfw already softbanned because I fucked up the gps
see you guys in an hour I guess
>>344736515
I don't move more than a block at a time, it's just me being conservative though.
If you want to jump great distances(like state borders), quit, change to where you want to go, but don't re-launch the game for at least a couple of hours. You want to trick the game into thinking you actually took a plane or w/e
Reminder if you consider this a game you're enforcing the "70% of gamers are female" statistic
>>344725748
"it's boring, so it's bad" - /v/
Can't wait for this shit to blow over
>>344737769
yeah, obviously not.
next you'll tell me Sony makes phones or dumb shit like that
>>344725748
I really wanted to like it but there's not a lot to do, and I'm not going to spend my time playing a game where the only gameplay to be found is walking around looking at your phone like an arsehole.
I hope Nintendo learns from this that people really, really want a fucking game where you can run catching pokemon and actually feel like you're exploring.
They need to get the fucking engine for Breath of the Wild and build a pokemon game on top of it.
