I really like the overall concept of the game, as well as many of the mechanics, features that are gradually added overtime, and the abundance of events to partake in. The game provides a great opportunity to combine gaming with going outside for a walk. When visiting a new location or out on a trip, it's especially fun to play this game, as the different stops in the game allow you to notice interesting things in your surroundings that otherwise you might not have realized were there to begin with. While I generally adore the game, I do find the game to be lacking in two regards as well. Firstly, the experience differs greatly between a big city vs. a rural area. Players who live in a rural area, might find their game experience to be lacking, compared to these who can play in a large city. The option to request new stops to be added to the game can combat this issue somewhat, but ultimately the discrepancy remains large. Secondly, the game is often lacking in a variety of QoL aspects. When the player base provides feedback to such matters, only rarely do the game devs make use of this feedback to improve upon the game. While I understand that it is not realistically possible to take the wishes of each individual into account, certain such factors are backed by a large part of the player base, and even so, these requests are not granted, nor compromised on in most cases. To name a few: Decreased incense effectiveness, reduced amount of community day hours, inability to discard eggs, lack of a "ready button" for raids. No option to disable "catch animation". Lacking features to communicate/interact with other players (e.g. to communicate about raids with other nearby players or friends). The game could be a much more amazing experience, if more consideration would be given to such QoL matters.

I really like the overall concept of the game, as well as many of the mechanics, features that are gradually added overtime, and the abundance of events to partake in. The game provides a great opportunity to combine gaming with going outside for a walk. When visiting a new location or out on a trip, it's especially fun to play this game, as the different stops in the game allow you to notice interesting things in your surroundings that otherwise you might not have realized were there to begin with. While I generally adore the game, I do find the game to be lacking in two regards as well. Firstly, the experience differs greatly between a big city vs. a rural area. Players who live in a rural area, might find their game experience to be lacking, compared to these who can play in a large city. The option to request new stops to be added to the game can combat this issue somewhat, but ultimately the discrepancy remains large. Secondly, the game is often lacking in a variety of QoL aspects. When the player base provides feedback to such matters, only rarely do the game devs make use of this feedback to improve upon the game. While I understand that it is not realistically possible to take the wishes of each individual into account, certain such factors are backed by a large part of the player base, and even so, these requests are not granted, nor compromised on in most cases. To name a few: Decreased incense effectiveness, reduced amount of community day hours, inability to discard eggs, lack of a "ready button" for raids. No option to disable "catch animation". Lacking features to communicate/interact with other players (e.g. to communicate about raids with other nearby players or friends). The game could be a much more amazing experience, if more consideration would be given to such QoL matters.

Just tried to run this game again for the first time in a long time, only to find the message that it has shut down. Despite me not playing for ages, this actually made me quite sad. I think the issue this game faced, is that you cannot quite run it in parallel with Pokémon Go, which was "there first" for people to get hooked onto. When I went out, I could play one game or the other, not both, so sticking to one game was favoured for the purpose of properly make progress, rather than making some half progress in two games. If that wasn't a consideration, I would have wholeheartedly spent hours upon hours playing this game. So it saddens me to see it go. I would like to thank the devs for their time and effort, for what very well was a memorable game.

Just tried to run this game again for the first time in a long time, only to find the message that it has shut down. Despite me not playing for ages, this actually made me quite sad. I think the issue this game faced, is that you cannot quite run it in parallel with Pokémon Go, which was "there first" for people to get hooked onto. When I went out, I could play one game or the other, not both, so sticking to one game was favoured for the purpose of properly make progress, rather than making some half progress in two games. If that wasn't a consideration, I would have wholeheartedly spent hours upon hours playing this game. So it saddens me to see it go. I would like to thank the devs for their time and effort, for what very well was a memorable game.