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Pokemon Go is a hit because of Pokemon and location tracking, not AR

• toxican 9y ago
  The AR was a fun little gimmick and it was the subject of the early articles about the game (Pokemon IRL!!!). But I personally turned it off a few days in because of how much of an increased battery drain it was and having to position yourself in front of the Pokemon in order to catch it. Much less frustrating to do things without the AR.
• mjevans 9y ago
  I say 'was'. The more they try to make it a pointless grind-numbing micro-battle game over an actual hunt for completion (and pulling me towards places I /don't/ already go) game the less I want to play. I think they'd have to either add a tracking over time feature or restore the radar that used to exist for me to get back in to it.
  • bsamuels 9y ago
    the "radar" is back. instead of using the old 1-3 steps system to gauge distance, it says which pokestop the pokemon is closest to