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A friend and I have really been enjoying this game. There is a good bit of strategy in active cities with how links are made and blocked for other teams. The co
by sprokolopolis 14y ago
A friend and I have really been enjoying this game. There is a good bit of strategy in active cities with how links are made and blocked for other teams. The community is certainly a huge portion, because you really do have to coordinate with people around the city. Many portals are too strong to take out alone, so it is great to bring a buddy or group along.
I have discovered so many cool things around the city that I never knew about. The game leads you out on a site-seeing adventure into pockets of the city that you may no frequent. Many of the portals are real places of interest that deserve a little attention. Furthermore, some portals aren't accessible in a car, so you are forced to do a bit of walking or cycling. My bike has seen plenty of use in the past 2 weeks and today I was walking around town with friends for about 7 hours.
- brazzy 14y agoConversely, I have been pretty disappointed by portal locations. Near me, there is one sports store, one tyre store, one butt-ugly highrise apartment bulding, a view from the top of that highrise, and a featureless sunset. At the city center, on the other hand there are at least 5 portals based on pictures of the cathedral from different perspectives...
- shurane 14y agoIs that because of the city you live in? I'm not familiar with Ingress, but can't players also create portals?
- brazzy 14y agoYou can submit new portals (I have done so), but that takes time to get reviewed (4 to 6 weeks according to the FAQ). To kickstart the game, they obviously just used pictures scraped off flickr or something - how else could they get a good coverage of the whole world (or at least the major cities), which requires at least tens of thousands of portals.