I've been playing PoGo basically since it's launch and I've been really disappointed and lost motivation to play for multiple reasons. The only thing that kept me playing once you complete the dex was Gyms, then they destroyed the gym system....the mons are so nerfed theres no strategy or typing or need for territory so none of it even matters anymore. Raids were fun at first but quickly got boring too. So as a previously committed level 39 player, I have moved on to try something new! Just started this so I can give a fair comparison to all the features but beyond having what seems to be all the same stuff as PoGo, this game has a couple big additions! The first being that rural play from my home exists! I don't have to drive 3-5 miles to find a stop or a gym. The biggest thing though are the quests and treasure hunts, this is a great way to keep players engaged and I can see this keeping me playing once I've caught all the monsters or get burned out on gyms etc.....unlike PoGo, so I think this is a huge step up!

The game is good. It has some neat features, it has some nice items, it has some nice concepts and I like the variety. But the reason I rate it two stars, for now at least, is it lacks encounters and overall entertainment value in some aspects. Sure you have the treasures and the obelisks and arenas and stuff but one key feature is the monsters. I know their spacing algorithm somewhat made an even playing ground for both rural and city players. But I fear whatever core numbers they use need to be raised. I can be on the game and walk for over a mile on the city streets and I run into 1 maybe 3 monsters. Sure I hit pillars of abundance and stuff like that but it’s not the same as running into monsters. More frequent monster spawning is a must. Also the wild monster attacks is a fantastic feature. But there are times where the CP difference is just insane. Perhaps the ability to switch out monsters if you encounter a monster with such a vast difference in CP might be something to add. I mean if I have a level 215 CP creature and I am attached by a level 383 CP monster, what’s the point? So for now it gets two stars. Like I said the main aspect of this game is going out to catch your monsters. But when you have such low spawn rates it makes the game a simple augmented reality game where you spin pillars or travel areas to dig up treasure.

UPDATE: Due to the pillars being in unsafe areas and along busy roadways where it is just not safe, we have decided to leave the game until the issues get fixed. Deveopler’s response is pretty cookie cutter with no immediate action. If you play in Klamath Falls 90% of the pillars are unsafe and inside the business or their parking lot. Also, the amount of spheres and candy just isn’t enough. I just started playing three days ago and notice a few things that need to be fixed. I play in Klamath Falls Oregon. There are 90% of the pillars are located in unsafe and inconvenient areas: inside businesses, the middle of the street, business alleys and in front of businesses where you will towed if you try and park and play. The portal out at Moore park disappeared. And the other pillars are way up the hill on the hiking trail. So unless you want freeze... enjoy. Spheres don’t drop in the quantity you need to get enough, treats are like a gift from God when you do get them, and monster attacks are op for my level . Spawns at pillars only happen when you keep laying down lures. Can’t they just randomly appear? Or should I just fork over the remaining money in my account to continue to buy them? Please fix the locations, putting them at vets park is ideal because it’s safe.

When I first downloaded this game on Halloween I would have given it 10 stars. It literally had everything that I wanted from a “Go” game. After playing Pokémon Go for so long, playing a game that included all the things that should have been there, was amazing! A lot of pillars and gyms are inaccessible, speed cap is a little annoying and the spawns were too far and few between. But hey that’s what spells are for? Right? But, then the updates started happening. And slowly things that made this game so great started disappearing. The parts that made this game blow Pokémon out of the water started changing. For the worse, and now the game isn’t nearly as good, in just a short amount of time. A big group of Pokémon players in my area would literally all play this together and be giddy with how much fun it was to do a lure or a spell. We’d all get together and launch an earth tower or a fire tower and it was awesome! Now you literally get one spawn every three minutes, the speed cap is still in place and if I get one more “time reduction” on my libraries after doing a long tedious quest, it’s going to make quit the game for good. Also, the added “red” or “blue champion” cps are way too excessive. You had a great thing going. Why are you slowly ruining it? That’s a niantic move. You’re better than that.