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@Skybex possibly a decent structure that could be refined for a sequel then...or a large patch?
 
 
Patch notes 2/10/16:
Added gameplay

Exploration is fine when there is something worth seeing. So far it seems like planets are all the same but a different colour and the animals are random Lego pieces put together by a child.
http://imgur.com/Mfrz3Uk
 

This game is absolutely god damned spendid. I'm glad that I chose to take it slowly and savour it an hour or two at a time, which I've been doing since it came out. It feels more epic to me than just burning through it in a few days.
I've also been really enjoying taking my time going through the environments and capturing nice screenshots using the photo feature. Like in real life, it can be a really good way of appreciating what's there by thinking about what'd capture the essence of the scene best in pictorial form.
The action is just total crazy awesomeness too, but I love that this game has more quiet moments inbetween to break things up. It feels like the game has more exploration and puzzles than its predecessors. I also really like the pirate lore story, being a fan of all things pirates.  
Here are some of my 'photos'.  

This game is absolutely god damned spendid. I'm glad that I chose to take it slowly and savour it an hour or two at a time, which I've been doing since it came out. It feels more epic to me than just burning through it in a few days.
I've also been really enjoying taking my time going through the environments and capturing nice screenshots using the photo feature. Like in real life, it can be a really good way of appreciating what's there by thinking about what'd capture the essence of the scene best in pictorial form.
The action is just total crazy awesomeness too, but I love that this game has more quiet moments inbetween to break things up. It feels like the game has more exploration and puzzles than its predecessors. I also really like the pirate lore story, being a fan of all things pirates.  
Here are some of my 'photos'.  

This game is absolutely god damned spendid. I'm glad that I chose to take it slowly and savour it an hour or two at a time, which I've been doing since it came out. It feels more epic to me than just burning through it in a few days.
I've also been really enjoying taking my time going through the environments and capturing nice screenshots using the photo feature. Like in real life, it can be a really good way of appreciating what's there by thinking about what'd capture the essence of the scene best in pictorial form.
The action is just total crazy awesomeness too, but I love that this game has more quiet moments inbetween to break things up. It feels like the game has more exploration and puzzles than its predecessors. I also really like the pirate lore story, being a fan of all things pirates.  
Here are some of my 'photos'.  

This game is absolutely god damned spendid. I'm glad that I chose to take it slowly and savour it an hour or two at a time, which I've been doing since it came out. It feels more epic to me than just burning through it in a few days.
I've also been really enjoying taking my time going through the environments and capturing nice screenshots using the photo feature. Like in real life, it can be a really good way of appreciating what's there by thinking about what'd capture the essence of the scene best in pictorial form.
The action is just total crazy awesomeness too, but I love that this game has more quiet moments inbetween to break things up. It feels like the game has more exploration and puzzles than its predecessors. I also really like the pirate lore story, being a fan of all things pirates.  
Here are some of my 'photos'.  

And yet there's more innovation and joy to be found between two Mario or Zelda games than in 10 Call of Duty or Assassin's Creed games. If you don't have any love for Nintendo's first-party IP then it's probably a bit like repeatedly going to Disneyland and not liking Disney movies — but no matter which way you look at it they do amazing things with gameplay concepts. Unique and wonderful experiences are what keep Nintendo afloat despite (in my opinion quite disappointing) hardware specifications.

I suspect that having children or someone else to enjoy them might re-ignite that Nintendo magic. I went for ages without really watching any Disney/Pixar films, but when I was involved with someone we for some reason ended up watching loads of them because we rediscovered the joy of watching such great films with someone else. Same goes for James Bond — I had little interest in watching all the old ones again until the prospect of experiencing them with someone else came along. And then when I think to my fondest memories of playing games, watching films, etc they often involve someone else being there. I guess we're truly social creatures.
Of course, the difference with Nintendo is that its experiences are interactive. I hadn't touched my Wii U for ages, but recently I was playing Mario Kart and Super Mario Bros with someone else and it's absolutely excellent, completely reminded me why I love Nintendo. The great thing about them is that with most titles they bundle in really, really good multiplayer that isn't just an afterthought or separate entity, but instead feels like an extension of the core experience. You can be happily playing Super Mario 3D World by yourself, then boom someone can press 'A' when the next level begins and they're right in there with you creating all kinds of zany complications.
Basically, get Mario Kart, Donkey Kong Country, and Mario Bros/World on the go when your daughter is old enough and have an excellent time.  

And yet there's more innovation and joy to be found between two Mario or Zelda games than in 10 Call of Duty or Assassin's Creed games. If you don't have any love for Nintendo's first-party IP then it's probably a bit like repeatedly going to Disneyland and not liking Disney movies — but no matter which way you look at it they do amazing things with gameplay concepts. Unique and wonderful experiences are what keep Nintendo afloat despite (in my opinion quite disappointing) hardware specifications.

And yet there's more innovation and joy to be found between two Mario or Zelda games than in 10 Call of Duty or Assassin's Creed games. If you don't have any love for Nintendo's first-party IP then it's probably a bit like repeatedly going to Disneyland and not liking Disney movies — but no matter which way you look at it they do amazing things with gameplay concepts. Unique and wonderful experiences are what keep Nintendo afloat despite (in my opinion quite disappointing) hardware specifications.

And yet there's more innovation and joy to be found between two Mario or Zelda games than in 10 Call of Duty or Assassin's Creed games. If you don't have any love for Nintendo's first-party IP then it's probably a bit like repeatedly going to Disneyland and not liking Disney movies — but no matter which way you look at it they do amazing things with gameplay concepts. Unique and wonderful experiences are what keep Nintendo afloat despite (in my opinion quite disappointing) hardware specifications.

And yet there's more innovation and joy to be found between two Mario or Zelda games than in 10 Call of Duty or Assassin's Creed games. If you don't have any love for Nintendo's first-party IP then it's probably a bit like repeatedly going to Disneyland and not liking Disney movies — but no matter which way you look at it they do amazing things with gameplay concepts. Unique and wonderful experiences are what keep Nintendo afloat despite (in my opinion quite disappointing) hardware specifications.

I just read an article (link bellow) that talks about this recent wave of shit in our globe, I hope it's just doom and gloom but the dude makes some interesting pointers. It's never a bad idea to look at our history as a cautionary tale. Not saying I agree with his view, I still have a little bit of faith in our race specially since we're so connected nowadays, and that brings good things too.
https://medium.com/@theonlytoby/history-tells-us-what-will-happen-next-with-brexit-trump-a3fefd154714#.mf0um61t7
 

There does seem to be a perceptible escalation week by week doesn't there? Of violent shootings and such. I wonder if it is actually getting worse or if it's just the news reporting relatively common incidents more — kind of like how it seemed there were suddenly lots of aircraft incidents in the last two years but it was really just existing levels being reported more often. After all, we know people are shooting and stabbing people all the time anyway. Statistics show this.

Of course, however Russia will try to keep it cool as long as they can, since it's the only sport they'll be playing during the Olympics apparently !
If Nintendo knows it, it's a cheap move which is demeaning the video game industry in the eyes of the rest of the world :/

I think it's fantastic. Personally I'm not that keen on the game itself — on my iOS device it's laggy, low-res, and it seems like it needs a lot of polish including allowing you to skip the super-long animations — but it achieves its goal, which is to allow you to fulfil that childhood dream of going around the real world catching Pokemon and having adventures. OK, you might get mugged or chased off with knives, but it's all part of the fun!
In my opinion it shows that more than anything else people just want to explore the world and connect with each other, otherwise they'd just be playing the billion Pokemon games already out there. This is great and something developers should take into consideration, rather than churning out yet another shitty mobile game with 'social elements' which actually just means spamming people on Facebook or allowing chat.
Even at work, lots of people who I've never really talked to (it's a big floor) have suddenly been all around talking about the game which then breaks the ice and leads to further conversation and now we talk more. I'd be fascinated to know how many lasting friendships and relationships result from this game, which no matter which way you frame it is a good thing for humanity.

Crazy

But does it have Psyducks.

I think it's fantastic. Personally I'm not that keen on the game itself — on my iOS device it's laggy, low-res, and it seems like it needs a lot of polish including allowing you to skip the super-long animations — but it achieves its goal, which is to allow you to fulfil that childhood dream of going around the real world catching Pokemon and having adventures. OK, you might get mugged or chased off with knives, but it's all part of the fun!
In my opinion it shows that more than anything else people just want to explore the world and connect with each other, otherwise they'd just be playing the billion Pokemon games already out there. This is great and something developers should take into consideration, rather than churning out yet another shitty mobile game with 'social elements' which actually just means spamming people on Facebook or allowing chat.
Even at work, lots of people who I've never really talked to (it's a big floor) have suddenly been all around talking about the game which then breaks the ice and leads to further conversation and now we talk more. I'd be fascinated to know how many lasting friendships and relationships result from this game, which no matter which way you frame it is a good thing for humanity.

has anyone made a Pokemon: Global Offensive joke yet
 
if not, there you go. Good joke. 
 
Also if you like this game, but especially if you hate its stupid bad servers, install Ingress. It's the predecessor that Pokego is based on, except unlike most sequels instead of adding new features and polish they stripped out most of the game to replace with an IP. Ingress has more to do, way, way more player interaction, and a cool gameplay hook of connecting the various points across your neighborhood to form geometric fields of "mind control" over your town for points, and a decent story about an alien invasion behind its features. 

I think it's fantastic. Personally I'm not that keen on the game itself — on my iOS device it's laggy, low-res, and it seems like it needs a lot of polish including allowing you to skip the super-long animations — but it achieves its goal, which is to allow you to fulfil that childhood dream of going around the real world catching Pokemon and having adventures. OK, you might get mugged or chased off with knives, but it's all part of the fun!
In my opinion it shows that more than anything else people just want to explore the world and connect with each other, otherwise they'd just be playing the billion Pokemon games already out there. This is great and something developers should take into consideration, rather than churning out yet another shitty mobile game with 'social elements' which actually just means spamming people on Facebook or allowing chat.
Even at work, lots of people who I've never really talked to (it's a big floor) have suddenly been all around talking about the game which then breaks the ice and leads to further conversation and now we talk more. I'd be fascinated to know how many lasting friendships and relationships result from this game, which no matter which way you frame it is a good thing for humanity.

I think it's fantastic. Personally I'm not that keen on the game itself — on my iOS device it's laggy, low-res, and it seems like it needs a lot of polish including allowing you to skip the super-long animations — but it achieves its goal, which is to allow you to fulfil that childhood dream of going around the real world catching Pokemon and having adventures. OK, you might get mugged or chased off with knives, but it's all part of the fun!
In my opinion it shows that more than anything else people just want to explore the world and connect with each other, otherwise they'd just be playing the billion Pokemon games already out there. This is great and something developers should take into consideration, rather than churning out yet another shitty mobile game with 'social elements' which actually just means spamming people on Facebook or allowing chat.
Even at work, lots of people who I've never really talked to (it's a big floor) have suddenly been all around talking about the game which then breaks the ice and leads to further conversation and now we talk more. I'd be fascinated to know how many lasting friendships and relationships result from this game, which no matter which way you frame it is a good thing for humanity.

I think it's fantastic. Personally I'm not that keen on the game itself — on my iOS device it's laggy, low-res, and it seems like it needs a lot of polish including allowing you to skip the super-long animations — but it achieves its goal, which is to allow you to fulfil that childhood dream of going around the real world catching Pokemon and having adventures. OK, you might get mugged or chased off with knives, but it's all part of the fun!
In my opinion it shows that more than anything else people just want to explore the world and connect with each other, otherwise they'd just be playing the billion Pokemon games already out there. This is great and something developers should take into consideration, rather than churning out yet another shitty mobile game with 'social elements' which actually just means spamming people on Facebook or allowing chat.
Even at work, lots of people who I've never really talked to (it's a big floor) have suddenly been all around talking about the game which then breaks the ice and leads to further conversation and now we talk more. I'd be fascinated to know how many lasting friendships and relationships result from this game, which no matter which way you frame it is a good thing for humanity.

Thanks for lettings us all know that you don't play, I'm sure it's the reason this thread was started.

WTF still no Pokemon GO thread yet??
 
Here's a cool way to level up faster: Capture a ton of Pidgeys, Rattatas and the like, use a lucky egg and evolve them all at once (1000 XP for each, 2000 XP if it's a new pokeman)