10 Crippling Issues That Could Kill Pokémon GO
Is the game better or worse, if you know exactly where to look?
As inevitable as the coming of the tide, negative feedback to any cultural phenomenon always follows an initial celebratory wave.
And make no mistake, Pokémon GO might be the most popular 'thing' in gaming for this entire decade. We've not seen such a seismic shift in mainstream interaction with the medium since Call of Duty 4 or the Wii across the late 2000s, and although millions of PoGo'ers are galavanting across their respective towns and cities in search of increasingly rare creatures, does the game really hold up under scrutiny?
"Yes and no" is the best way to put it. Developers Niantic have been catapulted to the forefront of the public conscious thanks to Pokémon GO's overwhelming success, and with that comes an unprecedented influx of players, requests, complaints and general feedback to mull over.
As it stands, there's a lot to love - a LOT to love - about Pokémon GO, but playing it for any length of time also throws up any number of valid qualms and complaints.
Let us know in the comments how you've found it so far, what you'd tweak, change or keep the same. As for me, I'd say the following need to be checked sooner, rather than later.
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10. Balance The Egg Rewards
Right now, you've kinda got just as good a chance at getting any Pokémon in any egg - despite various fans segmenting them into the 2, 5 and 10km pools.
Why? Because even if you have a 2km egg, you can still get something like an Onyx (a 10km creature), there's just a far lower chance of it hatching. Consequently, a 10km egg can still give you a Pidgey or a Caterpie (2km creatures), as again, it's only chance that changes, not availability.
Basically, all creatures are always available, and as you don't know what you're getting until they're hatched, you might as well just keep burning through 2kms as there's a better chance of spawning something high level, than waiting all that time for what could turn into a starter monster anyway.
Niantic simply need to make it so each egg has within it a designated set of Pokémon, so you roughly know what you're going to get on the other side. At the moment it's random for random sake, and not in an enjoyable way.