Available June 21, cool trailer.
Also here is a Pottermore article with a bunch of info/trivia about the game.
Also here is a Pottermore article with a bunch of info/trivia about the game.
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Harry Potter Wizards Unite (Niantic) Launch Trailer
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Pikachu killed Dumbledore
More excited about the Minecraft AR game, but I'll check this out just to see what it's about.
More excited about the Minecraft AR game, but I'll check this out just to see what it's about.
I want a more catchy and corny one like 'schlooter'. Don't fail me Era lol
Yo, dawg. There aint no "c" in the words looter or shooter. The abomination of a word used to describe the genre is "shlooter." It is bad enough as it is. Don't go adding unnecessary letters to make it even uglier.
So the female lead in the trailer sees the world falling into chaos outside her window, immediately grabs her gear to confidently leap into action and fight, then chickens out once she gets to an ice cream truck and watches, cowering, as the two boy wizards charge into battle instead? Blech.
Man, phone charge brick companies must be frothing at the mouth for these AR games, they kill the shit out of phone battery life.
A bit unrelated, but does anyone know if this project is next gen, or current?
Next gen
Can't see this picking up in the same way PoGO did, but looking forward to giving it a try this weekend.
A bit unrelated, but does anyone know if this project is next gen, or current?
I really hope this isn't vaporware and it shows up next gen
A bit unrelated, but does anyone know if this project is next gen, or current?
Definitely next gen. It was never formally announced, and next gen starts next year so yeah. It should show up on the PS5 reveal event (considering Sony always gets Harry Potter cross promotion) or E3.
I live near Universal Orlando, so I'll probably go try the game there tomorrow. It'll be fitting playing in Diagon Alley.
That said, I can't believe the game is about to release and I still don't understand how this is going to hook people like Pokemon Go has. Catching actual Pokemon, with the added thrill of obtaining Shiny variants, leveling them up and using them in battle is a fun concept, especially to flaunt socially.
Here, though, there's nothing to catch and flaunt that I can tell. I can't see an element to which other players will be excited by what another player has accomplished, or what they may want to trade for.
Yeah, better potions, skill treees, stronger spells, collectibles are in play, but they're all on the back end; nothing for other players to easily discern. Does that make sense?
I'm sure some replies will be questioning why I want recognition above all else, and I don't, but let's be real, an enjoyable aspect of social games/MMOs is the fun of flaunting your best shiny/mount/gear/etc.
What's this got for that?
That said, I can't believe the game is about to release and I still don't understand how this is going to hook people like Pokemon Go has. Catching actual Pokemon, with the added thrill of obtaining Shiny variants, leveling them up and using them in battle is a fun concept, especially to flaunt socially.
Here, though, there's nothing to catch and flaunt that I can tell. I can't see an element to which other players will be excited by what another player has accomplished, or what they may want to trade for.
Yeah, better potions, skill treees, stronger spells, collectibles are in play, but they're all on the back end; nothing for other players to easily discern. Does that make sense?
I'm sure some replies will be questioning why I want recognition above all else, and I don't, but let's be real, an enjoyable aspect of social games/MMOs is the fun of flaunting your best shiny/mount/gear/etc.
What's this got for that?
I love me some hp. Question is whether that universe can support an AR game to the same degree Pokemon did. Pokemon is all about going on an adventure around the land capturing Pokemon and battling others. It was made for one of those AR phone games.
Harry Potter on the other hand is largely known for its school setting, so going around capturing and stopping magical acts might get older much quicker.
Harry Potter on the other hand is largely known for its school setting, so going around capturing and stopping magical acts might get older much quicker.
So, I tried this.
I played Pokemon Go at launch, was pretty into it for about a month, then dropped it. So that is my only frame of reference, and it was a while ago. If the game has changed since then, I wouldn't know.
It functions pretty similarly to Pokemon Go. You walk around, find Foundables (Pokemon), but instead of capturing them you swipe your finger to follow a pattern, like casting a spell with a wand. And holy cow is it hard. I went on a 40 minute walk, found 19 Foundables, and got "Great" once and the rest of the time was split amongst "Fair" and "Good". There is also an "Excellent" rating. Never saw it. You can tell how difficult they are by the light that shines out from them while you're walking. I don't remember Pokemon Go having this feature. Each time you attempt a cast to defeat/capture the Foundable, you spend one energy. You start with 75. I have not found a way to recover this, and am sitting at 3. I don't know if it refills over time, requires you to level, or what. I'm almost out.
Another aspect is potion crafting. While in the world, along with Foundables, you can find ingredients for Potions. Potions are crafted in a cauldron on a timer. They're similar to the items in Pokemon Go, not much to talk about here.
Finally, it has the egg system found in Pokemon Go. What is inside the egg? Dunno. Haven't opened one yet. You can have one opening at a time, and they open when you walk a certain distance, unless you use a Silver Key, in which case you can work on multiple at a time.
There are six "schools" of Foundables, each with an EXP bar that rewards you with goodies once you hit milestones in each "school".
Apparently there are professions (dunno, not leveled up enough yet) and some other features like a Golden Cauldron, etc that I haven't unlocked yet.
Overall, it seems neat. It's a bit like Go, but for Potterheads. It has a much larger focus on story. Haven't visited any restaurants, etc yet. I'm concerned about the energy (Pokeball) system. It's never explained how it recovers. I really hope I don't have to visit this games equivalent of a Pokestop. I live in the middle of the country. You'd think they'd learn that people in the country walk too.
I played Pokemon Go at launch, was pretty into it for about a month, then dropped it. So that is my only frame of reference, and it was a while ago. If the game has changed since then, I wouldn't know.
It functions pretty similarly to Pokemon Go. You walk around, find Foundables (Pokemon), but instead of capturing them you swipe your finger to follow a pattern, like casting a spell with a wand. And holy cow is it hard. I went on a 40 minute walk, found 19 Foundables, and got "Great" once and the rest of the time was split amongst "Fair" and "Good". There is also an "Excellent" rating. Never saw it. You can tell how difficult they are by the light that shines out from them while you're walking. I don't remember Pokemon Go having this feature. Each time you attempt a cast to defeat/capture the Foundable, you spend one energy. You start with 75. I have not found a way to recover this, and am sitting at 3. I don't know if it refills over time, requires you to level, or what. I'm almost out.
Another aspect is potion crafting. While in the world, along with Foundables, you can find ingredients for Potions. Potions are crafted in a cauldron on a timer. They're similar to the items in Pokemon Go, not much to talk about here.
Finally, it has the egg system found in Pokemon Go. What is inside the egg? Dunno. Haven't opened one yet. You can have one opening at a time, and they open when you walk a certain distance, unless you use a Silver Key, in which case you can work on multiple at a time.
There are six "schools" of Foundables, each with an EXP bar that rewards you with goodies once you hit milestones in each "school".
Apparently there are professions (dunno, not leveled up enough yet) and some other features like a Golden Cauldron, etc that I haven't unlocked yet.
Overall, it seems neat. It's a bit like Go, but for Potterheads. It has a much larger focus on story. Haven't visited any restaurants, etc yet. I'm concerned about the energy (Pokeball) system. It's never explained how it recovers. I really hope I don't have to visit this games equivalent of a Pokestop. I live in the middle of the country. You'd think they'd learn that people in the country walk too.
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Looks interesting! I might try it out later on. Hopefully it can find it's own ground separate from GO.
Did a little more research, and yep, if you don't live in an urban area, you're fucked.
Energy can only be gotten from this game's equivalent of PokeStops.
You'd think that they'd be able to implement something like "If you're walking and there are not any [PokeStops] within X km, regenerate 1 energy per X meters".
But no. Too hard, apparently.
Sigh.
Energy can only be gotten from this game's equivalent of PokeStops.
You'd think that they'd be able to implement something like "If you're walking and there are not any [PokeStops] within X km, regenerate 1 energy per X meters".
But no. Too hard, apparently.
Sigh.
so will this use all the same locations as Pokemon Go? I live right behind a Pokestop(with a gym about a 5 minute walk away) and work in proximity to two Pokestops and a gym. Would be neat to use the same locations in this game.
If this is the lense you see the world through I feel really sorry for you.
I didn't have a lot of attachment to Pokemon before Go came out (like I knew who Pikachu was and that's about it), but the appeal was easy to see: cute monster things you can catch! Awesome!
I don't have any attachment to Harry Potter either, and the appeal of this game is more inscrutable. I'll probably try it out when it launches, but my interest is 100% because of Niantic's work on Pokemon Go and my curiosity in seeing how the Niantic formula evolves here. The actual Harry Potter bits don't interest me at all and I'm actually worried they'll get in the way of my enjoyment.
I don't have any attachment to Harry Potter either, and the appeal of this game is more inscrutable. I'll probably try it out when it launches, but my interest is 100% because of Niantic's work on Pokemon Go and my curiosity in seeing how the Niantic formula evolves here. The actual Harry Potter bits don't interest me at all and I'm actually worried they'll get in the way of my enjoyment.
Okay yeah, the Pokestops are the same in this game, though since there's no gyms the ones I can see are Pokestop equivalants(guess they are called inns). There's also added fortresses which I'm not sure what those are yet.
Also yeah it's out on iOS. It looks so much better than Pokemon Go graphically
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Had a bash on it earlier, battles against CPU is basically sticker collecting. This game won't have the same pull as Pokemon Go does, but it'll have a following for certain.
Feel however you want – it's narratively dumb. Remove or reverse the genders if you want to: It doesn't make sense to open with a hero character seeing danger and running toward it, then having that same character do a total reversal and act like a scaredy-cat when they get to the fight that they just ran straight toward on purpose.
I see your point but idk there might have been some other possibilities in play here. Maybe she thought it was something else, or there were more enemies then she was expecting.
Maybe the kids were just having fun and role playing. Maybe their plan was for her to run out and be a diversion while the two others attacked!
Maybe they are just kids of any gender or race. Who cares! Stop making it more then it is.
The trailer doesn't exist in a vacuum, it exists in a world where women and female characters are consistently sidelined or portrayed as needing protecting by male characters.