An augmented reality game set in the Harry Potter universe being developed by Niantic and WB Games San Francisco. "Players will learn spells, explore their real world neighborhoods and cities to discover & fight legendary beasts and team up with others to take down powerful enemies."
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Pretty exciting for the first...two minutes of playing, and then opened it two or three times after that. Don't even remember what it was about, something about collecting ingredients or spells to stop magical items? Super weird and one of the first failed AR games by Niantic after Pokemon go.
This game actually had some potential upon release but it never transpired into anything truly good. It's not surprising that it eventually died.
I did somewhat enjoy the PvE content, I liked visiting places in real life and then fighting "dark wizards" through the app. I actually preferred PvE in this game compared to PvE in Pokémon GO as it felt so much more engaging. I also thought the way they integrated Portkeys through AR was pretty cool.
Everything else felt so lacking however. The gameplay feels stale very quickly. The whole premise of "unconfounding" items around the world did not feel very "Harry Potter" and just felt like a lazy reskin of Pokémon GO. I also wish there were more to do with our Houses. Instead, it just changed the color of your character's silhouette? Why can't there be different challenges we can do for our House? Or a House Cup between the Houses? Niantic was able to incorporate some PvP in Pokémon GO via the three different teams, so how they were able to blunder this aspect so badly bewilders me.
The game lacked the immersion that a Harry Potter game should have. That, along with Niantic's track record of poor decision-making, ultimately killed the game.
I did somewhat enjoy the PvE content, I liked visiting places in real life and then fighting "dark wizards" through the app. I actually preferred PvE in this game compared to PvE in Pokémon GO as it felt so much more engaging. I also thought the way they integrated Portkeys through AR was pretty cool.
Everything else felt so lacking however. The gameplay feels stale very quickly. The whole premise of "unconfounding" items around the world did not feel very "Harry Potter" and just felt like a lazy reskin of Pokémon GO. I also wish there were more to do with our Houses. Instead, it just changed the color of your character's silhouette? Why can't there be different challenges we can do for our House? Or a House Cup between the Houses? Niantic was able to incorporate some PvP in Pokémon GO via the three different teams, so how they were able to blunder this aspect so badly bewilders me.
The game lacked the immersion that a Harry Potter game should have. That, along with Niantic's track record of poor decision-making, ultimately killed the game.
Yet another attempt from Niantic to make AR games interesting or fun and failing.
Rest in piece.
I just...never want to walk and play video games at the same time...no matter how fun everyone else tells me it is.