To keep your hands warm while your pushing it.
I love Pokemon. It was one of my first RPGs, and Gold/Silver is in my top five RPG video games. Perhaps, without Pokemon, my love for D&D wouldn't exist; and then this blog wouldn't exist. It was a key growing up experience is what I am trying to say. So when Pokemon Go was announced, I squealed and orgasmed like I was trying to sell a cheap porn.
Speaking of Pokemon Go; how do you double the price of a Skoda? Toss a penny into it!
Before I go on, let me explain the Skoda. It's a cheaply made Eastern European car, and the butt of many jokes about how crappy it is. Legend has it that getting it to the top of a hill was a miracle, and that going down that hill was one of the only ways to pass forty miles per hour! With that said; Pokemon Go is sadly like the Skoda. Don't get me wrong, the game is ambitious and fun... when you get it working. Catching Pokemon has never been so fun. It has also made me exercise more, and such things help with my dreaded depression. I'm sure, over time, this game will be totally awesome!
It's just not awesome now.
Why did the Skoda cross the road?
It was supposed to be going along it but the steering failed!
My fiance and I spent the better part of the day after lauch lookin at this screen:
Now, granted, this is not an uncommon occurrence with freshly launched MMO titles of any stripe. However, usually companies quickly adapt or else fall behind and get low marks. Pokemon Go is falling behind. It is now day three, and still it's not uncommon to see the above screen.
It's also not unusual to have my avatar pulling a Walt Disney; standing still for long lengths of time as I walk down the street, around the corner and into a nearby locale. All that time, my avatar is enjoying the comforts of my living room, playing with my XBox and eating all of my homemade chicken strips. Pokeballs have game freezing powers that rival Sonic '06. Seriously, how many Caterpie have I lost, even a Koffing! Thankfully a second one popped up. I have also read that some people had lost items and even evolving pokemon during random freeze-ups and crashes.
Why is a skoda and a baby similar?
They both never go anywhere without a rattle!
There is one major difference between Pokemon Go and the ill-fated Skoda. The game will improve, and only become better. The game itself is a lot of fun despite being buggy. And buggy it is, don't even get me started on the PokeDex! Pokemon Go is not a crappy game. It's only the launch that was horrible!
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