Niantic’s ATM of you
This game proposes an interesting question: what if Scrooge McDuck made tamagotchi? The decision to hide the main draw and FEATURE of the game behind a paywall is transparently greedy - and it’s not just a one-time payment!! It’s one you have to make every time you want to roll the dice for a new creature: the main point of the game. It’s absurd, Niantic, and you aren’t fooling anyone. It’s meant to be a unique feature of a Game, not an ATM.
If one could purchase the ability to hatch new ‘dots through in-game currency and that was it, that would be the MINIMUM requirement to make this a viable game.
Then there are the performance issues: frequent game crashes; stalling; phone overheating (felt through a phone case) even on the lowest visual quality setting; buggy animations; and unlike Pokemon Go, there is no option to turn off AR.
You even have to use Niantic’s clunky Discord knock-off to try to contact another user so you can cross your creature with theirs. Ah, and you simply MUST make an account in order to access anything at all!
Summary: Disappointing and emblematic of Late Stage Capitalism Made-for-In-App-Purchases. 1/5
If one could purchase the ability to hatch new ‘dots through in-game currency and that was it, that would be the MINIMUM requirement to make this a viable game.
Then there are the performance issues: frequent game crashes; stalling; phone overheating (felt through a phone case) even on the lowest visual quality setting; buggy animations; and unlike Pokemon Go, there is no option to turn off AR.
You even have to use Niantic’s clunky Discord knock-off to try to contact another user so you can cross your creature with theirs. Ah, and you simply MUST make an account in order to access anything at all!
Summary: Disappointing and emblematic of Late Stage Capitalism Made-for-In-App-Purchases. 1/5
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Great game overall but..
I rlly love this game,play it quite often and I think the gameplay of it is really calm and nice. I do think that this game is very pleasing and I almost never have problems but I’ve gotten a bit tired of the game. You see, you can only own 2 dots, 1 u get as a start and the other is from a free nest in the shop but other then that you are not given any other way to get nests then to buy them with real money. I do think that they shouldn’t be given free but atleast give the option to purchase nests with in-game currency,it would be better for me and all the people playing. Thank you for reading this :)
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Okay ig..
It overheats my phone really fast, and I haven’t been able to actually play the game for awhile now due to a glitch it keeps telling me I need to teach my dot tricks which I have but then I get stuck on the screen after you teach at the trick and I can’t even log out of the account or anything to start another one
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4 1/2 stars on average? Are we playing the same game?
Launch day revealed every feature of the game: create a dot, dig up items, hatch a dot. Guess what? You may have 1 (one) dot for free. If you’d like to hatch any more, you will need to pay a mandatory $5 for each and every new Dot you’d like. See where this is going? You’re just feeding a company money directly for them to tease the idea of a game to you. Just go browse top paid apps & buy a full-fledged port of something for $20, you’ll play it longer than this nonsense. Also, they charge for the items you can dig up if you need specific ones, but they all “spoil” at the end of the day. Why? Anyway, even if this game had any substance to it, there’s not a single reason to expect your players to pay you literally $5 a day presuming they’re hatching a new Dot every day (which is the only reason to have the app at all). You might as well subscribe to an mmo! At least those try to impress you with things to do and reasons to be online. This is a full-on nothingburger designed by the same people who tanked their last game with the same senseless greed. You can miss me with that business, I’ll just draw my own creatures for free with any features I want!
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Peridot
Peridot is a great app/game for everyone, I struggle with many mental disorders and this app helps encourages me to get out and about the only struggle is the cost of the game itself. As I am struggling with mental disorders I have been put on a work exception there for I’m unemployed and can’t afford the nest which is required for main game play.
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Could have been great
I really enjoyed this game and if it had been free to play, it would have easily become my favourite game and I’d have played it daily. But it was ruined by greed.
I played for a few days but then to continue I would have to pay £5 each time I wanted to breed my dot. Locking the entire game behind a paywall is monumentally stupid and it makes it clear this game was just a cash grab.
I uninstalled after I realised I couldn’t progress any further if I didn’t pay. Every once in a while I’ll check online to see if they've added a free way to play but it’s always in vain.
I played for a few days but then to continue I would have to pay £5 each time I wanted to breed my dot. Locking the entire game behind a paywall is monumentally stupid and it makes it clear this game was just a cash grab.
I uninstalled after I realised I couldn’t progress any further if I didn’t pay. Every once in a while I’ll check online to see if they've added a free way to play but it’s always in vain.
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So cute and fun to play, until you have to pay
This game is everything that you could possibly want out the makers of Pokémon Go. It is truly a beautiful game and the creatures are all so unique, adorable in their own ways, with different traits that you breed to your liking. You get to play with them, feed them, but instead of just having food or having coins to “buy” food, you scavenge for food with your friend. It is an incredible game!!! Yet, after you have your second Peridot, the game is worthless to play unless you are a pay to play person. You cannot breed any more Peridots nor can you really continue to do anything “special” other than the same actions with your friend which in turn levels them up, but again, that really doesn’t do much. I have come to the point where I have stopped playing until they make a way for players to earn nests (which is how players can breed Peridots) because others it is a waste of time. We should not have to pay to play and this type of pay to play idea should be labeled as such up front if they want players to actually continue to play their game.
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A pay to play nightmare
It’s so frustrating because this game has so much potential but as it is shown to be currently: money seems to be the only priority.
recent updates such as removing sun drop gifting just leaves a sour taste in my mouth; not to mention nests. They are effectively impossible to obtain unless you are randomly in a special test group which has been going on for ages. The AR features are dubious at best, most the time they’re either clipping into a wall or just not at all recognising what you’re trying to show them. The game glitches out so often that refreshing the app has become almost an unconscious movement, be it from the game freezing or dots just missing colours, it’s s confusing mess.
recent updates such as removing sun drop gifting just leaves a sour taste in my mouth; not to mention nests. They are effectively impossible to obtain unless you are randomly in a special test group which has been going on for ages. The AR features are dubious at best, most the time they’re either clipping into a wall or just not at all recognising what you’re trying to show them. The game glitches out so often that refreshing the app has become almost an unconscious movement, be it from the game freezing or dots just missing colours, it’s s confusing mess.
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A Slippery Slope 💔
This game is incredibly adorable. It has incentivized me to get out and exercise or just simply enjoy nature. I’ve been playing it nonstop since I downloaded the app (30+ day login bonus streak currently). There is quite a lot of love and passion put into this game and it is clear to see! However, I simply cannot recommend it to anyone in its current state. As of now the main draw / feature advertised to folks is breeding new Peridots to unlock rarer traits and cuter “dots” as they call them. The problem lies in the fact that there is no feasible way to obtain nests through in-game play. I’ve completed all of my dailies, weeklies, dot’s desires, login bonus… nothing! You only get one nest to start off with so you can hatch one new dot beyond the default one you chose at the beginning. If you do wish to pursue hatching dots regardless of not being able to obtain them with in-game methods you’ll have to spend $5.00 USD per nest. That doesn’t sound like a whole lot but it will certainly add up quick. There should always be an option for folks to buy extra nests on the shop if they want to — but I will not be spending money for each individual time I want to try breeding a new Peridot. If you just want a single (or two) pocket pet(s), this game is for you. Please don’t expect to be able to breed more Peridots like the advertisements imply unless you’re willing to open your wallet.
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Love it !!
Am obsessed. Love my peridots and all the different combinations you can hatch. Although my original buddy will always be my favourite. Great game to play at home or on walks.
