Pokemon Go is an adventure game offered by Niantic, Inc. It has more than hundred millions of downloads and is number 3 in top grossing adventure games on the play store. Become a pokemon trainer, explore the world and catch powerful pokemons.
Gameplay
In this game, you can catch the pokemons, train them and battle with other pokemons & trainers. It is based on your real-time location and movement. To find new pokemons, poke-stop, gyms, you need to move from place to place. As you move in real life, your character in the game will move too. You can encounter pokemon anywhere. When you find any pokemon, tap on it and try to catch it with poke-balls. You can see all the captured pokemons in the pokedex. You can power up your pokemon, treat them and train them for battle. Make any pokemon your buddy and it will travel alongside you and help you in finding new pokemons and gifts.
Controls
The controls are easy in it. You need to travel in real-life to explore new areas in the game and find new pokemons. Tap on the pokemon when you find it. Then swipe the poke-ball on it to catch it. You have limited poke-balls. So make sure you swipe correctly to catch it. In the battles, simply tap on the screen to use fast attacks. You can see a button at the bottom of the screen. Using fast attacks fill this button. When fully charged, you can tap it to use a charged attack. Swipe on the screen to dodge the opponent pokemon’s attack.
Pokemons & Types
Explore, find and catch more than 800 pokemons in the game. There are many rarities of pokemons like shiny, legendary, mythical, shadow etc. Pokemons are of 18 types like bug, dark, dragon, eclectic, fairy, grass, ground, ice, fire, flying etc. Attacks are also divided into the same types. Pokemons are strong and weak against specific types of attacks. If a pokemon is weak against a type, then it will take more damage from the attack of that type. If it is immune to any type, then it will take no damage from that type of attack. If it is resistant to any type, then it will take less. If any type of pokemon attacks with the same type of attack, then it will deal more damage. So whenever you enter in a battle, see the opponent’s pokemon type and use attacks according to it.
Game Modes
There are many modes you can play like catching a pokemon, fighting other pokemon to claim the gym, trainer battles, raid battles, go battle league etc.
Gym
You can find the gyms on the map. Gyms are controlled by the trainers and have upto 6 pokemons. You can battle with the trainer of the gym to claim that gym. You will fight against the 6 pokemons. To claim the gym, you have to lower the motivation of each pokemon and defeat them in the battle.
Raid Battle
Raid battles are the special events you can play with other trainers. In a raid, a pokemon boss hatches from an egg in the gym. You can defeat this pokemon boss to have a chance of getting that pokemon.
Trainer Battle
In this mode, you can challenge any trainer for a duel. You will enter in the battle with 3 pokemons. Defeat all the three pokemons of the opponent to win the battle.
