Walking Dead: Our World, Jurassic World Alive, and Pokemon Go: Comparing AR Games
I feel like I've always had an interest in more interactive games. I'm old enough that I grew up spending a lot of time in arcades. I just remember being drawn more to those games that physically simulated other activities--the motorcycle racing games that tilted as you drove, the sports simulation
To put it in perspective, all three games allow you to spend money to gain advantage. Pokemon Go lets you buy in-game currency to purchase more pokeballs and other supplies to help you catch more Pokemon. The Walking Dead: Our World has expansion packs themed after different characters and ways to speed up certain gameplay elements with purchased in-game currency. Both of those games are easily playable without those items. You just might need to walk further to hit more checkpoints to gain supplies or experience with the actual mechanics.
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Jurassic World Alive actually takes away from the free experience to pressure you into going VIP. Honestly, I almost gave up on the game before I even unlocked the combat mode. You can only earn the best mode in the game by collecting enough DNA--it's species specific, too--to produce four dinosaurs. The battle mode is actually a solid turn-based RPG battle system. It's just a shame that everything else surrounding this mode is pushing you to buy your way into a better team and experience.
If I had to rank them now, I have to put Pokemon Go on top. It has the largest player base and the most features. The game is far from perfect--it is a free to play mobile game, after all--but the aesthetics and new commitment to regular free updates and events makes it a fun experience.
Close behind is The Walking Dead: Our World. It's a solid mix of deck-building RPG and AR walking game. The Walking Dead universe is rich with great characters and Next Games really leans into the style and tone that makes the TV show so popular.
Jurassic World Alive isn't even close. I'd rather put Niantic's first AR game Inverse in the list before that, and that's a convoluted storytelling AR walking game that is only as entertaining as you find their original story. Shoot, Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir is a better mobile AR game than Jurassic World Alive and you have to use the physical instruction manual (containing AR codes) and a 3DS to play.
You can't go wrong with Pokemon Go or The Walking Dead: Our World if you want to dive into one of these AR walking games for the summer. It comes down to what kind of world you want to explore while walking around your own neighborhood. I trade off on playing the two, but I'm also a Pokemon completist and someone who will just hit play on Zombies, Run as background music while working.
Pokemon Go, The Walking Dead: Our World, and Jurassic World Alive are currently available on Android and iOS devices.
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