Furthermore, the team goes on to explain that participating in activities consumes Spell Energy. To replenish it, players will have to "stop by Inns, found at Muggle locations around the world." Again, it sounds exactly like the way Pokémon GO trainers need to regularly visit PokéStops to stock up on balls and poti

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Of course, Niantic is a lot bigger now. It should have the means to make Wizards Unite more varied and deep than Pokémon GO -- but will it? After all, why spend development time changing the systems of a game that made billions of dollars? The smart move, at least from a business standpoint, is for Niantic to make Wizards Unite a Pokémon GO clone with enough references to keep Harry Potter fans placated. If the information revealed about the game so far is any indication, that's exactly what it

Pokémon Go has little, if any, story. The player enters the world, catches Pokémon, and occasionally assists Professor Willow with his research. That’s the extent of any story the game has. Wizards Unite changes this the moment the player opens the game. It introduces a unique story, explaining why the player is important and why they need to have an active role in the game.

Things get less promising, though, when you read the section after Ron's encounter. The dev team states that Foundables can be found anywhere, but that "certain Foundables may be more likely to appear at various types of real-world locations including parks, banks, municipal buildings, college campuses, libraries, monuments, zoos, art galleries, and mo

Overall, the pattern of Wizards Unite 's gameplay looks to be borrowing heavily Pokémon GO 's. Players walk around to find collectibles, monitor their resources, and are eventually forced to visit real-world locations to replenish those resources. Then again, most mobile games have some sort of resource system. Even if Wizards Unite handles resources similar to GO, the latter still has very Pokémon -specific features like gyms and legendary battles. Surely Niantic wouldn't give us some Polyjuice Potion version of that, right? Wel

Being welcomed into the game by Harry and Hermione immediately brings back all the childhood nostalgia and love players felt for the Harry Potter series. It’s great to be able to interact with characters you know and love while progressing through the story and exploring the world in Wizards Unite . This aspect is completely absent in Pokémon Go , for no real reason. The team leaders easily could have been Ash, Misty, and Brock -or any other memorable charac

Wizards Unite introduces fortresses to take the place of gyms in Pokémon Go . Gym and raid battles (both of which take place at gym locations) are far from engaging. The player is basically left tapping at the screen until the conclusion of the battle, providing very little interactivity. Wizards Unite reinvents the idea of gyms with the creation of the fortress. Inside, each fortress are opportunities for engaging battles that can be fought alone or with friends. The game actively encourages you to respond with unique gestures when attacking and defending, making the experience much more interesting over

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite was announced a few months ago, and even with little to go on, many fans suspected that it would be a similar experience to Pokémon GO . Those suspicions were only given more fuel when the development team outlined the game's features earlier this week. Not only is the basic premise the same, but there are also some mechanics that seem directly pulled from Pokémon GO, particularly gyms and PokéSt

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