When I first opened the game to start playing I did
not know what to think of it; was this going to be something I enjoyed or just
another app that was not going to make much of itself. I was leaning towards the latter conclusion but
decided to keep an open mind going into the experience considering you often
find exciting things in unexpected places.
I picked an adventure that was near to my apartment which was to go
around and explore some of the sights around Camp Randall. Some of the spots included the different
cannons on the hill as well as the big stone gate on the east side of the
grounds. When I ventured to the arch I was
pleasantly surprised by the background the game gave me. It was interesting to find out the history
behind the gate. When I went on over to
the cannons on the hills by Camp Randall I was disappointed with what I received
considering what the gate gave me. The
cannon destinations just provided me pictures of the cannons which seemed to
lack a point, at least to me it did, considering I was standing right in front
of them and could see them with my own eyes.
There was no purpose in supplying the pictures without any written
information to accompany it. I was equally
disappointed by the rest of the different points on the game as well. The only one that was slightly interesting
was the gate by the entrance to the grounds of Camp Randall.
I would give the overall experience I had from this
game a C. It was not too exciting or something
I believe will catch on. Some of the
ideas could be neat if you were new to the city and wanted to explore its
history or just the places it has to offer.
Unfortunately though, I believe the excitement from this game would wane
extremely quickly. Most people do not
have the time to wander around the city looking for points on the map and even
if they did have the time to do so, I believe the excitement would wear off too
quickly and they would find much more productive things to do with their time. Overall, I think the concept of this game was
made because someone had too much time on their hands and that it will not be
going anywhere anytime soon.
1 comment:
I think because the game is relatively new it still lacks the pull and exciting features, more developed games possess. For example, like you said some of the facts the game gave you about Camp Randall were interesting like the history behind the gate, but some of it like the cannon destinations, lacked a point. The game only provides substantial information about certain aspects of the destination, and compensates for the rest with “pictures,” but since we’re at the location these pictures are just boring and repetitive. I agree with your point that this game would have a lot more success if it were played in a new city, it could act as an interactive tour guide, but then again we could just go on a tour. It doesn’t have enough to it to make it exciting or worthwhile, in my opinion as well. The concept is there but I don’t think it’s interesting enough or will gain the interest of a large group of people.
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