Today we played the AR mobile game, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite which is very similar to Pokemon Go. In this game the player walks around and finds “confounded” items and creatures and “unconfound” them. When unconfounding the player traces the pattern in order to cast a spell. There are also buildings around the world where players can find energy, potion ingredients, and boss fights. As a class we seperated into our different houses but that eventually devolved as my group ended up being people from different ones.
It was an enjoyable experience playing with my peers as we all at first struggled to figure out how to play the game. While I did not get the opportunity to try out the fortress, this would have been a great way to play with other players in a cooperation event. However, outside of that I felt that my experience of sitting next to others did not really differ from playing alone.
Overall I feel this game is very much a reskin of Pokemon Go but with elements of Harry Potter instead. However I am a huge Harry Potter fan and therefore enjoy the sentiment. I haven’t had a chance to see how much of the books has been implemented in the game, but I look forward to finding out.
One Game At A Time 