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8 Options Considered	Price	Genre	Co-Op
-- Ingress	Free	Augmented reality	Online
-- Pokémon GO	Free	–	–
-- Run An Empire	-	–	–
-- Parallel Kingdom	Free	–	–
-- Temple Treasure Hunt Game	Free	–	–

Ingress

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Allows meeting new people

Ingress is a very social game best enjoyed by playing with others from your own faction. Leaders organize unofficial local Ingress and social events and Ingress has many opportunities to participate official "anomalies" where as many as a thousand players of all levels gather to wage a virtual war over a predetermined territory (usually larger cities or historical places). Occasional cross-faction events are organized to get to know the enemy. To find other players you can search Google+ or reach out to high level players of your own faction to ask them to how to get involved in your local community. Ingress has an official communities directory here. See More

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Requires a data plan and users location

This game, or any game with the same concepts, cannot be used without both a data plan and knowledge if the users location. See More

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Will encourage you to explore the world around you

Ingress will get you out and about, walk, bike, drive, swim, float or otherwise. You will notice more of your surroundings, more artworks and interesting places. You will explore areas to find potential new points of interest. It will get you fitter in the meantime. See More

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Drains battery quickly

The game requires players to walk around real life locations using mobile data and GPS for periods of time, which is a massive battery drain. Don't expect to get more than a couple of hours gaming outside from most smartphones See More

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Available for free

Ingress is free to download and play. See More

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Poor interface

It's a pain to manage 2000 keys manually without any option of group operation on them. See More

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Allows for user-created missions

Creating level is available to anyone over the level of five. See More

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Cheating extremely prevalent

People use multiple accounts/devices and GPS spoofing in some regions which makes it difficult/impossible to take points away from them. See More

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RPG gameplay elements give a sense of immersion

Ingress is at its core is a massively multiplayer online role playing game that allow the user to get immersed in role playing in a game of mystery and global domination. See More

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Has In-App purchases

Niantic have introduced a number of game items that are only available via in-app purchase. See More

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Teaches cryptography

Niantic posts daily storyline updates containing passcodes solvable with common cryptographic principles for in-game items. Loads of fun, helps you get gear, and lets you learn a thing or two about classical crypto and encodings. See More

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Congested areas dominated

It's an extremely fun concept, walking around and building up affinity with local nodes to you. However, the fun comes to an abrupt stop when a wandering high-level player, in one visit, levels your affinity and puts you in a position where you have no hope of affecting their control. The long-term and serious players leave new players with very little recourse. See More

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Interactive cyberpunk story

There's a story of espionage, near-future technology and conspiracy surrounding the game that everyone takes part in, maybe even unkowingly. It is mainly told through the nianticproject.com website. See More

Specs

Genre:Augmented reality

Controller Support:No

Pokémon GO

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Difficult to find stops for rural and suburb players

If you live in a city or other highly traffic area, you get tons of stops to replenish your supplies and catch more. If you are in the suburbs or rural areas, those places are few and far between. See More

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Uses intuitive setting placement for gameplay

Pokemon GO takes place in the world around you, and invites you to go out and explore the area. There are Pokestops which offer items, and these Pokestops are typically interesting places such as libraries, churches, parks, etc. Pokemon also typically stay in regions which appeal to them, water Pokemon show up more frequently around ponds or lakes, while normal Pokemon (Mouth, Ratatta, and Eevee) show up more in urban areas. See More

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Game play is very shallow and basic

The game is very basic. And only shares the franchise in name only. Gets boring very quickly. See More

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Encourages walking around outside

You need to physically wander around to find pokémon, visit points, and incubate eggs (your phone tracks your steps which will eventually hatch the egg). It's a great incentive to get a little exercise. See More

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Drains battery fast

While battery life varies greatly person to person, with the constant data and GPS connection as well as the screen constantly on, Pokemon GO drains battery very quickly. Hardcore players will want certainly want to invest in a portable battery pack. See More

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Rich experience thanks to a seasoned developer team

The Pokémon team grouped up with Nyantic Labs (creators of Ingress) for Pokémon GO. Nyantic Labs is affiliated with Google, and use Google's data to create a vast database of public areas. The partnership with the Pokemon Team allows Pokemon GO to use Ingress data to have a rich experience right out of the gate, sharing many of the same points of interest. See More

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Requires a constant data connection

While it only takes around 15MB of data per hour (give or take), Pokemon GO requires a constant data and GPS connection. This can use up your megabytes fairly quickly if you go out somewhat frequently. See More

Run An Empire

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More healthy individuals do not have an advantage

The game is more geared towards using strategy which means those that are in better shape and run more do not necessarily hold an advantage over those that don't have the time or stamina. See More

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Not available yet

Run An Empire is still in development and as so is not available for download yet. See More

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Playing field is kept even by anti-cheat measures

Anti-cheat measures have been coded into the game that makes it difficult to trick the app into logging unearned miles. This way everyone is able to compete fairly. See More

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Motivates runners

By turning running into a free ever expanding kingdom building game it allows users to have a bigger incentive to get out of the house and run. See More

Parallel Kingdom

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Pets can help explore areas the player can not reach

Usually AR games require the player to leave their house in order to really play the game and advance, luckily Parallel Kingdom gives the player a pet dog that can go out and explore even when the player never leaves their house. See More

Top Con

Pay to win

After having spent a few hours in game the balance of food earned does not match what is required to level up at a worthwhile pace. The game is unfairly balanced in order to force the player to spend real world money on a secondary currency. So those that have funds to waste on the game will advance quickly while those that do not will be left to pretty much languish. See More

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Numerous different character classes to choose from for play

Being that the game has been around for so long there is a ton of content including 14 different playable classes. This is great for replayability as well as a great way to expand the type of tactics used in game. See More

Temple Treasure Hunt Game

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Users are able to create custom games

Indoor or outdoor modes with customizable amounts of players allows for easy set up to fit whatever scenario fits best at the time. See More

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Indoor mode requires printing out tags

In order to be able to play indoors a user will need access to a computer and a printer, to print out tags for the game on paper. Not everyone will have access to a printer, which is a drawback. See More

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Can be played alone or with groups

Even if there is no one to play with the game can be played alone. See More

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Groups can use a single device as well as multiple

How many users have a mobile device and the app installed does not really matter as the game can be played with one device. See More

Basket AR

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No cost

The game is free to download and play, there are no in-app purchases. See More

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Has not been updated since release

There have been no updates since the game was released early 2014, so no new content and no bug fixes. basically the game seems abandoned. See More

Tourality GPS Treasure Hunt

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Allows for very large game sessions

Users can set up how many players they want in each session, all the way up to 40 at one time. This is great for parties and gathering of any size. See More

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No tutorial

Users are left to figure out the rules of the game on their own as their is no tutorial or rules. See More

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Singular cost with no in app purchases

The game costs $1.49 and there are no in-app purchases, unlike other popular AR games. See More

Father.io

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Not yet available

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