How does the real world impact gameplay in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite?Niantic has really refined all it has learned from Pokémon Go
While Niantic is still only letting New Zealand players in on the Harry Potter: Wizards Unite beta, we have been able to glean a lot of information from what we have played and the Reddit thread. It really feels that Niantic has taken what it learned in Pokémon Go and turned it up to 11.
For example; Wizards Unite uses a lot of the same real-world features as Pokémon Go — Location based spawns, weather effects, and Points of Interests (POI) — but they have added more in a way that makes total sense in a Harry Potter Game.
I want to say a big thank you to the guys over at Wizards Unite World for helping us out with screenshots from sunny New Zealand.
What are Points of Interest (POI)?
POI are the real-world places that Niantic uses to create the in-game areas you battle and collect items — called Fortresses and Inns respectively — and they are scattered throughout the worl...
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How does the real world impact gameplay in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite?
