Kinda fun, but kinda lame

Im updating my review from 2 stars to 3. Its hard for me to decide what to think about the game. I actually quit playing for a few months, but in March decided to have another go at it.

On the good side, the game is less crashy than in the first few months--although the latest April update has been a step backwards as far as bugs. Gen 2 was a fun addition and the events have also been entertaining. At the time I took a break, Pokémon seemed to have a ridiculously low catch rate, and I think that has improved to be a bit more realistic too.

On the bad side, the tracker is still not very useful overall. The fun of the original 3-2-1 step tracker has never been replaced. Also, there are still way too few pokestops in less populated towns and rural areas. Niantic would do well to take requests for pokestop locations again! In fact, where I live, a few pokestops have been taken away, and there were not many to begin with. So it feels like the *key* parts of the game that make it fun just get watered down more and more, making the game harder to enjoy, even as the game gets a bit more stable and peripheral things get added. Then to add insult to injury, as the game becomes less playable for the real players out there hoofing it, the cheaters still overrun the gyms. Whats the point of competing when some tween with a joystick has the game rigged? Oh, and being a passenger in a car or train and being barred from spinning pokestops? That seems a bit patronizing.
So I dunno what to think. Ive been giving the game another whirl the past month and a half, and it isnt bad, but man I wish Pokémon Go could get more fun instead of more lame.

twinnerd about Pokémon GO, v1.31.0