Broken Promises ?

I actually still enjoy the game, and I love the little events and animation upgrades and music, BUT I must give it a low rating based solely on the fact Niantic is so busy trying to catch cheaters, it has completely failed the loyal following. In part quite a few avid players of the original game have quit because it isnt even a comparison to the real thing. Please review with me and check each point to see if you agree.

* It still has not released ANY of the legendaries from Series 1 and we are already WELL into season 2. No Articuno, Zapdos, or Moltres. No Mewtwo... and definitely not the Ancient Mew.

* We cannot trade! How is this supposed to be a "social game" if the most social part is a gym. Which brings me to another issue.

* We cannot battle each other. The closest we can come is for me to clear off a gym that many people worked hard to build up so that I can place a good Pokémon on it and my friend can battle it. Not the same at all! We are not competing, he is trying to beat a programmed battle that weakens my battle strategy, and I cant even come at my friend with a Pokémon team.

* Severely Limited storage. While 1000 may seem like a lot, try to balance it when there are over 200 Pokémon available and you like keeping all your best Pokémon, especially extras of your favorites that have been released so far. Add to that trying to store extra Pokéballs because you live in the middle of nowhere, and you end up with an empty backpack in no time.

* Movement stops when you catch Pokémon. If we are supposed to get motivated to get out and move, why does the movement function stop when we are engaged in Pokémon capture? It makes many players want to stop so they get the the most from their movement activity. Stopping and starting again is not as healthy as continuous movement.

In closing, I just want to point out that while Niantic is spending an excessive amount of time trying to capture cheaters and spoofers, it is losing many actual players and the cheaters and spoofers are just going back at it with new accounts or newer programs. Please, just let us have the game you promised us and run the anti-cheat program in the background from now on.

Miq2u about Pokémon GO, v1.31.0