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Play Overview
Ingress Prime (2013) is an adventure game that uses your smartphone's GPS to locate you in a game world that correlates with reality. You interact with virtual "portals" located near statues, monuments, and civic and historic buildings in your real world.
You play as a character in one of two factions (the green Enlightened and the blue Resistance) who are fighting to control a new powerful technology. The Resistance sees it as a potential threat and the Enlightened want to embrace it.
Play is similar to geocaching but with a tactical capture-the-flag element. You use a game map on your smartphone screen to find and coordinate takeovers of enemy portals with other players. This is done by walking, biking, or driving, to within 40 metres and "hacking" it by selecting this option on their scanners. There are specific missions to visit specific places in the game world (by going to the correlating location in the real world).
This basic setup sets the scene for complex and coordinated player tactics, as well as a plethora of other strategic items to collect and level up. It's an unusual game for its real-world movement and travelling.
The mobile app has been downloaded more than 20 million times worldwide as of November 2018, and led to a hugely popular series of games:
Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Ingress Prime 3 years ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 3 weeks ago.
You play as a character in one of two factions (the green Enlightened and the blue Resistance) who are fighting to control a new powerful technology. The Resistance sees it as a potential threat and the Enlightened want to embrace it.
Play is similar to geocaching but with a tactical capture-the-flag element. You use a game map on your smartphone screen to find and coordinate takeovers of enemy portals with other players. This is done by walking, biking, or driving, to within 40 metres and "hacking" it by selecting this option on their scanners. There are specific missions to visit specific places in the game world (by going to the correlating location in the real world).
This basic setup sets the scene for complex and coordinated player tactics, as well as a plethora of other strategic items to collect and level up. It's an unusual game for its real-world movement and travelling.
The mobile app has been downloaded more than 20 million times worldwide as of November 2018, and led to a hugely popular series of games:
- Ingres (2013)
- Pokemon Go (2016) on iOS and Android
- Ingress Prime (2017) on iOS and Android, updated with a superhero aesthetic and story.
- Harry Potter: Wizards Unite (2019) on iOS and Android, with a Harry Potter theme.
Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Ingress Prime 3 years ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 3 weeks ago.
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Play Style
This is a Physically Active and Strategy game with Adventure, Role-Play and Simulation elements. You can play this by yourself or as a 1000-player online game. As many players as there are in your location.
Cross-Platform: Play with people across iOS and Android.
Cross-Platform: Play with people across iOS and Android.
You can play this game in the following styles:
Duration
Play Time: It takes between 45 minutes and 1 hour to play a round of this game. It's not a game you can beat due to the real-world nature and ever change political battle.
Benefits
This game is good if you want to:
Age Ratings
Content Rating
Users Interact: The game enables players to interact and communicate with each other, so may expose players to language usually associated with older rated games.
Account Rating
You don’t need a platform subscription to play this game online.
Costs
There are the following additional costs associated with this game:
You can purchase CMU packs in the game used to purchase premium Boost items: Apex, Beacon, Portal Fracker and Capsule items Key Locker. These help you progress in the game.
It's important to set up your accounts and devices appropriately. More information is on our Financial Resources page.
- In-Game Purchases: Additional in-game purchases are offered for items that enhance the experience.
You can purchase CMU packs in the game used to purchase premium Boost items: Apex, Beacon, Portal Fracker and Capsule items Key Locker. These help you progress in the game.
It's important to set up your accounts and devices appropriately. More information is on our Financial Resources page.
Game Details
Release Date: 14/12/2013
Out Now: Android and iOS
Players: 1 (1000 online)
Genres: Physically Active, Strategy (Adventure, Role-Play and Simulation)
Accessibility: 0 features documented (Tweet Developer )
Components: 2D Side-On, Day and Night and Persistant World
Developer: Niantic Labs (@NianticLabs)
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