Pokmon Go strips the roleplaying series for its most valuable parts, scrapping most of the story and setting altogether. There is no adventure or fantastical world. The augmented reality game invites players to find and catch adorable pokémon by walking around the real world. Like its predecessor, Pokémon Go includes competitive battles, though it trades the depth and complexity of previous games for a truncated upgrade system, shallow combat, and an esoteric meta-game about conquering territories in the game’s equivalent of Google Maps.