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Parallel Kingdom

Masonator

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Oct 31, 2008
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Word up guys, first post so - hi!

Anyone been following Parallel kingdom? It was released today and it turns out its US only for "legal reasons". The fact that they do not elaborate any further or that its the first time they have mentioned this is mind bogglingly frustrating to me and the entire world apart from the US i'm sure, however that's not why i'm posting. 2 questions:

1. Americans - Is it any good?
2. Developers - What could be the legal reasons?
 
I just downloaded it and tried it out. It's very cool. The screens are gorgeous.

Gameplay is so-so, I think more needs to happen though. I also think there was an issue with losing connection occasionally which eventually made me put it down out of frustration.

I think the release is based on their rights to use a map maybe. That would be my only guess. They probably have US map rights but maybe not global rights yet for the mapping data.
 
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I got an email from the CEO! I made a few comments to them via email and the CEO himself wrote back.

I complimented them but also explained that it was frustrating to kill everything in my area and have nothing left to do since I was not leaving my desk that afternoon. I also explained that the constant loss of connection to the GPS despite my device still showing my location and GPS working find in Google Maps was a bit frustrating.
 
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I like this game its pretty cool. I wish that I could see more human players online. How would I accomplish that I don't know. What If we have a bunch of people in one town play the game. Also, I don't know if its my connection or the fact that I don't get 3G I keep getting disconnected. I don't have wifi router at home so I have yet to find out. Overall, I would like to see this game evolve.
 
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BlackOctober from the parallel kingdom forums reckons

"...The issue is, they don't have privelages to use Australian GPS maps yet, due to privacy reasons. Justin and his crew are hoping to get rights to use these maps so people outside of the United States can play..."

Does that mean that every other GPS using application has had applied for the priveleges in each individual country? or does that question make me sound like a complete ******?
 
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