I mentioned in my previous post on Wizards Unite that I have fun with the Augmented Reality, or AR, placement of my opponents. I don’t always place them near my cats. Here are a few screenshots I took – some at the risk of taking a direct strike – because the placement amused me.
This is an itty bitty werewolf standing on the dash of my parked car. Perspective matters – if I aim the phone at an open room, my opponent can be quite large. But if all my camera can see is a small space, such as my desktop or the dash of my car, I ended up with a tiny opponent. This werewolf was fairly low level, so there wasn’t much risk in taking the screenshot.
Combat uses both offensive and defensive spells. Offensive spells use spell energy – the lightning bolt counter in the bottom left corner. Defensive spells are free, with the amount of damage improving as you progress along your career path. Both offensive and defensive can improve with the career progression. One of my proficiency charms causes my opponent to lose health when they attack me.
You may remember Aragog, the Acromantula befriended by Hagrid in the Harry Potter books. Aragog was huge. In theory, so are the spiders in Wizards Unite… when given a large space for placement. This particular spider was placed inside my cat tree, forcing it to a size where my cats could have sat upon it. To be fair, that would be cruel to the spider, Arwen would probably try to eat it. Again, a low level combat, I was just goofing around with different placement.
This Death Eater, on the other hand, had me outclassed; he had almost four times my hit points. He’s actually placed against a wall, which is how I noticed the awesome shadow animation. When he moved to cast a spell at me, his shadow moved as well. I certainly never imagined when I started playing computer games – many with ASCII graphics, like Moria or The Pit – that technology would come this far and be so portable. The icons under our health bars indicate charms in play – I probably had a proficiency charm on myself, improving my abilities, and the defensive charm on him, causing him to take damage every time he attacked me.
This cute fellow is an erkling. I honestly don’t know why he’s one of the bad guys, but since they insist on attacking me, I insist on defending. Well, OK, to be honest, I go into the wizarding challenges and choose to fight them… but he’s on the wrong side for some reason. Anyways, he’s standing on a small sofa that I’m almost done assembling; I thought the color contrast would be nice for some battles.