The game is OK...Unlike the original games shinies are not more powerful, nor do they have any bonuses. You cannot battle Pokemon before you catch them,only in raids. Trainer battles are fun when the game is not laggy or glitchy. Lastly I have sometimes been forced to stop playing because the game will not load, or it cannot find my account. I have had to stop playing for days multiple times because a shutdown, restart, uninstall, and reinstall would not work.