Have you ever wanted to go on mobile RPG adventures as a valiant corgi knight? It’s a hero class that very likely hasn’t been offered before the release of MythWalker, a newly released “geolocation fantasy RPG” for mobile devices that lets players team up in a fantasy world modeled after their real-world location. Which is either good news or bad news depending on how one feels about providing such data.
“Players are summoned by a mysterious entity only known as ‘The Child’ to save Earth and Mytherra, engaging a rich cast of allies and enemies where the two parallel universes collide.”
Developer NantGame “merges classic fantasy RPG gameplay with cutting-edge geolocation technology, immersing players in a world where fantasy and reality collide, utilizing real geographical data that mirrors actual streets and landmarks” to create this combined world of its setting. Players can choose from three races – humans, the bird-like Annu, or the Wulven dog people – and take up the roles of Warrior, Priest, or Spellslinger, then use portal energy to navigate the world without needing to leave the house or place portals in real-world locations for quick travel purposes. The game lets players form co-op parties of up to three players to take on monsters or engage in gathering minigames.
As for the geolocation portion of the game, MythWalker’s privacy policy states that data is non-negotiable; you either provide the game with your physical location information or you should not play whatsoever. So it’s up to gamers to balance whether how badly they want to be a corgi knight against how much personal data they want to share with a game company.
