Google may have charmed users all over the world with its latest feature that enables users to play the timeless Pac-man game on Google Maps, but the search engine giant has come in for harsh criticism from Bengalurians. Netizens of the IT City termed the application as too unrealistic, after being able to navigate through the Silk Board region seamlessly.

“This is a prime example of bad programming – you write one of the greatest pieces of code ever but you don’t test it for special cases like this. It’s like blowing a magnificently huge balloon and pricking it with a pin. This is Bengaluru we’re talking about – that itself should have forced the developers to give some extra attention and increase the difficulty level. The peak, of course, should have been the Silk Board junction, where the gobbler (i.e. Pac-man) ought to be sandwiched between a bunch of slow-moving devils on either side. Now that would’ve been some real stuff! This is something we Bengalurians can’t relate to, because even when Silk Board appears in my dreams, it has never, ever been traffic-free,” Bengaluru techie Python Nagaraju told The UnReal Times.

Within minutes of Nagaraju’s grouse, Google Inc issued an apology. “We apologize to the Indian community at large. In our excitement at developing the app, we’ve gotten carried away and have obviously overlooked glaring loopholes like this. We promise to come up with the next, improved version very soon and that’ll address all the issues of every Indian city. For example, on the roads of Delhi, we’ll make the gobbler start coughing in a few minutes of the game. On the roads of Kerala, the game won’t always be available, owing to bandhs and hartals every other day, and so on and so forth for other cities. The next version of Pac-man for India is truly one to watch out for!” Google senior vice president Sundar Pichai told The UnReal Times.

Google is also contemplating replacing the gobbler with IAS officer Ashok Khemka and pilot it as a variant of its upcoming version. “Khemka would move from street to street, city to city, goaded on by the enemies represented by Haryana’s ministers. And yeah, there would be no power-pellets that would allow Khemka to gobble up his enemies, because that doesn’t make any sense,” said Pichai.

However, Pichai says that the best is yet to come. “On the roads of Pakistan, we’ll have to develop the game in such a way that the gobbler blows itself up in a suicide bombing when the devils come to finish it off. Fun times ahead,” Pichai signed off.

(Based on an idea by @alvenri)