Palworld Is NOT What I Expected

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I have played Palworld, the "Pokemon with guns" game that everyone was mad about for like a week. And it is not what I expected AT ALL.
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[@ArloStuff]

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[@mrmysterious8124]

Maybe PalWorld will finally give Game Freak the wake-up call they needed and Dear Arlo have you thought about opening a P.O Box🎮

[@eonbree8593]

Hey Arlo, just in case if your are still worried about Palworld having stolen assets from Pokemon. Those where fabricated false claims created for various reasons to try to rock Palworlds reputation. Its clearly inspired, but its all genuine.

[@tylermontgomery3513]

The only reason this game did so well was because it taps into the toxic masculinity of people who think having guns automatically makes something more "mature" even though it only does so on a completely superficial, surface level. This crap is no better than COD or Fortnite, just more pandering, meme-bating garbage.

[@kuronoxz]

Lies Of P...? Come baaaaaaaaaaack here misteeeeeeeeeerrr!!!!

[@dogonlog8051]

@@tylermontgomery3513 you clearly did not watch the video at all. Arlo literally explained how while it has guns that is not what makes it good, it’s good through the innovations it makes on the Pokémon formula. He even said if it was just Pokémon with guns it would’ve died pretty quickly. Go play the game you’re hating on before you start hating on it.

[@djmetcalf3815]

“I’m a little late the the party” I think this is the fastest after a game is released you have ever posted your review.

[@SleepyFawn]

His Elden Ring review was like, the day the game came out-ish. It was shocking lol

[@adoniscreed4031]

Jesus Christ is he always THIS late? 😂 I never noticed!

[@gabeskai]

Blasphemy. That's impossible!​@@SleepyFawn

[@EXCLMaker]

Pretty sure he got his Sonic Frontiers and Sonic Superstars review out around launch. It's mainly just Nintendo's games that Arlo likes to spend the better part of a year on.

[@raymiemiller1455]

He reviewed Elden Ring the day it came out somehow

[@Xenado22]

Arlo is a pal in my world

[@korlhorl]

Yes

[@zombiemanjosh]

Too true

[@mrwannabe00]

If he was he would be enslaved in my world

[@OtterloopB]

TV Puppet Pals

[@kristin122]

😊 absolutely

[@kitkatwitch]

The sheer amount of animations is staggering. Attack animations for every creature, sure, but they have petting, jumping, sleeping, mining, burning, watering, eating, feeling sad, and resting/happy for every pal that needs them. I dont think Pokemon needs any survival elements or base building, but seeing the creatures do more than just wander around and a simple attack animation is absolutely huge for my enjoyment of the game.

[@AfterglowAmpharos]

I have massive problems with this game and even I have to agree with you there.

[@SilvyReacts]

The animations are also very creative too. They are not just some generic animations but each Pal has some unique animations that give them so much personality. I think one of the best examples is Depresso, his animations are hilarious.

[@ctpp64]

That's actually pretty impressive. wouldn't expect so much personality in a game that looks like this lol

[@aerrae5608]

I feel like people just want a Pokemon game that looks good. We're in 2024 and GF is still making games that look like they're fashioned out of playdoh and run like playdoh extruded through a die... Palworld is visually appealing and they did it on a miserably small budget while GF is full of such insane incompetence that they can't even create an interesting open world much less a good looking one.

[@EditUnivers75]

When the Pokémon ripoff is animated.

[@HAFBeast91]

It doesn't crash enough to be Ark.

[@kotzer71]

Not as buggy either plus there actually fixing things

[@theseventhify]

Takes up a fraction of the disk space too.

[@PoserPosse]

The Pals also do more than sit and breathe in their idle animations.

[@michaelmaasen872]

You're correct 🤣

[@alphaakira109]

Also the pals dont die permanently either

[@ccheart8574]

Well, allow me to clear up the mystery about what it's like playing with friends. "Hey, we're out of ingots." "Cool, we'll go get some more." "Hey, I'm making spheres for us." "We're out of ingots again." "I've got 200 ingots cooking." "We're out of ingots again." "I'm making some bullets~!" "We're out of ingo--"

[@serpentblader0957]

It's sounds like everyone is trying to pack for a family field trip.

[@oldoutlet6946]

That and "Ok are we ready to raid this boss now?" "Hold on I gotta do this one thing first." Every 10 minutes. 😅

[@markguyton2868]

That's my experience in singleplayer... but replace ingots with charcoal...

[@PatPatych]

And not a single racial slur in there? Unrealistic.

[@PatPatych]

@@BBWahoo The entire game is a politically incorrect slavery joke.

[@vivi1649]

Palworld has more to do with ARK and Valheim than it does with any Pokemon game.

[@IceRiver1020]

Hence why I, who have tried Ark and Valheim and found them both uninteresting, am utterly sick of everyone I know going, "you like Pokémon, you should play palworld." As if a survival game will suddenly appeal to me, just because it has pokemon aesthetics.

[@jonathangoodwin5609]

And yet people keep comparing it to Pokemon and insist that it will make Pokemon start doing better as if Pokemon would give a damn about what Ark with Monsters does. The plagiarized designs is about the only thing it has that can be compared to pokemon.

[@jadedflames]

Be fair. Legends Arceus has some things in common. I think people are hoping that this game will inspire the Pokémon company to do some new and interesting things with the IP like doing their own real time action game.

[@D3adCl0wn]

@@IceRiver1020 Tweaking some game settings, you can set-up a playthrough that can in effect play like a Pokemon game without the grind and survival mechanics. My third playthrough is literally a Pal only run, and it is the best Pokemon experience I've had since Red and Blue. The only "base" I built was the PalBox like the PC box you have in Pokemon, that's it.

[@vivi1649]

@@jadedflames Slightly, but the complete lack of survival mechanics in Arceus just makes them both rather different experiences, but yes: Arceus is the closest it gets.

[@braxinIV]

All I have to say about the copyright infringement stuff is that I’m pretty sure Nintendo, a company synonymous with the word “litigation”, would have sniffed out something by now. They knew about this game the moment the first trailer dropped. Nintendo is beyond hawkish when it comes to their IP. And now that Palworld has the backing of Microsoft, that’s a tougher legal beast to take on.

[@ReikuYin]

There is def some model/mesh usage in the game tho. No denying that. There that one water pal that absolutely has primirina hair just with the pearls removed. The 'fluff' prongs and the end of the hair are all the same too.

[@braxinIV]

​@@ReikuYin the most I've seen come from that, coming from multiple professional 3D artists, is that most likely they used a model as a reference and essentially traced over it to make their own. They've compared it down to the polygons and the way they morph, while similar, are not the same, at all. Counts are off, contours are different, etc. Which hey, if you want to consider that copyright infringement, again, you got a tough battle ahead of you. Where people see infringement I see parody and just unoriginality. No one is up in arms about something like Blaidd from Elden Ring literally just being Guts from Berserk, lol.

[@piscespeter3]

cept the person who presented that "evidence" admited to altering the models himself and was basically lying in order to get pocket pair in legal trouble because he was such a pokemon fanboi that he hated palworld on principal he better hope they aint like nintendo and sue him into oblivion and jail time for literal slander. @@ReikuYin

[@CouchSpud91]

Yep, and after digging into it a little and thinking it over, here's my thoughts: there are a few pals who are indeed almost 1-to-1 to pokemon models and there is a good chance that the devs just modded the existing models for their creations. And if it were done to any sort of indie group, I'd completely support the outrage. But this is Nintendo, who are so ridiculously litigious and hamfisted with control over their IP and doubly so on Pokémon that they've shit down multiple fan games that remotely appeared too similar to their stuff. So I feel no sympathy whatsoever over Palworld devs using a few Pokémon models for their own original game.

[@animeartist888]

@@CouchSpud91A good point, honestly. If they were stealing art from the little guy, it would feel so scummy and absolutely too awful to even consider the game worth watching, much less buying. But from Nintendo? It's still scummy, and I still don't like how very clearly they ripped off a few designs if not models- but it definitely doesn't leave as much of a bad taste in my mouth.

[@lasercraft32]

"BREAKING NEWS: Fun games sell well! Video game industry is in shock!"

[@wh0_am_152]

XD

[@Matanumi]

Too busy trying to leverage existing IP to oversell a bunch of bullshit and get shocked when it sometimes flops

[@The_MEMEphis]

Yeah but the game isn't even that fun I mean it's not bad but it's extremely basic and lacking in content kinda surprising most people just didn't try it on game pass and that was it

[@lasercraft32]

@@The_MEMEphis Opinions exist... I've only ever heard people say its fun, you're the first person I've heard say its not. You're like that 1 out of 5 dentists.

[@alexs29]

@@The_MEMEphis That's probably why it's in early access.

[@azurethegamerkobold5434]

Are a few pals do infact get guns, Lifmunk gets a sub machine gun, the monkey gets an assault rifle, relaxasurus gets a missile launcher, grizzbolt gets a mini-gun ect, and they do tend to be VERY powerful but its not the only way to play. So yes some Pal's DO infact get guns, but its a select few.

[@markguyton2868]

Don't forget Mossanda with the grenade launchers :)

[@BahhBahhBrownSheep]

“ect” when will people learn it’s “etcetera”?

[@davismorganmusic]

@@BahhBahhBrownSheepwhen will people learn that it’s not “etcetera”. It’s “et cetera”. Two words.

[@GustavoIto]

The only correct abbreviation for etcetera is etc. Ect. is just a common error. @@BahhBahhBrownSheep

[@jonathangoodwin5609]

And that sucks when 'Pokemon with guns' is, like, 98% of the marketing.

[@skykirasagi7656]

One minor correction, the developers didn’t market it as pokemon with guns. That’s mostly just the internet’s reaction. I think I saw one video of some presenter at a trade show or award show call it that before they played the trailer. The developers have always said it borrowed much more from Ark and other survival games.

[@AfterglowAmpharos]

I disagree. Pocket pair never said the words "Pokemon with guns," but those first couple reveal trailers said it with their visuals. It was footage of Pals firing guns, being fired like guns, and being fired at by guns. Almost exclusively. That absolutely counts as Pocket pair marketing it as Pokemon with guns. They just used "show don't tell."

[@animeartist888]

@@AfterglowAmpharosAgreed. The trailers and marketing in general definitely screamed "Look! It's Pokemon but with guns!" even if those words were never explicitly spoken or displayed on screen.

[@godminnette2]

@@AfterglowAmpharos You can say that, but right after that happened, the lead developer had an interview where he said he was completely shocked that was people's takeaway.

[@Cheezitnator]

​@@godminnette2He had to. Nintendo is notoriously litigious so he had to pretend that wasn't what they were going for. At no point did they try to dissuade the comparison only sound surprised.

[@Bubble-Foam]

@@godminnette2 I think that says more about his foresight and understanding of marketing.

[@IamPotion]

I think it’s funny how arlo says “knock them out to collect their materials and get xp” but in reality you kill them 😂

[@Knucklebreaking]

To be fair, it's really ambiguous. You still get their materials when you catch them too.

[@cfitz9823]

for folks who are a bit squeamish about killing the critters the models have the little swirly "knocked out" eyes on em.

[@SpookerstheSpoo]

You CAN actually "kill" Pals, but that's ONLY by butchering them outright, and even then they just get the same swirly eyes, but then *immediately* disappear. When you either catch or defeat Pals normally, they drop whatever they had. It can be meat, it can be materials. There's speculation that the "meat" that a Pal has isn't the same as actually eating them, it's just something they had on them. There's even a journal entry you can find in the games that brings attention to the this, plus the fact that Pals don't actually "die", they sort of just disappear as if they were projections.

[@IamPotion]

@@Knucklebreaking that’s true but some pals you get their “meat” or named specific body parts. So I guess some you kill and others you don’t. Unless you just permanently disable them for life which is seen as more inhumane.

[@Knucklebreaking]

@IamPotion honestly, I can't fully explain that other than maybe two reasons. Either they are cannibals or they have extreme regen like lizards. Otherwise, how does it make sense to catch something and then eat it's meat without killing it?

[@CompletelyNewguy]

this game actually had me care about my pals more than pokemon because pals are more than just something you feed and send out to fight. They're my entire tool kit for traveling around the world and defending myself at low levels. The intentional design to make guns VERY late level really helped encourage me to consider my team comp more often since they're basically my guns, less I'd be stuck with a crossbow. Like Lifmunk being my DPS, Foxsparx being my crowd controlling flamethrower, direhowl being my fast mount with infinite durability when attacking enemies, galeclaw my glider, and Nitewing being used to traverse cliffs. In pokemon there's no consequence for letting your partners faint, but in palworld if one of my buddies go down, I'm not only down a member, but I'm also down a part of my survival kit. If my Nitewing gets knocked out and I was on the other side of the mountain I'm now stuck hiking to the nearest fast travel point. I was surprised, the game made me care about what happens to my team because there's no convenient way to revive them. So if one goes down things genuinely got harder for me.

[@Crym123]

If you put an unconscious pal at your base other pals will put them on a bed and they'll be revived and start recovering health immediately.

[@mattf315]

The biggest appeal to me is the feeling like they are hanging out with me and we are working together. If pokemon would incorporate this base building so I can feel like my mons are living and helping me, I would be so happy

[@johnhoftb]

They do have a hanging out mechanic in SwSh and SV and Pokemon do help in PLA, but it isn't the main mechanic.

[@mattf315]

@@johnhoftb I never played SwSh, but from what I saw of the camping mechanic, that’s in the right direction for what I’m looking for. And the picnic is just too small a part for it to really scratch that itch in Scarlet or Violet. As far as PLA, that’s more in line with what I want. But in Palworld, success is directly tied to your Pals helping you, which is much better in my opinion

[@jizo619619]

Well in 2025 Legends AZ will release in which we will work with our pokemon together in building renovation project in Kalos.

[@mattf315]

@@jizo619619 I hope that’s true, living in and building a city along with my Pokemon is the the slice of life stuff I want. If they balance that well with the battling I’ll be thrilled

[@Alchemistmerlin]

A thing that really stood out to me is that after all these years pokemon still lets us only ride on 1 or 2 pokemon specifically picked for you per game, and in some of the games its only on some specific routes. Meanwhile there are 44 rideable pals and you can just pick whichever one you like best. Its a small thing, but it speaks to the differences between the games.

[@tedkaczynskiamericanhero3916]

I don't think it's small to want those things in the game. Pokémon has been too complacent, and I love the franchise overall, but complacency has resulted in sub-par games and this should, theoretically, put a fire under their asses because now the markets been cracked wide open. They're under immense pressure to respond with a game as good or better, if not a major Pokémon game, they'll have to make a spin off game that's separated from the main storyline they've been progressing. Just an example, it could be a predecessor or predecessor of the current storyline, "after -new bad guy- took over the world, Pokémon ravaged the planet with only master trainers able to hold them off for short periods of time" Idk just throwing out a quick half assed idea lol

[@theelike4302]

Accidentally catching one of the thugs was one of the funniest and most unexpected moments I've had gaming in decades.

[@supersaiyangodsupersaiyanm7886]

The thugs are such good workers

[@mitwhitgaming7722]

I was not expecting this game to scratch my RTS itch. I have been burned out on survival games for a long time, but since so much of this game can be automated it feels more like a third-person RTS rather than a straight survival game.

[@janosd4nuke]

More of a colony management at heart, as the CEO specifically name-dropped Rimworld as inspiration in an interview, but hey close enough. If you want true 3rd person RTS, that would be The Riftbreaker. Though that's top-down diablo-esque ARPG camera. You basically got teleported into a hostile alien world in a Supreme Commander ACU to research and colonise it. No unit production, just base-building and defense turrets. But supcom-esque streaming economy, gorgeous environment and massive hordes of agressive creatures. Great game

[@Haunting_Hyena]

If you enjoy automation, you might enjoy satisfactory or factorio

[@mandatorial]

So, Pikmin?

[@SuperFlashDriver]

Buddy, to this very day I still have played Roller Coaster Tycoon 1-3, Call of Duty Black Ops 1 Zombies, Video Game Emulation, & 7 Days To Die video games to this very day, and Palworld is another game that, much like Roller Coaster Tycoon 1-3/OpenRCT2, it'll hook me in and continue to play it for as long as I can play it without it getting removed from Steam at all in the near future.

[@LordEpos]

You can also change in the settings menu how many resources drop, how much exp you get, etc. If the game is too grind for you by default, and you want to see what it has to offer, I highly encourage monkey around with those settings.

[@HaxHaunter]

is there any way to make it so it is mostly focused on exploring, catching and battling while keeping the base grind to a minimum? Like, are there any settings worth tinkering?

[@LordEpos]

@@HaxHaunter I don't have the game's settings menu in front of me, I uninstalled the game after I finished it, but as I recall kinda? You can make pokeballs more effective, so you don't need to craft as many, and the amount of resources you get from harvesting can be increased in the settings, but there's no real reduction to the amount of stuff you need to build as I recall, just methods of making it cheaper to build the stuff you need.

[@k1n63d]

The poor misery caused by poor working conditions from my experience is caused by poor "pathing." Meaning the pal is having trouble gettting to everything it needs. It needs to have a good clear path from its work station to its food to its bed to its relax jacuzzi etc etc... basically the layout of your base.

[@thearcanian5921]

True, but not always sufficient. Sometimes the pathing is just wacky, it is definitely something they should improve, though good 3D pathing is probably one of the hardest things to program in games.

[@derrickcrowe3888]

A recent patch improved the base pathing. Stil not perfect, but it's much improved now.

[@TKDB13]

That, and sometimes they just vanish from the world. Probably clipping through the ground or something. Usually, when I see that one of my base pals is hungry or overstressed, I just pull it back to the palbox and put it back in to reset its position, and then it's all good.

[@marekantonin7850]

Just like me fr fr

[@Frank451Martin]

@@thearcanian5921 Yeah, I remember some of the pals getting stuck at the corner of my base and sometimes randomly spawning atop of my house. I believe they already patched it for them not to get stuck at the base perimeter and sort of mitigating the pals getting stuck. Still though, the AI sometimes doesn't know what it wants to go as they'll start spazzing out back and forth.

[@FrahdChikun]

One thing I love about Palworld is that the devs are awesome regarding their love for the community. They were quick to call out the lazy journalism with the articles that say the game's lost 2/3 of it's playerbase in less than a month. The devs cleared everything up, stating that it's perfectly ok for people to take a break from the game and wait for more content to be added (it's an early access game after all!), and encourage those people taking breaks to play other great indie games. These devs respect people like me, and I'm looking forward to the next substantial content update!

[@ARandomUser5]

The Final Fantasy XIV mantra (the director/producer of that game, Yoshida, always says this too). Gotta love it!

[@-lord1754]

They respect you unlike TPC and gamefreak lol

[@PowertipBrushhead]

So all the lost players are just taking a break. Right, sure they cleared it up

[@rinstara]

​@@PowertipBrushheadthink you may have missed the point there

[@kittenfan7664]

i'm not so shure about trusting the devs. the dev company seems fairly shady with what they have done. especialy with the other games they have STILL in early acsess

[@nicklinn5731]

What I like about it is that all the settings are customizable. Particularly the ability to change exp rates and cooldown times for crafting. It lets someone with a lot less time to play, but get the full experience of the game.

[@ReikuYin]

The fact that you can change anytime is great too. Wanna fast track a second base, adjust the drop rates. New friend coming around new to the game? Lower the difficulty. Hard tower boss? Up your damage. And the. Put it all back later for the intended experience. Too many games lock you in when you select helper options like that. So it's nice this does not

[@stevencraeynest7729]

that sounds terrible, I never understand when people like settings like that. The game should be tweaked and balanced properly. being able to just alter whet you get completely ruins a game

[@nicklinn5731]

@@stevencraeynest7729 no, it’s great for people who can’t just sit and dedicate hours and hours to a game anymore.

[@Makocat]

My guess is it's there for testing purposes. Since the game can and will break or the mechanics might not be to everybody's liking and want people to get used to them. And the obvious ability to customize at any time. But I'd be down for some settings to be permanent once you pick them, once the game is out of early access. Like in minecraft. You can either use cheats or not for example. Depending on how you want to play. But as it stands right now, it's best to have many options and play any way people want.

[@tintedglass]

Came here to say this. I love that you can customize the experience.

[@Atrus999]

I'll wait until it's out of early access. I don't want to get burned out on the game before it's even finished.

[@mikeuk666]

It's in early access for a year

[@PredictableEnigma]

Still waiting for Valheim to be finished

[@ASMRPanda]

adding pokemon music to the background of this is hilarious

[@KonaSuba]

Palworld took over my life there for awhile and I still want to play it. Just want them to release updates faster lol

[@markguyton2868]

They are working on bug fixes and optimization for now, which is honestly good to work on first, but yeah, new pals and islands in the future will be cool.

[@harenava1451]

That comment about big boss creatures walking around and seeing them and being like "i'm gonna get you one day." He played Persona and really enjoyed it. We have to make Xenoblade the next one...

[@MowseChao]

Palworld is a game I'd like to support because, if nothing else, they made a genuinely good game that you can just buy and play however you want. They could have EASILY made this a live service MMO kind of game where there's artificial scarcity for certain Pals or something awful like that, but instead they made it more like Minecraft. Make your own server, set your own rules, no battle pass or anything to force you to keep playing. It's so nice to see a game like this that doesn't try to manipulate its player base.

[@panampace]

“There’s always something to be working towards” that’s what made this game playable for many hours for me. You have the tech tree to unlock, missions to complete, base to expand, pals to capture, map to explore, bosses to fight, it really is a management game more than anything but with active combat.

[@TheRozenKnight]

There is a other Pokemon-esque 3D Action Game in production for even longer than Palworld called Kindred Fates, if people want to have a look on it. But its not out yet but the studio has a Channel here on youtube.

[@lanceams483]

Palworld seems to basically be the Pixelmon Mod that was/is for Minecraft, but instead of Minecraft as the backbone, it's Ark. I'm not a crazy Ark fan, so I haven't yet played plaworld yet, but Pixelmon was a game I spent hundreds of hours on, it is one of the best mods for a game I've ever played. I know Palworld isn't topping charts anymore, but most/all singleplayer-focused games drop in player count about a month after release. I'm a huge pokemon fan, but seeing people mald over a random game that scratches an itch some fans have had got pretty annoying. Hoping the updates for the game make it better and better.

[@hadookin47]

Holy moly I was scared Arlo wasn’t going to play or talk about this one

[@LeoDamascusVG]

Arlo, craft the pal skill item for Lifmunk, Tanzee, or Grizzbolt, and you'll definitely see the Pals use guns

[@thelastwindwaker7948]

Open world with survival crafting sounds right up Arlo's alley, so I'm not surprised he finds it fun.

[@Alex_1A]

11:33 Are you automating resource collection? I know there's somewhere with ore and coal, so you can set up a metal base there.

[@KonaSuba]

Yeah, I'm thinking he doesn't have multiple bases set up to do this

[@PersephoneDarling28]

Working on an ingot base right now and yeah upgrading your bases and work pals for the midgame and endgame equipment makes the grind a lot quicker

[@cfitz9823]

I jumped into the game real heavily for a week or so and figured I would save some for later when it is complete. I enjoyed it more than most of the pokemon games for about the last ten years.

[@icarue993]

I did the same thing. Defeated the first boss and call it a day until they finished it

[@songoku2711]

LOL whatever y'all wanna tell yourselves

[@burritobison7700]

@@songoku2711cope harder lil bro

[@songoku2711]

@@burritobison7700 Enjoy your game that's already falling off, big time. Games dropping in players by the day. Lol

[@songoku2711]

@@burritobison7700 Knock off of Ark and Pokemon that's already old news LMAO

[@Bullminator]

The funny part is --- you can increase resorce gain from nodes. And if you place pals into a 9 ore node base, you have un-limited farm.

[@jeremiegagnon2002]

Love how the game isn't done yet but still looks hundreds of times better then s&v

[@SharpEdgeSoda]

"Why was pokemon with guns a big deal?" It's not selling like a Pokemon Game. It's selling like an Arc game. We get at least one "survival craft them up" darling every year that sells millions in Early Access. Remember Valheim?

[@Ashkihyena]

Which is appropriate since it’s more like Arc then Pokémon, creatures aside.

[@veliona8920]

There isn't a single survival like game that has come even close to reaching the numbers of palworld, so no it's most definitely not selling like a arc game. The sales for Palworld easily rival most new pokemon titles.

[@thearcanian5921]

@@veliona8920I think it is fair to say its popularity is because of the overlap of these two points. It is a well-done survival game with a Pokemon-like aesthetic. Both are things that often catch people's attention.

[@zacziggarot]

​@@veliona8920 it actually sold more copies that legends Arceus. I'm interested to see what kind of update schedule they adopt, so far they're mostly just trying to patch out the bugs, which is understandable. They're starting with a good framework

[@SharpEdgeSoda]

I think pokemon games get a big of a skewed number with the whole "dual version" thing. @@veliona8920

[@Karlach_]

2:38 The Palworld devs, Pocket Pal, shared on Twitter that Palworld has sold over 25 million copies across Steam and Xbox.

[@StateBlaze1989]

To be fair, that was 25 million players, not sales. The players on steam are definitely sales, but for all we know, a huge chunk of the Xbox crowd just did what Arlo did and played it on Xbox game pass. Still, very impressive numbers.

[@andyfox4484]

About the grind you can basically mitigate it completely by making an ore base, find a place with a lot of ore nodes together, its rare but you gonna find it easy enough, make a base there and fill it with high mining level pals, you never gonna run out of ore ever again, i promise you.

[@skmattso]

I don't know much about Palworld, but I think it's neat that Arlo and Atlus are BFFs now.

[@tangytablets5150]

I personally see Palworld as more focused on survival building than monster collecting. I don't particularly mind the design similarities but I just dont like that they don't have any "ugly" designs. Where are my heaps of mulch? Where are my nasty looking scrunklies? Where are my freaky lil weirdos? I don't want all my monsters to be cool! For every weirdly sexy, adorable, and badass monster, I wanna see an equally strange and funny little thing that I want to hold in my arms and tell them that I love them even if the world deems them pointless. Also, yeaaaaah! Unicorn overlord! If you're still on the fence about the game, give the demos on all consoles a try. It's gorgeous and fun.

[@Breezeezee]

I think Palworld is everything that Arceus Legends wanted to be but wasn't willing to fully commit to, with the brutality of being attacked by wild beasts turned up to an almost comedic degree. Also, it's not a problem that it's not finished yet - Pokemon hasn't released a finished game in a decade!

[@Jetsplit]

I was hoping you'd cover Palworld but I assumed the time had passed already!! Very happy to see this video pop up in my notifications.

[@AmandaFessler]

They nailed the art style because the lead creature designer has a lot of experience in designing Fakemon.

[@mothlantern]

Your opinion really summarizes why I ended up enjoying this. I didn't think it'd be the kind of game I like, and while you could really cut yourself on all the edginess it has, the amount of genuine charm and just how fun it is won me over. And I like the designs of the little guys.

[@Domobot]

One thing I hope Pokemon takes from Palworld is being able to use your mons for transport and utilities instead of having to use rentals.

[@Hydraina]

YES

[@Summer_and_Rain]

agree! I enjoy scarlet, but I would have loved to change who I am riding :)

[@WolfmanArt]

The amount of fanart already made after Palworld's early access is crazy! 🤣

[@KyraHogue]

So many videos from Arlo this week! I'm grateful and hope you and the team are doing well.

[@jdonvance]

You said something along the lines of "it is what you make of it". I think that's a bigger part of this game's success than I initially gave it credit for. The more I hear reactions and strategies, the more I can appreciate that some people play co-op and have fun with friends, some people enjoy the hunt, some dig the crafting, some build the most magnificent bases, some try to be gentle as if they're actually playing Pokemon and others embrace the absurdity of walking up to a cute, cuddly creature and bashing its brains in. I play an hour or two at a time whenever the mood strikes me while others dive in for an all-day session. I think that the brilliance in any sandbox game is in allowing the player to express themselves in as many ways as possible. The currently "popular" live service model squashes as much of that creative freedom out of the player base in service of staying on the treadmill. I don't know what one can buy with Shark Cards in GTA Online, but I'll bet there's a whole lot of freedom on offer.

[@Katie-hb8iq]

11:00 - The grind isn't bad in Palworld. You just have to know where to make bases, and how to make efficiently run bases. The game also gives you 3 bases for a reason, so you can specialize - like one for breeding and making cakes, and another that just mines ore and coal, and maybe another that just mines even more ore lol. But I have 1000's of Pal Ingots and other ingots now, and I don't think the grind is that bad. There is a learning curve to making good bases though. I am certain that's the main issue you're running into after looking at your base setups. I'm sure if I did it all again, I could do it way faster now that I know. Definitely a lot of value in making guides and stuff. I learned all of it on my own though and it took a lot of experimentation. I guess that was part of the fun though.

[@PersephoneDarling28]

Exploring for the best base locations is one of my favorite parts of the game so far

[@vincentthendean7713]

"I don't think Pals use guns" Ah, so you haven't caught Tanzee.

[@Xellos14]

I love watching the in-fighting between factions or wild pals lmao flying around and huckin grenades from the skies to lure groups together and watch the chaos or soften up tough pals to catch, fun stuff

[@galefray6676]

I'm pretty sure the artist who said they used Pokémon models retracted their claim stating they only made false evidence because the game has animal cruelty.

[@dragon_nammi]

The thing about models directly pulled from Pokémon was a completely fraudulent claim by a 3D modeler on Twitter. This person fabricated evidence themselves to make Palworld and Pocket Pair look bad, and this person later admitted that they had made it up. Not sure if the apology is still up as of now.

[@Sompursone]

Ah yes, the illegal tool of “scaling models”. I’d recommend the video by “ProjectAlpha Animations” on the model comparisons.

[@Sompursone]

Ah yes, the illegal technology of “linearly scaling the models”. The guy did apologize for not stating that outright, but, to quote their Twitter “Scaling models doesn’t fabricate anything.”

[@Sompursone]

I’d recommend the video ProjectAlpha Animations put up comparing Palworld and Pokemon models. Really does a good job elaborating on it while still keeping a relatively unbiased tone.

[@dragon_nammi]

@@Sompursone He admitted it wasn't completely 1:1 as well after the scaling.

[@jonathangoodwin5609]

Even then, some of the designs are still very blatantly ripping off Pokemon, even if the models aren't stolen. Such as 'Barely Legally Distinct Green Cinderace'.

[@eonbree8593]

yes. yessss! i was really hoping youd do palworld!

[@mr.krawkoskiproductions82]

Damn this is like the third time in a row where i wished i was watching/listening to a nice video while doing something, checking KZbin and finding a 5 minute old arlo video ready to be consumed. Thank you arlo you are awesome.

[@pinto5012]

If Arlo doesn’t think Palworld is a ripoff of Pokémon, then Arlo himself is not a ripoff of Cookie Monster 😤😂

[@mikeuk666]

Pokemon is a rip off of shin megami tensei & monsters from dragon quest

[@verdragon5591]

That's just being racist to furry blue monsters right there, there can be more than one, you know! People these days, I swear to god...

[@corey2232]

Isn't he EXACTLY Cookie Monster though? 🙃 You know what, he's gotten away with this for too long! I'm going to report his channel to Sesame Street for copyright infringement

[@verdragon5591]

@@corey2232 You can't copyright an entire race! Also Cookie Monster is a bit more teal in coloration, plus the shape of his mouth is different.

[@corey2232]

@verdragon5591 A likely story... sounds like something a cookie monster knock off would say! I'm onto you!

[@SplashWaveBeats]

Pocket Pair is a Japanese company based in Tokyo. I like the game! If Pokemon has a real issue with the game Pocket Pair created, they can just walk up the street and hash out their differences with them. But Im going to continue to keep playing it! 😅

[@viddysgamingviddyos4710]

Funnily enough, I've never seen screenshots/videos/streams of Palworld until right here, even though I kept on hearing about it. And thanks to you Arlo, I may want to give it a go...once I get a new gaming chair!

[@Elykar]

After I've played it extensively, this game is not really a Pokemon replacement in any way in my opinion. It's an ARK replacement. That game and Palworld are waaaaaaaaay more similar than Pokemon and Palworld are. (Except in the designs of the pals obviously). I'm not a big survival crafting game guy but the designs of the Pals and playing with my friends makes this game pretty darn good. I'm more excited about Legends Z-A though. lol

[@OnTheRocksGamingShow]

Finally, someone with sense. It plays so much like ARK, it just has designs reminiscent of Pokemon. People who think that this game is making Gamefreak sweat, or is a Pokemon killer, or anything like that, don't realize that these games do not hit the same niches at all.

[@Elykar]

@@OnTheRocksGamingShow Yeah, that became REALLY clear to me after playing this for a while. I will say this is more fun to me than ARK and more fun than a lot of survival based games I've tried out.

[@OnTheRocksGamingShow]

@@Elykar I agree, I have more fun playing Palworld than ARK, I think the more simplistic art style and slightly more simplistic mechanics help in that regard. Though Palworld isn't my favorite survival/ crafting game by a fair amount, it's still quite good for how early in it's life it is. Let's hope it continues to get updates and new content.

[@D3adCl0wn]

It won't replace Pokemon because Palworld is not a turn-based RPG game. But on a monster tamer/collection perspective, Palworld wins.

[@w1ndw4ker95]

I played it heavily for about 2 weeks. Haven't picked it up since. It's an interesting game that borrows a lot of different elements from different games, which gives it a complex yet unique characteristic. Other than Minecraft, I've not particularly enjoyed survival games, so it's just not my cup of tea. Cool idea though and I had fun.

[@blackstar5867]

Liffmunk and tanzie can weild sub machine guns anywhere in combat (so not mounted) Mossanda & Mossanda lux use a genade launcher (in this case you have to be mounted on them) Grizzbolt can use a minigun (in this case you have to be mounted on them) Relaxasaurous, relaxasaurous lux & jet dragon can use missle launchers (in this case you have to be mounted on them) Im sure I missed somthing but some of the "pokemon" can use guns away from the base

[@division1274]

Foxsparks can be picked up and used as a flamethrower lol

[@blackstar5867]

@@division1274 Oh yeah I know I missed somthing

[@PersephoneDarling28]

Pengullet is Explosive Ordinance

[@461weavile]

I love that picture of you and Lockstin. I don't know what more to say; it just made me smile.

[@spinaltap526]

Picking up the pal to use as a gun reminded me of the Laser Cats sketches from SNL.

[@Cuprite1024]

Not super related, but I appreciate you saying "Pokémon-like" instead of "Pokémon clone/ripoff." While I personally wouldn't classify Palworld as a Pokémon-like, its certainly much better than the alternative "clone/ripoff" title that always has negative connotations. Helps that Palworld will likely end up pushing the Monster Tamer genre more into the mainstream, which could help with that.

[@gigaslyce]

fun fact the devs never said "pokemon with guns" it was a meme on the internet that they just ran with. In interview about the game, published in 2021 by TheGamer, Mizobe said he was unaware the internet had been calling Palworld “Pokémon with guns” but said it could be a “lucky thing to have the meme of Pokemon with guns, but we totally didn't intend it.”

[@ThePickledAuthor]

The comment you said about "feeling like a team with my Pals" is what I feel has always been missing from Pokemon, and it's something Palworld is doing very well. Your Pals MATTER, and they do things outside of being a battle beat stick to take money from gym leaders and kids.

[@GigawattFox]

I've found myself loving it though the base construction can be a little frustrating, and I wholeheartedly agree that they need to add more story. Also there are pal guns. The first one you can access is Lifmunk's submachine gun at level 7.

[@driver7227]

They didn't take the models from the original, the user who claimed that on Twitter admitted that he made it up

[@leedlebob2667]

That tweet was actually faked by another guy. So you got got.

[@riftshredder5438]

If Palworld gets ported to the PS5, I'm totally buying it

[@mikeuk666]

Microsoft payed towards development & a year on gamepass while Sony refused as they don't offer early access on their platform

[@mtamer2943]

9:47 man; they almost baffled me into thinking all of the art was hand drawn and animated but those hands just destroyed it all in a second. Still looks like a passionate game.

[@Okuajub]

Did you watch the older person on the right uncurl his fist? I don't think it's AI, just someone drew the hands with all 4 fingers (and thumb) visible.

[@mtamer2943]

@@OkuajubMy personal thoughts is that it's an actual real artist using AI to speed up the workload (which would be completely fine) because I just can't unsee that 6 fingered hand on the guy on the left. Might be wrong, but can't prove it is not the case. Still, interesting to see.

[@SeanLifeFlame]

Personally, I appreciate this game most for the fact that it reinvigorated my enjoyment for the survival/survival-sandbox genre, where I can get quickly disheartened from repetition and easily falling behind friends and other people who are able to put in more hours than I can. But with Palworld, the repetition never sets in as hard thanks to the existence of the Pals, and there've been lots of times where bringing in my own knowledge (and luck) has helped out the friends I've joined sessions with.

[@Fighter_Builder]

I was not expecting to love this game as much as I did. I'm not a big fan of ARK, I'm not a big fan of Rust, hell I'm not even a huge fan of Pokemon these days. And yet when I tried it, I just couldn't put Palworld down for a good while. I am taking a break from it at the moment so I don't get completely burnt out on it, but I really enjoyed my time with it and look forward to getting back into it when some of the planned content updates and Pal AI improvements come out.

[@IamCoalfoot]

When it comes to accusations of model ripping: That was a lie. Just straight up, the person that spread that accusation around, had to fiddle with the models to make them look similar enough to make it look like he was right. It comes down to people feeling... _weirdly_ defensive about their multi-billion-dollar mega-franchise, enough to lie to 'defend' it (read: annoy Nintendo enough to draw a public statement effectively saying "We know, shut up" from them).

[@Bomrob1]

I started playing three days ago and I've been addicted. It definitely scratched an itch i had with finding the right game to play.

[@goranisacson2502]

So fron what I can tell: -Palworld lets the player customize a wide variety of it's features. -Let's you interact with your Pals to a FAR wider degree than Pokemon does. -Doesn't ACTUALLY play much like Pokemon at all, but involves far more real-time action and resource grinding, replacing the loop of training and level grinding with resource acquisition and building new cool stuff for your base -Has good and charisnatic, if not all too original, designs for it's Pals. -And last but not least, is "free" on Gamepass and costs 30 USD otherwise, selling for a far cheaper penny than most games. I haven't played Palworld, and I am not a survival-games fan... but I think I can now see why it does the numbers that it do.

[@WhyYouWahYoo]

The discussion around Palworld has become so tiresome because everyone’s kinda generalized their detractors into straw men groups. If you hate it, it’s because you’re a Pokémon fanboy apologist who’s been indoctrinated by a bad game series and can’t see that’s it’s a good game. If you like it, it’s because you’re a Pokemon hater who wants the series to be overcome by a “better” game and don’t care about art theft. I’m a Pokemon fan and I don’t find this game appealing, but I recognize there’s a lot of stuff Pokemon could be doing that they aren’t doing, and this game fills those gaps. That said, I don’t think the narrative of this game being the “Pokemon Killer” is realistic at all.

[@OnTheRocksGamingShow]

This was a very refreshing read. I agree with this sentiment exactly, except I do like Palworld quite a lot, I just like Pokemon more, and both should be able to coexist without constant mud slinging from both sides.

[@RJS2003]

That's something I noticed when this game was still coming out, it wasn't really labelled as a "Pokémon Killer" as much as it was labelled a Pokémon Rip-off which, in a strange turn of events, might have been the preferable title to be given by outsiders looking into your game.

[@captainhydrodus4616]

Palworld is a blast, it's more like ARK with Pokemon frankly

[@verdragon5591]

That's how I always prefer to describe it

[@thiagoxavier6737]

Arlo, you should check out kindred fates, its being made for a WHILE and should launch soon-ish, and...its had this 3D Real time combat idea for years now, with added things such as "Your monsters will leave you if you mistreat them, they are your partners in the literal sence, and talk even, some even get jobs at shops" and you control the monsters themselves in combat, its really unique, and i hope you go check it, its really easy to find, hope you read this! this genre has a lot of uniqueness to it if you actually look it up (Also check adore, it also fits this category even more but even uniquer)

[@DLPDUPLO]

Petition to add Arlo to Palworld

[@ksemanr]

there is no art theft and there is no AI generated art. People are crazy

[@clementineshetheyfae8312]

“Inspired designs”

[@Rairosu]

If mining manually is a issue, Here is a tip there is a tortius pal that can mine stuff with his spiked shell for you. Saves you a lot of time. I don't carry a pickaxe anymore after that. The downside? It uses up a pal slot in your party.

[@broccolinyu911]

Arlo: They absolutely do not use guns Tanzee, Lifmunk, Mossanda, Jetragon: I'm about to end this man's whole career.

[@fanusobscurus4309]

Arlps numbers are a littke outdated. As of Feb 22, 2024, Palworld has had 25 million total sales. To put this into perspective, only TWO ENTRIES in the Pokenon series have sold more. Gen 8, and Gen 1. And thats counting multiple YEARS of sales. And this did it in a little over a MONTH

[@bigdongroma539]

About the copyright claim 1. it was made by one person who straight up lied about it and later would release an apology twitter then delete it. 2 Some pals being too similar to pokémon, there's only enough ways to draw an anime superpowered animal and expect it to be original, i too used to believe some pals were made using the pokémon fusion tool but then had my eyes opened, by the people who called bullshit on the liar copyright guy from point 1. Going right into the polygon skeletons of the pals and seeing that the positioning of each polygon was different from pokémon models. 3 Then they attacked Anubis for being a Lucario expy thanks to that one egyptian lucario clothing. Almost everyone i know collectively laughed at that, because apparently Nintendo has copyright claim over egyptian deities, they couldn't wait to hear about their lawyers to jump down at every anubis jackal character out there, and the government of Egypt for daring to have a property of Nintendo as part of their myths. 4 As a last gotcha moment they claimed palworld was dying because it's user base dropped, except it consistently stays at the 10 most played steam games daily, and what else would one expect do do after clearing a incomplete game? Keep playing it after you've seen everything instead of playing something else?! All of that mess, is just rage from the vocal majority of GameFreak simps who are unable to accept their beloved multibillionaire company exploited them for years, and when a indie studio makes a fun game that reached sales numbers and a playerbase not seem since the release of pokémon red. They throw an angry fit over it. Palworld has enough differences from pokémon that if Nintendo ever had a case against it they would destroy Palworld still during development like they did and still do with so many fangames and mods, but they don't so they are silent, because Paldevs would win in a landslide, unless the court was bought by dirty money that is.

[@fasddfadfgasdgs]

This 100%

[@KyogresHideout_Vegito2121]

You pretty much summed up my thoughts completely 👍

[@justinwestwood]

Thank you good sir I hate the misinformation going around about this game

[@Shnarfbird]

and the ai thing?

[@-lord1754]

​@@Shnarfbirdwho cares?

[@demeter3x3]

The background music is hilarious😂

[@moonlitdraconic1107]

For me palworld is great because it takes the line from the 2nd or 3rd generation of pokémon "living in a pokémon world." And lives up to it. A lot of the "shocking concepts" can be found in the first few years of the pokémon anime. Mr. Mime gardening in pokémon 2000, Pikachu and magnamite powering up devices, I remember a machoke help carrying a box. Survival elements; how many times does Ash are team rocket complain about being hungry, or my favorite example of hypothermia based death is my personal favorite episode "snow way out". The lore that takes a Matpat to piece together the evidence in pokémon (mating habits and eating the pokémon) palworld just comes out with it. I love palworld because it very successfully let's me escape for a bit in a realized pokémonesk world...and it's just flat out fun❤😅. Anyway. Loved your video and honest take. Keep up the good work 👍. And look forward to more of whatever topic is next.

[@AmandaFessler]

Showed my base to my neice and she said something on the lines of, "So it's like if Pokemon in the games acted more like the ones in the show? Wow!"

[@moonlitdraconic1107]

@AmandaFessler pretty much. And to this day I have not seen used in pokémon games the #1 used command... dodge. I've seen miss, but that's not the same. Anyway thanks 😊.

[@ofmoosenmen]

Nah dog, i assume you havent seen them, but there are straight up Pokemon rips. Verdash is unapologetically a grass cinderace. Also, its not Pokemon with guns, its Ark with cute Pokemon-esque creatures in place of dinosaurs. It make sense when you said from the jump you never played Ark, but literally everything you said you like about Paleorlds game play loop, is just Ark's gameplay loop. When you take two, fun on their own games, and smoosh them together, you're bound to get something thats at least fun. But, much like their other "totally early access and not just left to die" games it has no staying power, as we're already seeing. The company takes already made games, takes features from other already made games, slaps them together, then moves onto the next one. Their "next one" being a Hollow Knight rip.

[@Tenk0shimura]

They aren't straight up rips, otherwise the pokemon company would've handled them in court ages ago. The company does make derivate games, its their entire gimmick for a reason. They have derivate law linked on the homepage of their website

[@D3adCl0wn]

@@Tenk0shimura Ey bro let em cope and seethe, ya must understand they got nowhere to vent these frustrations.

[@ofmoosenmen]

​​@@Tenk0shimurayou really look at Verdash and believe that? Interesting. Also, do you think lawsuits are filed over night? These things take a long time to ready up, look at how long yuzu has been on the "market" and Nintendo is only just now going after them.

[@mikeuk666]

​@@ofmoosenmenand pokemon copied creatures from dragon quest.... next

[@ofmoosenmen]

​​​@@mikeuk666this is the most dishonest argument you people have. Taking inspiration from something and looking nothing alike and taking the literal same model and making minor changes to it are far from the same thing and you goofballs know it. Put a monster from dragon quest inspired by X next to a Pokemon inspired by X and they look nothing alike... Put Cinderace next to Verdash and tell me the same applies...

[@marcusglesner8491]

Don't get your hopes up about more content. The developers have a history of never finishing their early access games.

[@dragon_nammi]

To be fair they never had a success like Palworld either

[@fasddfadfgasdgs]

If they like money they'll finish it up

[@mikeuk666]

This comment will age badly

[@OnTheRocksGamingShow]

As someone who bought Craftopia years ago, I've been feeling the exact same way. I'm not saying it wont get major content updates for certain, but the developer does not have a great track record. This is their third -currently- early access game, with no sight of any of them leaving early access.

[@OnTheRocksGamingShow]

@@fasddfadfgasdgs The thing about that is, they have money now. It sold as much as it needed to, and much more than that, and clearly the public does not care about their projects actually getting completed, judging by the huge sales of this game, despite the fact that they have two other games in early access currently. They could ditch this game soon for all we know, and just make another new early access game in a few years, and no one will care by that time. We've seen it multiple times from them now.

[@mq8858]

I am waiting to play with my brother, who is on deployment. I started a solo world, didn't even get to crossbows, and I just know the fun I had is gonna be increased tenfold with him. (Also, excited to see the updates that will come)

[@kamilo743]

the fact that this was brought by Atlus is amazing xD

[@onlineshoppingjakarta7338]

It is better than pokemon

[@domicci4460]

I disagree its not better pokemon because it's not pokemon what it is tho is a better ark

[@shadoshi]

For context about the studio’s other works, they have 3 games all in early access currently, one of which is a $5 jack box game that uses ai art and has micro transactions, craftopia which seems ok but has enemies clearly “inspired” from botw, and has been early access for over 3 years. And now, palworld. Honestly I think Palworld does look fun, but as someone who is about to graduate college to become a game developer, I don’t want to support this practice in the industry.

[@mikeuk666]

Citation required on this being negative

[@shadoshi]

@@mikeuk666 source: steam and literally their own website. Not exactly hard to find

[@nikxneon6615]

Each of those games is being developed by a separate team at pocket pair (A). In addition, neither of those games was profitable, which forced the company to pivot to a new project each time (B).

[@shadoshi]

@@nikxneon6615 The games being developed by other teams doesn’t really change the problems of the company as a whole, and neither does the “oh they weren’t profitable so they jumped ship” point, if anything that just pushes the point home. They aren’t some “little indie studio who hit it big”, they are a company hiring multiple teams to make “inspired” games, have them in early access to excuse bugs and missing features/content and drop them if they aren’t making money.

[@nikxneon6615]

@@shadoshi You clearly don't work in game dev. You have no clue what you're talking about.

[@MatthewJamesMullin]

You are so close to Pals carrying their own guns.

[@leonoliveira8652]

Also, I did play a previous game, Craftopia. It does look "a bit like breath of the wild", but again, with guns. And pokebals. And vehicles. But it was somewhat fun. This game is basically Craftopia without the vehicles, because they were exchaged for the critters.

[@Shadows_Inc]

The claim that models were ripped from Pokémon was a false claim by a Nintendo fan, and was retracted. Everything in this game is hand made. No AI generated content, no ripped models, it's all made from scratch. That said, it's not that the style or creatures are super unique and don't look like Pokémon, but they ARE custom made, even if they're based on something preexisting.

[@RenSako]

No, it was not retracted. No, it’s not hand made. The models were scaled up to show detailed comparisons and Palworld fans just started lying out of their ass about it, just like you are now. If you’ve seen the models, you will absolutely think they’re stolen. It’s that blatant. No amount of copium will change that, no amount of lies from Palworld cultists. Nothing was ever “retracted”. The models were stolen. Sorry.

[@RenSako]

And I’m sorry, stealing someone else’s hard work and tweaking one tiny part of it isn’t “custom made”. That’s still theft. Same goes for the animations they stole from Fortnite, or all the assets they stole for Craftopia. They’ve done this before, and the fact that it’s so obviously the same models is pretty solid evidence they’ve done it again. Anyone who has seen the models instead of just regurgitating he last thing they read about the issue on Twitter seems to agree.

[@mikeuk666]

​@RenSako the scaled up vids were admitted to have been fake by the streamer kid 😂

[@mikeuk666]

​@RenSako you are so gullible believing misinformation then Spamming it here... do better research as you're embarrassing yourself

[@Shadows_Inc]

@@RenSako Buddy, I'm not a fan, I haven't even played it. I work in the games industry and the news and drama has just been interesting to me so I've been following it closely to see what results from it. There was only one person, on Twitter, who claimed there were stolen assets and he deliberately changed them in 3D software to make them match. And when they were called out about it, they came clean and admitted they lied about pulled assets. If that palworld company actually did that, the Pokémon company would have been ALL over them years ago when it was announced while it was still in development, ESPECIALLY now that it's out and sold so many copies. Both companies are in Japan, and Japan has much stricter copyright laws, so if they had a case, they would have pursued it by now. If you want to keep following the Pokémon fanboy narrative, that's your prerogative, but it doesn't make it factually accurate.

[@calebwyman5510]

When you get your warrant, and you fight a boss battle, the humans and bot and bosses will fight the boss will go into the corner. You throw the ball at the boss, you capture the boss, you die in the arena you get the pow little hint.

[@Applemangh]

It looks awesome. I don't mind the turn based element of Pokemon battles, but the level of environmental interactions and the versatility of the creatures is something I've wanted from Pokemon since forever. I hope it makes it big and forces Pokemon to adapt and get creative.

[@StarshadowMelody]

14:01 That axe... I think it's blade oughta be put on a musket or something...