Palworld Sucks

[@Stryxo]

Apologies for being like, a month late to the topic lol. I’m back (actually this time for real). If I don’t upload within the next 3 weeks you’re legally allowed to harass me.

[@Feeeshmannnnnn]

Noted

[@MooshPaw]

Do know that if we harass you it's out of the goodness of our hearts

[@Happy156]

will do!

[@shoopoop21]

0:32 This is an akira reference you uncultured fool. God this video is embarrassing.

[@firstername]

remindme 3 weeks from now

[@killerbug05]

0:32 know this is a nitpick but ofc they're the fucking same shot, they're referencing the same shot from the same source, Akira.

[@snintendog]

Its the most FAMOUS anime Shot in the world with refs EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK. But nope gotta do EVERYTHING in the OPs power to shit on the game.

[@killerbug05]

​@@snintendog yeah, gave me a bad taste in my mouth. Not saying there isn't valid criticism here, but that's probably the first sign that this wasn't exactly an objective well informed review.

[@yourehereforthatarentyou]

@@killerbug05have you considered that he just didn’t know that?

[@kogamustard7717]

​@@yourehereforthatarentyoumost likely making this shit video for clicks. Lmao

[@Lego_Ninjago_]

@@killerbug05 It wasn't really a criticism. He just said they were the same.

[@-rascuszenith-301]

About the food, its about restoring sanity and speed. They fill their hunger bar faster and will get back to work faster.

[@KoalaMarch77]

nobody cares, nerd.

[@kurenainatsume5802]

Beside many food enhanced your stat, some like me just like to cook different food...seem like he never get past that camp fire tech

[@DeertickDaniel]

Maybe that’s just you man I haven’t had a single thought about food my entire time playing. The only time I think about it is when I forget to put food in my feed bag after I die

[@Zorothegallade-rpg]

Same. Besides it's good when you can mass produce pancakes and keep everyone's sanity up without much effort. @@DeertickDaniel

[@KABLAMMATS]

@@Zorothegallade-rpg pancake with high working dictator mode on the base

[@thatcat_]

Can't wait to see the comments on this video.

[@-rascuszenith-301]

Is it gonna be wildlife or a bonfire? I can't wait either.

[@slavibg2525]

​@@-rascuszenith-301gonna guess it right now it's gonna be both some how

[@nmspy]

Here’s one, hello!

[@Queen_Coda]

I love Stryxos videos, but sometimes the goblin energy overtakes me and I become a professional hater

[@thatsruffdog]

There were multiple times that I was excited to get into Pokémon. I was actually excited to play Sword and Shield as my first game but every major Pokémon release on switch was so underwhelming and the games weren’t up to standards with other games I’ve played. And Pokémon is the most successful franchise *ever* so I’m still waiting for them to publish a game thats quality reflects the amount of money it pulls in. But after the most recent release, I understand that it will be a long time to wait for that. I guess I never bothered to download Palworld because… I guess because it’s not Pokémon. I want to enjoy Pokémon. It’s just bo one has made the game that Pokémon is supposed to be.

[@sardinee4564]

Bro the comparison at 0:33 is an asinine point, they're both a reference to an iconic and highly copied shot from Akira 1988 of a motorbike slide and countless media have call backed to it.

[@inplane9970]

Exactly. It's even a common trope amongst almost many animations and forms of media to reference the iconic Akira motorbike slide. There's literally compilations showing every piece of media copying the animation, frame-by-frame. How are people using this as a talking point against ANYTHING, let along Palworld? It really just seems like Pokecope at this point.

[@thanxbutno]

Yes, they are the same reference. By the same developer. For trailers for similar games.

[@sergeantsapient]

​@@thanxbutnois that how that works? You can never use a reference more than once?

[@EpicWinNoob]

So, open your ears and watch it again. It's not a complaint that they are making a reference to akira, it's that they used the same exact assets from their abandoned project to recreate the same exact scene used in said abandoned project, with less contextual reason for it to be there than the aforementioned abandoned game

[@sergeantsapient]

​@@EpicWinNoob Okay, and open your eyes and see that the screenshot comparison he has on screen fails to show there were reused assets. It's literally the same scene with a completely different assets. Assets and scenes aren't the same thing. The reason people keep saying that the scene literally refers to Akira is, well, because it does. They're both setup to mimic the scene from Akira and by essence mimic each other. However, the assets are NOT the same. The background is different. The character is different. The mount is different unless you want to argue Direhowl looks like a motorcycle. Every asset is different despite the fact the screenshots are mimicking the same scene. For my trouble, I went and downvoted the video. I was neutral on it before but people like you keep arguing so not anymore.

[@anonymousdragon08]

I feel this title is meant to induce rage more than anything else…

[@Odey555]

100% a clickbait title

[@FantaFruitBoi]

In other words the Vito tactic

[@neattricks7678]

shouldn't rage at the truth.

[@Jenna_Talia]

@@Odey555I mean he doesn't really walk back on claiming it's a shit game so is it really clickbait??

[@Its-pronounced-ay-zaer-e]

@@neattricks7678no its not the truth its a subjective thing, i fucking hate when people believe that their opinions is the truth

[@oriondezagrats4228]

Hilariously, the most recent update patch just started addressing 'being mounted on wildlife sanctuaries causing you to not become wanted', so that portion of the video was dated literally the second the video uploaded.

[@Thornskade]

It's an early access game. It's literally said to be not finished. That's the risks you take when reviewing unfinished products I guess

[@aaroncarter4019]

@@Thornskade Also fair game to include it since there's a good chance the game does not get finished. So anything incomplete now may never be completed. Their track record of unfinished games supports this.

[@t.dmattocks6119]

@@aaroncarter4019That's a myth. Craftopia actually does get up dates.

[@waffler-yz3gw]

@@Thornskadewell early access games exist to be criticized so that the finished product can be made better

[@squiddu]

​@@aaroncarter4019at the same time, this is their biggest hit by far, they probably have more eyes on them to actually deem the game complete (because despite the game not leaving early access, content updates are still plentiful, so does it really matter?)

[@Rpground]

What exactly is wrong with a game being fun for the sake of fun anyway? Rare any game these days just wants you to sit down and have fun. Even the devs are chill and are like "Just have fun, if you stop playing we'll be here if you want to come back or not."

[@badatmathhh]

“If it’s not fun, why bother?”

[@badatmathhh]

I posted this comment before the part in the video where stryxo uses the quote my bad chat

[@timlwry]

I thought the video put it succinctly By all means eat the slop if you have no taste

[@creeperkiddd]

@@magnus1130 if making a monster catcher is stealing from any monster catcher before it then we can use the same logic with pokemon because it wasnt the first monster catcher (i dont remember the name of the one before it but you can probably google it) and even though some of them look like pokemon that doesnt change the fact that it is better than pokemon. pokemon fans will complain about modern pokemon games being bad. but then when another company does exactly what they want they get mad and say they are stealing from pokemon?!

[@MayHugger]

@@creeperkiddd The game Pokémon was inspired by was Dragon Quest V.

[@logjitzu]

taking a moment to appreciate the completely unnecessary tracking on the text at 7:55. hell yeah.

[@MerrStudio]

after effects does this stuff for you

[@slendermaster125]

Bitrate gone

[@DivineJuni]

most fun slop puddle I've played all year

[@gogmazio]

Sums my experience with the game lol

[@Mangofdestiny7]

Gup profile pic, respect

[@lasarousi]

Sometimes I just need lukewarm slop to appreciate the rest of my gaming library.

[@mmyr8ado.360]

But it's only -February- March

[@rezaruki3912]

its better slop puddle than AAAA or AAA games that cost 60-80$ today with price only 14$ xD

[@Myder_Dragon]

3:08 "The entire game is built solely on the bases of 'I think it would be fun if we did this' with no further thought..." YES, THATS WHAT MAKES A GOOD GAME. They didn't think "oh how would this affect an engagement optimized algorithm" or "this would be better kept out so we can put it in a battle pass". They made of list of things they thought was fun and put the fun things in a game.

[@kindred6453]

I don't think that's the point of this statement. Putting in a bunch of fun things doesn't equal a fun product. When you put in a bunch of mechanics because you think they are fun without thinking about how they interact with everything else, it can make the game feel disjointed. Like if I made a game that has a bunch of mechanics that I thought were fun, it likely would result in a lot of missed potential because having a bunch of mechanics may cause them to be under developed. Like being a jack of all trades, I can do a bunch of things, but I don't do any one thing particularly well. However, when you have a few key mechanics and you focus on them and their interactions with each other. The game will likely be more fun because you can really flesh those mechanics out to their fullest. Realize potential and have unique ideas to make these mechanics as fun as they can be.

[@purplewine7362]

@@kindred6453 "Putting in a bunch of fun things doesn't equal a fun product.". in palworld, it does.

[@LargeGamer1]

FWIW I've definitely gotten my moneys worth out of it. I've paid twice as much for games I've played 1/10th of the time I've played Palworld. Although, that's more of a statement about how AAA games suck now moreso than that Palworld is some amazing product. Yeah, Palworld has issues. Plenty of them. It's buggy, it's glitchy, it feels like a budget indie game. However, as somebody who enjoys survival crafters (can't even begin to tell you the amount of time I've dumped into Minecraft over the years), it scratches that addictive itch amazingly. If you don't like survival crafters, you more than likely aren't going to like it. Which is fine.

[@trollman_2345]

i mean, it is a game made by like, 5 people? who learned the engine WHILE making the game? of course it's buggy as hell lmao.

[@ijones36]

Hell, I *dont* like survival crafters and I loved the 40ish hours I spent in palworld. Theres tons of fun to be had in just exploring and finding new pals and gearing up and leveling up. And I didn't even finish the main content offerings before I got bored of it at that 40 hour mark.

[@trollman_2345]

@@categorialimperative4182 "Vomitously awful looking" *looks at Pokémon/ARK* "Unrelated mechanics" *looks at literally any survival Game/Monster tamer hybrid* My man, just say you don't like the game, there's no need to say it's bad lol. I mean It isn't perfect by any means, but compared to the slop we're getting from studios with twelve times the budget and three times as many workers it's very decent.

[@trollman_2345]

@@categorialimperative4182 i aint justifying shit about palworld's success, It just had really good PR and the spite of 90% of PC gamers towards big corpos to prop it up. Besides, AAA hatred IS justified nowadays ngl. And i said that palworld is _just decent._ it's quite impressive that a studio this small and inexperienced managed to roll out something of this quality, but the quality is just... Decent. _Playable,_ to be specific, which is becoming worryingly rare nowadays. And any criticisms towards big Bugs and bad mechanics are basically moot until the game comes out of early access. If after that point the AI is still as shit as It is, the load times so borked, and the progression so unintuitive i WILL complain about It... But until they're "done" fixing the game i aint gonna complain about an unfinished Game being unfinished.

[@Korbura]

@@categorialimperative4182You're absolutely right. I've been playing games since I was a teen and ever since micro-transactions in games were getting popular, I KNEW folks were going to be the reason they gained traction and now look at the games being made. I've never bought games with micro transactions and never will...but that doesn't mean much when you have others that'll buy it without reason. Gamers don't like to critically think or take responsibility and just use excuses or be hypocrites to dodge who's at fault. I don't get how a game like this is celebrated while others (even if they are triple A games... games are games no matter who makes them) are constantly torn apart for the EXACT same issues. I guess now it doesn't matter because 'hurr they're just an indie company with a team of 5 people'. And? There's other indie teams with less people on it and they managed to sell their games without any in-game issues. They shouldn't get a pass putting out an unfinished games because they're an indie team. The company behind palworld cares more about making games while taking concepts from others to do so proves my point that gamers will buy anything. No matter if it's poorly made, have a bunch of bugs or glitches, or even plagiarizes other series. People want to defend the hell out of this game for being fun and unique but the reality is, people love this game because it's shitting on Pokemon/Nintendo that's legitimately the only reason why it's popular. Any legitimate criticism is ignored all because they're an indie team. I'm sure the bugs are probably resolved now since it's been out (maybe idc enough to find out) but the constant 'want better games' but then support trash like this with flimsy excuses need to stop. If it wasn't just an obvious copy of Pokemon, hell, I might consider buying it but I'm not going to support people that makes money from others idc how badly I dislike a company or a video game series lol

[@HarleyAMV]

Technically right, but he also kinda misses the point. "Palworld isn't the Pokémon you want" true but Pokémon isn't the Pokémon you want these days... "There's no reason to do anything" isn't that true for every game ever? Sometimes you have to decide to have fun.

[@Cyrus_T_Laserpunch]

True, if you need guidance to have fun and couldn't make your own, Breath of the Wild would have flopped, and Tears of the Kingdom would have been seen as just an attempt to cover up a slop game with gimmicks.

[@Cobra3111]

I agree. Sometimes some games aren't for some people and for some it takes a type of play style for you to enjoy yourself. Pal world is a game that brings me back to that time I would get lost in playing a game and not notice the time. While I still have games I do play for fun still even if I have to do a daily task for them it's fun Pal world is just fun and that's all I need it to be.

[@SirFrancisBaconn]

@@categorialimperative4182 Bruh wtf you even trying to say with this comment.

[@creeperkiddd]

@@categorialimperative4182 cope

[@gensoustudio4703]

@@categorialimperative4182 you sound like ChatGPT but on crack lol

[@c0baltl1ghtn1ng]

To be fair, the devs are being honest about the Early Access part. Only a couple days ago they did a big update with new pals, weapons, and a new area, and a few weeks before another update with a new mechanic. They're keeping their word about the updates, slowly but surely, they even told us to go play other games or touch grass if we get bored.

[@Kanoog]

I've spent well over 100 hours during it's launch, I'm just going to keep waiting it out til the full game is released and I can dive in again. Feels like homework to relearn th game just for the new content which has lost it's original appeal from the launch hype.

[@PulseKzio]

@@Kanoog nah buddy shits dead LMAOOO there wont be a full release

[@blunter420]

@@PulseKzio 50k concurrent is dead?? ur smoking rocks

[@AL4IGH5]

@@blunter420compared to most other games on steam, thats kind of ass

[@godzilla928]

​@@AL4IGH5 MOST other games? Any examples? I expect you to throw us at least 50 or 100 titles considering the "most" part of your claim 😂

[@hankanatorpoo8777]

ive got 30 hours of playtime and have notices very few bugs and im still enjoying it a lot, all of the gameplay mechanics flow nicely with eachother, I just think the game wasnt for you.

[@Jimothy-723]

its less buggy than skyrim

[@seane6616]

Dude is lying, looking for rare bugs and making them seem the norm, same thing people did with PC cyberpunk at launch. This guy is awful

[@Helperbot-2000]

@@Jimothy-723 well i mean a house i saw once with a couple hundred dead flies in the living room is was also less buggy, its not syaing much :P

[@Madpiggaming]

I have over 200 hours in palworld, I have experienced 1 game breaking bug where I clipped into a cliffside, other than that, performance has been great, 0 crashes, nothing, best performing game to come out recently and it's in early access, mw3:2 didn't have that and was arguably worse

[@razrv3lc]

Literally I’ve got close to 100 hours of playtime online AND single player. I have had ONE single crash. Scarlet and Violet have crashed more than that on my Switch.

[@Timotarius_]

0:32 thats just a famous refference to Akira. so not neccesarily an asset flip.

[@AnimatedTerror]

It’s not that it’s a reference. It’s that the same company used the same clip twice.

[@HopetrashSpeed]

@edTerror they used the reference twice. That's it. It's not even the same "clip" the craftopia one has the camera aiming at the ground while the palworld is centered. Styrox however has used this exact clip 2 years ago with the same point despite being corrected two years ago.

[@SirFrancisBaconn]

@@AnimatedTerror It's obviously a different clip, are you blind?

[@The_Squatch_97]

​@@SirFrancisBaconnI mean... the people who compare pokemon to the Dragon Quest monsters certainly are

[@D0Y0u3v3r]

I think the issue with everything now is that we compare everything to everything else. I want Palworld or literally any game to be a Pokemon Killer just so people recognize that these games are games of their own right. Not always strung and compared to Pokemon.

[@VonDoof]

I mean palworld kinda needs those comparisons since it takes so much inspiration. It’s an objectively mid game. But it’s 30 dollars compared to every other game of the genre. It’s more fun than the other games in the genre. Even the devs seem pretty chill outside of the whole ai stuff.

[@fortnitesexman]

mate, it's literally pokemon with guns, how the fuck are we not meant to compare the two?? are we supposed to not bring up how it's just a copy n paste job of every survival indie game ever made too?

[@unknownman5090]

Pokemon is so iconic that the concept of capturing animal in some device will associate with them. Its like Dark soul, where we have "soul-like" phrase for game like it.

[@popgas3821]

Is this really an “issue”? 🤔

[@Underground3]

@@fortnitesexman ​If you jump into Palword and expecting a turn base RPG like Pokemon. That your fault for getting baited by click baiters calling it "Pokemon with guns"

[@khrainos3139]

0:33 bro that is an homage to Akira just don't be cringe like this again please

[@TheSpicyLeg]

If you use that word without irony, please go to one of your parent’s bathrooms, loft the toilet lid and seat, place your mushroom head on the rim, and slam the seat repeatedly u til you lose the urge to ever use that word again. Thanks, cupcake.

[@Logtut]

Hi, I'm just here to explain food. Glad to see another Stryxo video. 1st, the best food for your team is honey. It doesn't spoil and you can get a ton of it with a single bee pal. 2nd, please don't run around with 1hp. You become a 1-shot by most aggressive pals/people/raids/hazards/falls if your shield can't handle it. It stops you from wanting to do anything the game would like you to do + unhinged gamers will then blame the game for killing them when they die from the weather. For cooking food, though. They come in levels based on what you use to cook them. Raw food - basic and just stops you from going down to 1hp Campfire food - restores pal sanity, which keeps pals in top condition which means working faster, taking less breaks, not stress eating or sleeping through the day Cooking Pot food - Some actual buffs for you and your pals that increase stats and can slow sanity and hunger depletion Electric Kitchen food - It's Cooking Pot+ better stat increases and most slow hunger or sanity depletion. Getting better food is pretty important when you have a pal that requires an entire middle school's worth of food to feed cause they will 100% eat all the food if they stress eat.

[@unknownman5090]

Look like my point of this part is invalid

[@mactep1]

Carrying 300 berries also eats up like 1/4 of your carrying capacity.

[@Logtut]

@@mactep1 I didn't even think about that since I love making good food haha. Definitely another good reason to cook food.

[@gunslingergirl2579]

So wait. This is just Pokemon in Don't Starve? Wow, this game just got even lamer.

[@jamilgonzaga7081]

@@gunslingergirl2579 This is every survival game where food is very scarce. You ignoramus.

[@korokseed1619]

When this game first came out I only saw a bunch of Pokémon fans being mad at its success and now I’m only seeing Palword fans being mad at criticism. The shift is kinda funny

[@Seizuqi]

some of your vids have good points but in this one youre just complaining about it being early access

[@DANCERcow]

Considering how craftopia is still in early access within the last 4 years and the devs of palworld have stated they want this game to be a simple 2 weeks of enjoyment and not a prolonged experience. Yeah poketpair is a scam dev team!

[@wrongthinker843]

"The game is built on fun" Ah, yes. Horrible.

[@wrongthinker843]

@@categorialimperative4182 🥱

[@RolandOnnaRiver]

@@categorialimperative4182 What do you suppose an early access version of this game would look like if the developers had a plan?🤔

[@wrongthinker843]

@@categorialimperative4182 You okay there, lil bot buddy? xD

[@wrongthinker843]

​@@categorialimperative4182 Yeah, your seething is funny.

[@wrongthinker843]

@@categorialimperative4182 Does liking your own comment help you feel valid? xD

[@amoliski]

"Outside of wanting bigger guys, there's no reason to do this... ... I can't care about these creatures because they have no identity of their own" I have the same complaint about pokemon- the only thing that makes them unique from a gameplay perspective is what set of moves they are allowed to learn and what move elemental types they don't get ohko'd by. At least in this game the pals run around your base doing stuff.

[@martiano13bros]

True, pokemon like paras and parasect are unfortunately ass and unevolved pokemon exist to learn moves early or sometimes moves they dont learn evolved before being ass unless evolved the 1 exception being eviolite users. but even the starter pals in palworld are used for eggs labor and other things too. Also they dont have an identity yet compared to pokemon whose had hundreads of episodes of anime, movies and multiple games to portray them in different ways and situations to get a feel of how the pokemon are I get the feeling this guy is jealous in the way hes speaking saying 25mil people jave been "tricked" I can say honestly ive played pokemon for hundreads of hourse, played almost 90% of them barring 1 of the 2 counterpart games and yet I never beat Scarlet. Ironically enough i played Ultra Sun since I never played them and beat that. Palworlds dope, but it truly is buggy

[@leedlebob2667]

Only moves and type? Bro stopped at gen 2 it seems.

[@UltimatePerfection]

8:27 the point is that it doesn't run out of stamina the same way you or the flying pal does.

[@SealFormulaMaster]

Different tastes and all that, but alot of your complaints are indicative of the games industry today. You think Palworld, a game that's labeled as "Early Access" is unpolished slop? I forgot which Assassin's Creed it was, but there was one about 10 years ago that had a quest so poorly explained that people thought they were being escorted instead of the ones doing the escort. How about the Tiny Titan Christian Kirksey from NFL 15? Heck, how about basically every single Bethesda game ever? Skyrim was released 13 years ago and look at that bug filled mess and all the fan mods that are actively doing Bethesda's job. The world is barren because the game isn't even finished. The beginning of the game told you "The Tree holds the key" or whatever, and right now we can't get to said tree. There's at least 6 Pals that were shown in trailers but not added fully (Though their data IS in the game). There's also tons of features that were shown but not added either, like a rocket ship and dog sleigh. Palworld was originally developed in Unity, but because of their greed, Pocket Pair decided to change engines mid development to Unreal 5. Honestly, it's astonishing they even got this much readded after the shift in such a short amount of time. The desire to capture and use various Pals is once again a matter of taste, but it's much harder to care about something new when you're use to how things were. You like Pokemon? Well, it's going to be harder for you to care about other monster tamers and battlers like Monster Hunter Stories, Monster Rancher, or Palworld. That's human nature. I like Pikachu, couldn't care less about Sparkit. It's not a dislike of design, I just grew up with Pokemon, as I'm sure you did as well. Finally, for the "theft of design philosophy", what? GameFreak doesn't own the idea or concept of something. GameFreak doesn't own "electric mouse". "Electric mouse" is an idea that GameFreak had, and they then expressed that idea with their creation Pikachu. How you convey, or express, what an electric mouse is is going to be similar because there's so many ways you can design an electric mouse, as you said so previously when talking about the hedgehogs. An electric mouse is a mouse, will be yellow because electricity is depicted as that color, might have sacs or glands to store the charge similar to snacks or skunks, and will likely have a lightning bolt depicted somewhere on it's body. As for why nobody calls these creatures "Pals", it's simple. Like I said before, people who grew up with something will be hard pressed to change. People don't say "I'll search that for you" anymore, they say "I'll *Google* that for you", even if they use Bing or Ask Jeeves. It's a catchall now, because Google is so common place that by saying "I'll Google that for you", people know what you're doing. You don't need to explain what Google is to most people. Same goes for Pokemon. Some people say Pokemon because it's the first thing that pops into their head when they're talking about a creature from Monster Rancher, Cassette Beasts, or Palworld because most people know what a Pokemon is, it's a force of habit, or it sounds better than "generic monster". And some people just say Pokemon for the memes, or to trigger the Pokemon stans.

[@snintendog]

Do we even need to bring up the travesty that is Scarlet and Violet to this manchild? Games had an amazing story boarder and then they fired him and proceeded to crap out DLCs that sucked ass ruining the one and ONLY redeeming feature of that Unpolished EMPTY and devoid of content AAA game.

[@Steven-sp4gd]

The reason dragonquest or digimon don‘t feel like pokemon is the artstyle. They are still the same as shown in that pic with dragonquest and pokemon side by side

[@mebreevee]

Digimon is interesting because its hard to even find a consistent list of every digimon and its origin. Some were like, specifically made as ads or promos.

[@bartsussygaming487]

Also they come from different artists so idk why the fuck that was supposed to be a point. It's like saying "You can't mistake a Dragon Ball character for a Naruto character"

[@TheDarkAngel969]

And remember before Palworld Digimon was always called a Pokemon knockoff, despite being the first of the two to come out

[@leedlebob2667]

You do know that picture was made as a joke right? Yet here you are trying to say dracky is the same as zubat... Man what glazing does to some people...

[@leedlebob2667]

​@@TheDarkAngel969Well that's because the digimon we know did indeed come after pokemon. The digimon before pokemon's first release was tamagatchi for boys.

[@Ethnicgnome]

Wait my early access survival game is janky? Nooooo

[@MrNobodySFM]

Did you watch the video? He made more points than the game being janky.. I played the game with my friends for 3 days and I just didn't enjoy it, it feels like a worse version of ark that just rides on the popularity of pokemon. I don't mind people enjoying this game, but I'd like to see some criticism on this game without a war breaking out.

[@ashtaka]

What about marketing the video as such instead of making it more clickbait than a Penguinz0 or OrdinaryGamer video? Also this video was just terrible, he kept on talking about things that are literally the point of the game but that he "didn't like". At this point he could've just called his video "I didn't like Palworld, here's why".@@MrNobodySFM

[@user-cu9rb9cx6m]

@@MrNobodySFM a man who doesnt like the game and wants some criticsm for it BUT. they dont want others to not enjoy it from a opinion or a war breaking out from it.. RESPECT:200

[@categorialimperative4182]

@Ethnicgnome Gamers, what do you base your decision on when you decide which game to give leniency on the right of early access, and which to denigrate without noticing it at all?

[@SirFrancisBaconn]

@@MrNobodySFM "I'd like to see some criticism on this game without a war breaking out." Then maybe someone should make some actual decent criticisms of the game, instead of calling out shit like a homage to Akira as stealing animations, or actually doing some research and making some salient points instead of clickbait and ragebaiting for views?

[@myriousGE]

0:32 I get your point but the reason these shots are so similar is because they are a reference to the Akira Slide, an iconic clip from the movie Akira where he slides like that on his motorbike. It's been referenced countless times across many forms of media, especially animation.

[@slendermaster125]

7:55 MY FUCKING BITRATE

[@neurosis51]

Releases a vid a month+ after the fact with the most glacial takes ever. Not saying all of your critiques aren't warranted when it comes to bugs and not fully fleshed out content, but you also fail to mention it's due to being early access, so it's very much a no duh in that respect. You also fail to mention Pocketpair's past games getting updates after palworld blew up and they now have the capital to actually support them again. But hey, clickbait low quality researched video is exactly that. 10:00 "but hey, why world build, we don't care about original concepts, we just care about the fun". The ceo was quite clear on a fun game being the priority, and even then the game does have lore and world building if you ever read any of the logs, some of which you could see even without reading. Were you one of those "Elden ring doesn't have a story" gamers?

[@seane6616]

It also is nearly as buggy as he showed, he's lying

[@Saint_Wolf_]

As a non Ark or survival gamer this was my jam, I also don't own a Nintendo console and even if I did, I'm not a fanboy and what sounds better to you as a value proposition? $30 bucks for a full meal you leave full (and can return to at any time) or $60 for a turn based RPG that's become much more of a bug fest with less exploration. And it's on early access so there's a lot of work that can be done into this, I mean this saved its company and shamed AAA (and AAAA if you're a Ubisoft exec). So yea, for the non pokemon, non turn based RPG gamers along with base builders, explorers, creature catchers and automator gamers, all found something in this and that's what's great about it. But hey, I guess not for you which you know what? Fair enough, it's okay to not like something, no matter how popular it is, I should back your stance because I'm the guy on my anime group who's fed up with being told Attack on Titan is good (when it isn't).

[@unknownman5090]

Nah bro, that () hurt me hard. I am no fan of AOT but I myself willing to say it good. But well, it up to you. I dont like romance anime no matter how good people say it is. Btw, mind telling me why you dont like AOT?

[@D3adCl0wn]

I've added random players across genres in about a decade in Steam, Palworld is the only game that had 50 of them online for a week. Helldivers I only got 5 max. So yeah, people dumbfounded with Palworld's success simply can't accept the fact that the game caters to a divers group of gamers.

[@AbyssEyes02]

i agree, i even bough ark myself like 5 years ago for 15 bucks and never played it more then two hours, was too much for my pc and too much of a grind. I love watching others play it tho

[@niteriemcfarlane5285]

​@@unknownman5090still waiting for him to tell why AOT isn't good

[@bas_ee]

Did this guy really say "Palworld is soley built on the basis of 'is this fun to add, yes? lets add it'"?... What? You want them to make games based on adding things they think are not fun? What a weird argument. Makes you seem like you just made this to hate and be salty. I dont care about palworld. But if its not a good game, it would not have been so popular. Do you know how markets work? Supply and demand.

[@potateo7504]

No, that's not his point. The point is that they add those things in WITHOUT good implementation. He's saying that the game adds things that yes, can, and often are fun in other games, but are sloppily executed into the game and were not well thought out. The argument is about implementation, not the mechanic itself. And games selling well doesn't mean they're good. Many games that are considered bad have sold well, including games that have killed entire genres. While Pal World has sold really well, it's playercount is incredibly inconsistent, which tells me people that alot of people are buying the game off of hype and trends alone. It's not objectively bad, especially compared to the games we've had released over the past couple of years, but it definitely isn't living up to the hype imo.

[@categorialimperative4182]

"But if its not a good game, it would not have been so popular. Do you know how markets work? Supply and demand." How does the popularity of a game and its quality correlate? By the same logic, the highest-grossing movie Avatar 2009 is the best movie? How convenient and interesting gamers determine what is good when the masses buy the game themselves do not know why, and after a month no one plays it. The quality of the game in many aspects is tested objectively, but Palworld few people try to praise for its quality, it is praised often using the same word you mentioned "fun", because it is highly subjective and does not require justification.

[@gensoustudio4703]

@@categorialimperative4182 nobody argued it was the best game ever. Palworld isn't anything like Starfield, people are still playing it and looking forward to updates. And yes, Avatar 2009 was a good movie, at least for its time.

[@insiranomecriativoaqui6480]

That's not at all what he said. Also, "if it's not a good game, it wouldn't have been so popular",really? If that was true, then how do you explain COD making millions of dollars every year, despite each new game being worse than the one that came before?

[@gensoustudio4703]

​@@insiranomecriativoaqui6480 "COD making millions of dollars every year" is just a meaningless claim. Are they actually making more money for a worse product? Movies and games that are commercial flops make millions, so what does it matter if they make millions when their budget is higher and their better games made billions? Also COD franchise has been bleeding players since at least 2022, so if the quality is going down then it is showing in that regard. But nothing you say has suggested COD was never a good game or that the type of people who like COD are wrong to like it. COD is an iterative game. The people who like and play COD say some iterations are superior to others, and some of the best are newer than some of the worst. So the people actually involved with the game contradict you saying "each new game being worse than the one that came before". And I doubt you play COD or are involved in their community and are just saying this because you think COD is automatically bad because you find it plebeian or something.

[@daapf8232]

8:15 You are the same speed, but you don't loose stamina while mounting the pal... also being mountable isn't its only gimmick. Not all mounts are equally as good and they don't have to be, because there are a lot of different pals you can get while progressing through the game, it's a creature-collector game after all. It would be very boring if there was only one pal to collect at the very beginning that can do everything. (Also your swimming-mount doesn't loose stamina either. It felt a bit one-sided only mentioning it for the flying-mount as reason for being better.) Tbh... I think there are a lot of games nowadays that are overly expensive, unfinished, unplayable, packed with microtransactions, lootboxes, game passes that are all in all no fun to play and deserve being labeled as slop. Palworld isn't perfect, but I don't think it's slop.

[@Jimothy-723]

people seem to hate fun nowadays

[@KennKuun]

"It would be very boring if there was only one pal that can do everything" That was his point. The flying mount was better at swimming than the swimming mount, making the swimming mount obsolete and boring. He mentioned stamina because the player and most pals will drown if they run out of stamina while in the water, but flying mounts don't have that issue, which is part of the reason why they make swimming mounts obsolete.

[@toooydoeur]

​@@Jimothy-723*slop

[@sk2galway]

Why is the script for the intro in the description?

[@Polyrux]

SEO/Algo Optimization. If you check on video descriptions of semi-popular youtubers you'll see it pretty often

[@BLACKout_TF2]

man you're right about the friends popping on to play only this for a while. my friends will NEVER get on this game again im 99% sure. just like helldivers 2... sigh. i miss both these games and would hop on anytime if my friends would. they arent fun alone, especially palworld

[@Thornskade]

I had a great time with it, even if it gets grindy later, I still had several hours of fun. In addition it has no DRM and comes with server software so nothing hindered our multiplayer experience, more games need to be like this

[@NALTOHQ]

Just an example of “give the people what they want”. Put a Pokemon like on platforms that can’t have Pokémon, instant profit. Make a game that looks better than what Pokemon is doing, 19,000,000 players in 7 days level profit.

[@bryana.escaleralopez]

the game got all the people to buy it because of market confusion. Not strategy.

[@gghost2255]

​@@bryana.escaleralopezyes because in pokemon you can beat up pokemon and butcher them.

[@ace8165]

@@bryana.escaleralopezyes market confusion because we prefer 2 versions of the same pokemon game and remakes every year which then turns into a release of a complete game full of bugs and piss poor graphics so we can pay 120$ to fuel our childhood psychological attachment to it and to please our masters at the pokemon company. Right ?

[@Myder_Dragon]

@@bryana.escaleralopez idk what you mean by market confusion. The trailer for the game pretty accurately summed up the game.

[@lukepower117]

@@ace8165 Serious question, as someone who has played both Pokemon and Palworld (I think the game is,Fine. Just that.) What in these games actually makes you want to play it over or as a replacement to pokemon? Like, Palworld is my favourite ARK-like game I've played, but it stratches zero of the itches a pokemon game does for me and what I like to play.

[@polygonal4838]

Complaints include, both trailers using shots referencing one of the most famous anime shots in history. Or the fact that you don't instantly die when low on hunger. (Because clearly being on 1 hp isnt a punishment *at all* as he states regardless of the fact you can get 1 shot like that...) Also complaining about the fact they knocked off the churches from elden ring, because no game had churches before then. Oh and not understanding the food system in the slightest is another great one, some foods boost stats and other foods can both fill up hunger more and have said hunger last longer. For every 1 serious critique there are nonsensical complaints thrown in. This watches like someone that just wanted to dislike the game and went looking for everything they possibly could complain about in a video when playing instead of just trying to enjoy the game your playing.

[@jaydenfurtado4625]

Clap worthy comment, had the facts to back up your statements

[@larriyrnir5756]

if you can play 100% by brute forcing a mechanic then the mechanic is trash also it's not the fact there are churches that's the problem it's they are styled almost exactly like the the churches in elden ring

[@dcd3lt4]

​@@larriyrnir5756Take you meds Churches aren't real. They're as real as Santa Claus.

[@kyledavis4325]

​@@larriyrnir5756Exactly. Churches are styled exactly the same as Elden Ring as well as the evergaol circles.

[@CaptainEffort]

@@larriyrnir5756So they’re styled like… churches? And plenty of mechanics can be “brute forced” by that logic. I guess poison in Pokemon doesn’t matter since it can’t fully kill your Pokemon while wandering the overworld, you can just wander around with them at 1 hp.

[@Joshua-do7vo]

10:04 "We don't care about original concepts, we just care about fun." I play games to have fun. Call it "Slop" or "Derivate". I don't care. I got to have fun with my friends for the low price of 30 bucks with zero microtransactions. I'm sorry the game wasn't up to snuff for you, but I'm gonna have to agree to disagree with you.

[@Sillypenguinfake]

Have you played cassette beasts?

[@bivcbmtgstgtssscqcrddgtrsm2257]

That is the first game I've ever played that I can legitimately call a masterpiece.

[@mebreevee]

@@bivcbmtgstgtssscqcrddgtrsm2257I need to finish it, but its fun so far!

[@serpentblader0957]

Oh yeah Cassette beasts has way better monster design than palworld. I also really liked the game it gives of times long gone if you can get me.

[@mebreevee]

@@serpentblader0957 nostalgia?

[@admiralpepper6933]

@@serpentblader0957 Something that has legit *soul* than a certain game or this?

[@skunksecond]

1:41 i'd argue that yo kai watch (at least in japan) came pretty close to dethroning pokemon, at least compared to the spontaneous success of palworld since at least yo kai watch was popular for like half a decade over there

[@thaariqbinaziz2821]

Its fun ,but the mid-late game grind makes it unfun Although its still in early acces so theres still lots of room for improvement PS: Baldur gate 3 was an early acces gane too before releasing and becoming the best game of 2023

[@Jimothy-723]

you realize you can change the settings so that you get 3x the resources... right? the game basicaly asks you how much grind you want.

[@Wolf-sh9ze]

@@Jimothy-723LITERALLY

[@categorialimperative4182]

"Baldur gate 3 was an early access game too before releasing and becoming the best game of 2023." Is there anything else Bg 3 and weaboo Pokemon are similar in, or does the mere fact that those games were in early access state make Palworld become bg 3? I have a better analogy, The Day Before also came out in early access, and forgive me for my impertinence, but something tells me Palworld is closer to that game.

[@SandwichesEnjoyer]

I'm sorry, but you cannot compare palworld and bg3. Bg3 is a story-driven roleplay game created by a big studio and palworld is another indie survival game. The development and direction of these two games are completely different. I would rather compare palworld with The Forest or other early access survivals.

[@categorialimperative4182]

@@SandwichesEnjoyer The comparison with The Forest is good, except that 30 million people didn't buy it in a month, but again, how is that game worse? And you know the question arises with almost every indie game that everyone forgot about, why doesn't it take Palworld's place? Maybe they all came out at the wrong time, didn't fall into the trend where it's fashionable to hate AAA games and as a result deify any crappy game, the merits of which they can't even justify. But the funny thing is that they actually equate bg3 with Palworld, completely ignoring that the creators of bg 3 are not an indie company, not even close, and they spent 100 million dollars to develop their last game.

[@Philminator]

If you like the game, or any other game for that matter, great. If you don't like a game, that's fine too. Why care what anyone thinks, to the point it upsets you? I personally don't care much for Palworld, however I'm excited millions have found a game that's only about $35 Canadian that they enjoy. Meanwhile my wrestling game a few weeks ago cost me nearly $200.

[@ayaldev]

Bro you're playing on 1.2... 1.5 is out days ago

[@pokeystar101]

and?

[@fritzy8318]

Ok and? Your point being what exactly. What does that change hmm. Does it change how it steals Pokémon and yokai designs and tweaks them just barely. Does it change how soulless it looks to where it looks like ai. Does it hmm.

[@ayaldev]

@@fritzy8318 @pokeystar101 in 1.5 they fixed the sanctuary island exploit which he mentioned in the video, and lots of base pal ai pathing

[@snintendog]

@@ayaldev I thought they fixed that in a hot fix ages ago in 0.1.3..(fuck me its only been a month)

[@Jimothy-723]

@@fritzy8318hmmm? does this make you friends, hmmm? what does that change? hmmmmm

[@roar104]

out of curiosity, your PC team red? Because I didn't see anywhere near the level of bugs you're showing in the gameplay in my over 150 hours on the game.

[@seane6616]

He's lying, he's taking rare bugs and making them seem normal. People who havent played Pal world or are braindwad wokes cant tell

[@MorgansMemez]

Idk bro fair enough, all i can say is my weird ADHD depressed and slightly autistic brain loves this game, or did for like 2 weeks straight basically, played this more hours than any other game i have played in years, its so FUN :D

[@marcpym5251]

and doesn't the fact htat you don't love it anymore prove his point that the game is fun at first but shallow in the long run?

[@razrv3lc]

⁠@@marcpym5251where did they ever say they stopped loving it? You’re putting words into their mouth. All they said was they played it for 2 weeks straight. I played Baldur’s Gate 3 for like 2 months straight. Just because I don’t play it every day anymore doesn’t mean I don’t love it anymore lol

[@mukkah]

Am having a lot of fun with this one, fwiw. Few patches that focus on quality of life improvements. Dunno if it'll go the distance, but with the hours I've already put in, already had my funs worth lol But ye, has a lot of room to grow. From my own experience playing PC via gamepass, biggest issue is clipping through / falling through the map. I enjoy the fear of losing your gear on death, but when you lose it due to bugness, not so much ^_^

[@GLXY23]

can't wait for the game to get better but so far it's ok

[@Komaster-fh4ot]

If you fall out, leave the game and change your world setting so that there’s no death penalty and then respawn. Then change it back after. It’s what I do

[@mukkah]

@@Komaster-fh4otBrilliant! Thanks for the 411, Imma do exactly this! Merci!

[@mukkah]

@@GLXY23Yup yup, it's ok Not great, but def not terrible 2 years, be interesting to see where it's at and if it's still going the long haul.

[@dillonrameraz7082]

Recent patch just dropped where you can roll back to a previous save state should this happen again. Doesn't fix the real clipping issue but it's something for now at least.

[@wellwellwelp]

so Palworld has to be 4 times the quality of pokemon at a quarter of the price to not be slob?

[@D3adCl0wn]

Its on version 0.1.5 and its already winning. For a price cheaper than a Pokemon DLC!

[@categorialimperative4182]

In order to not be shit, oddly enough, palworld needs to stop striving for pokemonization, and since this game is basically based on that, I have bad news for you.What did you think, that if you're better than nintendo games, you're not shit anymore?No, you're still shit just ahead of Nintendo.

[@edmanbosch7443]

Do you not realize just how low of a standard you're setting here?

[@lukew6725]

Have you considered that Pokemon games are absolute garbage tier videogames?

[@kogamustard7717]

Bro complained about the same akira motorcycle shot on 2 different games. Damn bro, nice slop ya made there

[@Phirestar]

This is from an outsider’s perspective - I’ve not played Palworld myself, so take my words with a grain of salt - but this game feels like it’s going to be a “one hit wonder” . The sort of game that come out and is extremely popular while they’re new and relevant to the conversation, but don’t leave much of a lasting legacy. I just get this impression that Palworld’s success will lean too heavily on its gimmick of “Pokémon with guns” and doesn’t have enough of its own, unique merits to warrant most people remembering it or thinking about it a year or two from now. Obviously there will be dedicated fans who stick around for future content updates and whatnot, but I feel that it’ll be a very, very small portion of the millions who’ve been boarding the hype train. This will probably come off as a harsh criticism to people, but this situation reminds of a comment that Jim Sterling made years ago when he did review of Far Cry 5 and likened the series to digital junk food, stating that, “It’s the thing I play while I wait for an ‘actual’ video game to come along.” That’s the sensation that I get from Palworld. It’s a collection of mechanics and systems that, together, can provide an enjoyable experience _in the moment,_ but lacks any traits of a more enriching experience. It seems to be missing the one thing that it _can’t_ replicate from Pokémon: a sense of its own, personal identity. Something which only _it_ has, that it _didn’t_ take from something else.

[@unknownman5090]

As much as I love the game (i dont play it), I agree with you. The game is very barren. No story, no actual objective. No ending. It just you hop in, you get stronger. It seem that the lore is very barren too. It my kind of jam tho. I mean, as much as I love game like Borderlands 2, Red Dead Redemption, GTA, I would love some casual game where I would just hope it. Do some stuff, and lot of thing. But like you said, it "one hit" wonder. Now, if they can improve in what I said before, I think they might be able to have some legacy. Unlike RDR 2 which have so many damn details people keep playing and goes "wow, wtf is this." Or Borderlands which have a lot of replayability, with many stuff you can do through multiple playthrough (pretty much just different char), this game is like I said in my comment, feel like simulator game in Roblox. Simulator game usually very barren with it die very fast as it rise. There are good simulator like Tower Defense Simulator which still hold strong to this day, but most of it just flop after flop that being built as cash grab. Well that pretty much what I want to say. This game can give some impact if it manage to give us some depth into the world itself, which it dont for nie.

[@jerryjohn3815]

Like lethal company, lethal company is literally one of the worst games I have ever played.

[@gwennorthcutt421]

someone asked me if i thought palworld was gonna be a Big Franchise and, as it is now at least, i said not at all for the same reasons. it feels very shallow, without a central Thing and Identity, so having seen stronger games become a flavor of the week im not optimistic.

[@unknownman5090]

@@jerryjohn3815 Bro has been playing all the time

[@jerryjohn3815]

@@unknownman5090 I played it for like half an hour

[@ThommyofThenn]

Now that most of hype has faded away in mainstream circles, i wonder what state of game is this day

[@ayemjake]

"Bosses are boring" then proceeds to only show a fight with Zoe and Grizzbolt. LOL

[@hectorluz7477]

Those bosses are pretty similar in structure, have the same arena and tbh seems more they were designed like ark bosses that have very little skill to beat and its more a battle of attriction that you need hours of grind to get through, say what you will about pokemon legends arceus, but at least the bosses were designed similar to elder rings bosses and had patterns that allowed for player response alongside a movement option that allowed for evasion of said move

[@jamilgonzaga7081]

@@hectorluz7477 Because the towers are the same powering the main base. You ignored the lore of the game and that's a lame thing to do.

[@thecockman]

⁠@@jamilgonzaga7081lore is an explanation but not an excuse. What you just did there would be the red herring fallacy.

[@hectorluz7477]

@@jamilgonzaga7081 even ark and pokemon legends have different arenas for their boss battles, lore reason is no excuse for lack of creativity

[@Wolf-sh9ze]

This guy just wants to hate lmao palworld is literally great for its EARLY access stage

[@marchmelloow]

0:33 So, this is misleading cause both of these trailer shots are Akira references, which are heavily used in other media. It's the most famous anime shot of all time.

[@dotulord7775]

8:20 you completely skipped over the mid-tier creatures which are faster than you in flying and swimming, and showed the last boss of the game which is a mechanical jet dragon, WHICH YOU DO NOT EGG BREED TO ACQUIRE because the only Pal pairing that can successfully breed more Jetragons is... TWO JETRAGONS, to make a false statement that there is nothing in between these creatures. You're literally lying to make this game look worse than it actually is.

[@luciano12sa]

Outside of PALs design, which is, yk not original nor exciting, the rest of the "problems" are truly regular early access problems. The game is not done yet, AI should be expected to be janky, stats not being balanced, traversal being janky, not enough stuff to do. These are all ok problems for an unfinished game.

[@sagehanson190]

That may be true, but one of the largest issues plaguing early access games since their conception is their very status as "early access." When a game launches in early access, people defend it from all criticism regarding bugs or jank. To some degree, that's understandable, it is an early access game after all, it isn't finished. The issue though, is that because these people are shutting down all this criticism, word of these bugs or jank never reaches the developers ears because, again, it keeps getting shut down or people assume that these issues will be fixed. While developers will often catch the larger bugs, they can't just be expected to know of every bug in the game. It's important for there to be a voice calling out a game's issues, even if it is early access, so that the developers know what to fix.

[@luciano12sa]

I 100% agree. And the devs certainty had enough resources and time to work on those. So the next Palworld update will help figure out if is a greedy corporative perpetual early access scam or a passion driven evolving game.@@sagehanson190

[@lololollololol629]

@@sagehanson190 There's plenty of people calling out bugs for this game, like the bug with using the statue thing to up your catch rate not working, and videos like this also call out things that probably need to be changed...

[@JONATAN-VELAZQUEZ]

The main problem is that the company is famous for let the games forever on early access

[@thanxbutno]

Outside of the designs of the PALS, PAL world can be fixed at full release! That’s great, as long as you didn’t expect the PALS to be any good in PAL world

[@Mr_Reaps25]

8:30 dude you just need around 5 legendary spheres to get a jet dragon

[@sebbo59]

Eh, from what I've heard the game is pretty good, maybe it just wasn't for you.

[@ritchielol]

its not "good". maybe fun for some people but not good.

[@creeperkiddd]

@@ritchielol I agree. it isnt good. It is GREAT.

[@zeke4778]

@@ritchielolIts great fym shit got 50k views you know few ppl agree with this guy

[@darkmetal2412]

Kinda like how someone into Mario wouldn't like a first person shooter. Every got different taste

[@creeperkiddd]

@@darkmetal2412 exactly

[@SilvyReacts]

Craftopia isn't abandoned. I really don't understand why some people make this claim when it's still clearly getting updates quite frequently too I might add. I don't see Palworld as "slop". It's genuinely and surprisingly just a good game and I think that is why it did as well as it did. Most people probably went into it expecting slop, or something to just play for the memes... and then they played it and found themselves enjoying it a lot more than they expected they would. They end up seeing certain aspects and realizing... holy crap... this game is actually really good. With that said, I am interested in hearing why you think it's not good, so I will continue the video. Ok, so you claim the game is shallow, list a bunch of things you can do in the game and then claim there is no reason to do this. Dude.... that applies to every game in existence. When you actually sit down and think about it.... every game you play there isn't actually a good reason to do any of it if you are looking for a reason other than that it's fun. Even a game that is buggy in some areas, can still be fun and still be considered a good game. Especially when you consider this game is in early access and their track record is actually pretty good if you bother to look instead of making crap up like you did the beginning, claiming Craftopia is abandoned. The fact they are still updating that game and adding improvements, bug fixes, etc... shows that Palworld is likely going to go through a lot of updates and many bug fixes are going to be made throughout early access. Personally, I prefer Palworld's monster designs over Pokemon's. And whether or not you feel they look too similar to Pokemon or if you don't think they are good enough designs. This doesn't mean the game is bad. This is just you nitpicking because you want to be that one person who hates the thing everyone else likes. As for why different pals have different traversal speeds, it's to make sure not every pal is equally as good. It gives the player a reason to try and find a pal that is faster. Or to condense them, or breed them to make them faster. Last but not least, it's very clear you don't understand what early access means. Obviously the game isn't complete meaning there are many elements, like story elements that are not yet implemented. Like the whole tree thing. Honestly, this whole video is pretty daft.

[@unknownman5090]

Let just wish it doesnt stay that way. I remember how I play early access game that stay the same as released one. Ofc the game failed

[@snintendog]

@@unknownman5090 Dude your using your alt account on your own vid HOLY FUCKING SHIT i cant believe this shit.

[@Jimothy-723]

@@unknownman5090it has been updated 10 times in the last 2 weeks.

[@unknownman5090]

@@snintendog wtf💀

[@unknownman5090]

@@Jimothy-723 Well cyberpunk manage to fix it flop

[@AMVSyndicate4913]

Better food helps increase the pals san when they eat it, cooked berries dont recover much san

[@Makem12]

I mean, to be fair, it's still in early access right now. Let's see how it is in another 2 years. I've not made up my mind if it's good or not yet.

[@bryana.escaleralopez]

in 2 years is still going to be in early access

[@user-cu9rb9cx6m]

@@bryana.escaleralopezaugh... what about 92 years?

[@Delimon007]

Have you not looked up this companies history, at all?!?!?

[@Anthonyspartan514]

none of there games came any close to palworld in numbers on top of that they were early games that they learned from plus thy have made updates on their older titles@@Delimon007

[@لوسيفرالديمون]

@@Delimon007 palword have more players and money than any ohter games of the companies

[@WagaDraws]

Best $30 I've spent in the last few years tbh.

[@categorialimperative4182]

A well-known excuse and self-justification of a dude who fell for a scam.

[@toxdz_quack8466]

@@categorialimperative4182 Or, and hear this, people just generally like the game! I know, shocking

[@Yamyatos]

@@categorialimperative4182 Why is it a scam? It's fun. Unlike most AAA titles nowadays, which cost 3x that and oftentimes just regurgitate the same game anyways. If anything, doesnt that make the average AAA title a scam then? FIFA, BF, AC, Anno, CoD, .. the list goes on.

[@categorialimperative4182]

@@Yamyatos "Why is it a scam? It's fun." It's the perfect formula. In general, yes, it's hard to call something a scam if all its customers deeply believe the opposite. But then the situation is even worse. "Unlike most AAA titles nowadays, which cost 3x that and oftentimes just regurgitate the same game anyway. " The fact that you gamers are all so convinced that these AAA games are extremely bad, it's kind of supposed to save you from buying them again. The fact that they are multiplying again says that the developers are profitable, otherwise they would go bankrupt. So you only have yourself to blame. Companies make money, if you want to get good games along with it, you need to cut off their ability to make a low quality product, you are not capable of that, you are only capable of whining, and living by the formula "I won't drink piss, but I'll eat shit" And Palworld certainly does not offer anything original, it's eclectic shit, just cheaper, if it's all about money, say it directly " I'll play FIFA, BF, AC, Anno, CoD," if they cost two times less and don't make a saint of yourself and a connoisseur of quality games, you're a Palworld fan it's all said. If you don't like AAA games, it's no reason to praise indie shit. But that's how you evaluate games, again, using the formula of "Why is it a scam? It's fun.", then you can't expect that

[@ebluegamer5397]

​@@categorialimperative4182 Is it a scam if it was fun? Or do you just like gaslighting people?

[@MartySnowdog]

I like Palworld, I spent way more than 10 hours playing it. It scratched an itch I didn't know I had. No game ever scratched that itch. Unfortunately it is really brocken in many ways. Hopefully it will be fixed.

[@pepper6592]

One thing I would like to mention is that you mentioned palworld as being shallow and not a pokemon experience on the pc, but i really dont think palworld is worse than Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

[@nullpoint3346]

"I think it would be fun if we did _this"_ is a far better thought process than most "make a fuck ton of money for our shareholders and investors" companies we see.

[@stevenXCV]

Say what you want about Palworld, but I've never had this much fun in a game since the days of Left 4 Dead 2 and Terraria, not to mention it's a $30 game ($15 in my country). Best bang for your buck game.

[@PotatoToon]

At it's current state your are right, it still has a long way to go before reaching it's ''final state'' it's still worth greatly your 30$ if you compare it to the trash that big publishers are putting out. If you think Palworld is buggy and the world is boring you should look at the recent Pokemon games, it's twice the price for twice the buggyness and many times the boring world and it's the final release state.

[@trumplostlol3007]

This dude doesn't know what "buggy" means. He should have played Kenshi, a 14 year old game that has more bugs than all the games I have played combined. YET Kenshi still sold for like 2 million copies AND it has an overwhelmingly positive rating on Steam. AND its base game mechanics are so bad (because of lazy programming) that people don't play the full game any more and instead rely on CHEAT and CHEESE to play solo, when in fact the game was designed for players to recruit a team of characters. LOL

[@PotatoToon]

@@trumplostlol3007 Sometimes people find a game fun in it's issues. Think of Sonic 06 for example. People can like this game because of how broken and unplayable it is.

[@Delimon007]

7:25 Thank you. I got tired of responding to idiots who kept posting that image and explaining to them that the artwork and designs are extremely different. As you said, when you show pokemon how many people think "that's a digimon!" or "that's a monster from dragon quest!" Practically no one. You see a pal and what is the first thing that you think about? Pokemon. At this point, either they already have a backroom deal that they aren't talking about with Nintendo or they would be getting sued. I would think that it's the former because it's pretty easy to prove that the concept of the art itself was stolen. Talking about concept art, they still haven't shown any, so I'm not sure why people believe that they created this stuff purely from scratch. Tracing models is still illegal too btw.

[@Bonezy1001]

00:33 is famously an Akira reference that’s everyone has used

[@Addonzs]

Not all games are gonna be a masterpiece, this game and many others are meant to have fun and mess around nothing else

[@Gust3883]

Y-know, if a game isn't a masterpiece, it doesn't mean it can't be bad.

[@categorialimperative4182]

@@Gust3883 Yes you are right, but the logical extension here should be "And a game that is not a masterpiece should not sell 30 million copies and get extremely positive reviews when it obviously doesn't deserve it".

[@Gust3883]

@@categorialimperative4182 I totally agree. Being on the top of the most played list for an early access game that's obviously lacking in content and polish just because "hehehe look pokemon gun" is REALLY not deserved.

[@categorialimperative4182]

@@Gust3883 And this in turn should indicate to you that the popularity of this game can in no way be linked to its real merits, as others like to claim. This means that we are dealing with a situation (of which there are many) where gamers are purposefully sabotaging and deceiving. It's hard to convince many people that a game can only get popular because of their own "advertising campaign", but the current hatred of AAA gamedev is on a scale literally comparable to gamergate ten years ago. Like ten years ago games that gamers considered "political" (without defining what that means of course) and therefore massively downvoted them, regardless of how deserving that game was. A similar situation is happening now and Palworld is so ridiculous that trying to convince everyone that this game is ingenious wouldn't be so ridiculous if it looked any different than it actually is.

[@toooydoeur]

Yup pure slop

[@littlequaintfellow]

I do feel like the game is mashing ideas together and should try to make it all click together a bit more, but isn't the WHOLE point of video games to be fun? The games still fun for the most part so does it really matter?

[@notapplicable8231]

Bro needed the extra KZbin money this month and used the tried and true "popular thing is actually bad 🤓" tactic.

[@owenomc]

I got click-baited too, I might unsubscribe

[@Chris-sm2uj]

@@owenomc holy fuck he must be scared shitless now

[@Cobra3111]

​@@Chris-sm2ujhe can be if more people follow their example.

[@kyledavis4325]

It's okay. Simple minds like simple games. Low IQ games are all that people like you can handle. Not your fault.

[@CaptainEffort]

@@Chris-sm2ujNobody’s trying to scare anyone, don’t be a drama queen

[@KarolOfGutovo]

0:33 that's because both those shots are references to the anime movie "Akira", a scene of such motorcycle sliding. A lot of japanese media has that reference.

[@BlacklistedPodcasts]

taking ideas from another game is a bad thing?

[@hexcodeff6624]

Being derivative, uninspired crap is a bad thing if you want to create art.

[@Cyrus_T_Laserpunch]

Gamers are obsessed with the idea that everything has to be something never before seen and must be art first, and a game never. Every game is seen as a clone of something else. Monster collection was done in Pokemon so no game can ever do it again or it's considered derivative. Gamers have nothing going on in their lives and look for any excuse to be bitter and negative about everything.

[@categorialimperative4182]

@@Cyrus_T_Laserpunch "Gamers have nothing going on in their lives and look for any excuse to be bitter and negative about everything." Really? that's why 30 million gamers bought this piece of shit? Because they are, as it turns out, very demanding? ahahahaha.

[@UnPackedWolf]

9:47 "it never happened to me because I decided to abuse a bug to prevent it from happening for the sake of this video."

[@endencker6845]

I guess this video is a trolling effort. It is extremely bad and wrong on many points. It's fine thou. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. No problem for me. This game is great and the best thing that has happened to gaming the last 10 years, no matter of anyone's opinion. Including my own. That is all that matters in the end.

[@Alucard_Seven]

Craftipia is not abandoned it got an update on the 5th of Feb.

[@riversmakris]

5:36 "the game is very buggy", brother do you even understand the definition of Early Access? The more I watch this video the more I start to realize you are a Flopemon D-Rider that hates competition

[@JONATAN-VELAZQUEZ]

So now people pay for being beta testers... Uh.. the world is wild

[@riversmakris]

@@JONATAN-VELAZQUEZ I think it is worse to pay for the same iteration of the game just with a different name like Pokemon, FIFA, 2K and especially COD lmao

[@razrv3lc]

@@JONATAN-VELAZQUEZI mean what’s the difference of paying full price for a “finished” Pokemon game when you fall through the floor? Lol

[@JONATAN-VELAZQUEZ]

@@razrv3lc like paying for a finished game, why you have to suck the D for pokemon?

[@alduinfr]

he's complaining about the glitches and bad things so that the developers notice and fix them, that's the point of what early access is. so who is the one that needs to understand the definition of early access here?

[@mactep1]

This is what happens when you let the guy from the grocery store make your game. But anyway, i think this video is a bit nit-picky, as someone already stated the trailer is not reused, its an Akira reference, wtf else was the 0 hunger supposed to do???, when you have over 100 creatures, some will inevitably be redundant, and most pokemon are forgettable, but there are like 1020, and they have been around for over 2 decades, while palworld has like 120, and hasn't been out for 2 moths, so ofc there are more memorable pokemon.

[@Shhhhh183]

I don’t really understand what people are talking about when they mention the constant bugs. Even playing on my garbage potato PC, it still works great.

[@Edgar_SB]

luckey? what's your specs?

[@Drstrange3000]

It doesn't even run on my gaming laptop. It has a RTX 3060 6gb vram, 16 gb ram, Ryzen 9 mobile CPU (forget the exact specs) and can run most modern games fairly well. I can't even run it on the lowest settings at 30 fps. I know it isn't my laptop. Sometimes enemies will get stuck in place and things and such. The game definitely isn't at a polished stage.

[@categorialimperative4182]

Bugs are the kind of thing that, like a corrupt cop, are very easy to overlook at one moment, and be extremely vigilant at another. Palworld fans, despite the fact that the game even has the excuse of early access, are still not honest enough to recognize their presence, prefer to overlook them.

[@Campion_7]

​@@categorialimperative4182 damn you really are everywhere

[@categorialimperative4182]

@@Campion_7 Yeah, arch-enemy to those who vote with their wallet.

[@uSil031]

Most bugs shown are really uncommon or patched already. The world is barren but clearly also not finished yet. Some Pal designs are pretty bad others are pretty nice. You just seem to not like them which is ok. The basebuilding, employing and breeding is where lots of fun is at. Something you seemingly didn't explore a whole lot. In general this "review" feels a lot like the gamejurnalist that got mad at cuphead because he couldn't even complete the tutorial. Just because you missed the part that is enjoyable or failed to enjoy it yourself doesn't make the game bad.

[@dh8203]

I don't know what kind of games you like, but "I think it would be fun if we did this." is reason enough to include something in a game from my perspective, but what do I know, I just like fun games.

[@LARAUJO_0]

If you're interested in game design or development you'll know exactly what he's talking about. You can't just add random mechanics you think would be interesting without considering how they fit into the game as a whole and intermingle with all the other mechanics

[@Jenna_Talia]

I think the reason why people love this game is because Pokemon is awful in comparison. It's an unfair reason to like a game, because of course you'll love burnt toast when all you've ever eaten is horse shit. But that doesn't change the fact that burnt toast is an awful thing to eat. Also they likely didn't use generative AI for the Pals but there's reason to assume they used a pokemon fusion website to get ideas, especially with just how obviously merged some of them are. Oh and this video started out with like a 4:1 like to dislike ratio and now it's almost 50/50 lmao the hivemind finally arrived.

[@CuriousTrotter]

I got the game a month later after all the hype somewhat subsided. And for the life of me I couldn't put into words why I wasn't that much into it until you described all the problems it has. So yeah, it is fun for the first few hours, but the grind catches up real fast and you only play against the flaws the game created instead of being challenges.

[@bryana.escaleralopez]

its a game that is just press buy and that's it. Most of the money they spend developing this game must have gone to the trailer they made showing off this game.

[@gghost2255]

Of course if you survival games aren't your thing, you find it boring after a couple hours.

[@TheDarkAngel969]

It all depends on how you feel about survival crafting games. It's either a complete bore, a chore, or you get addicted to it

[@the_goofiest_whajje]

palworld is -not suitable for most tastes (shooting games are just not for me + grinding) -has probably stolen models (i mean some shapes are near identical) -cannot run on a potato pc (pretty sure i could play most pokemon games on my pc, also cannot afford gamer pc so thats bad) -gets old (apparently) -has no currently surfaced concept art (proof of originality) -feels like sonic 06 -1 particular new mon has surfaced, its practically just shadow mewtwo y tldr, just play cassette beasts instead. its designs are appealing without looking like pokemon, the gameplay is at the very least fun, and all content is confirmed original (due to pixel art and literally unlocking design origins ingame

[@AshGreninjaEX]

there's Cassette Beast and then there's Nexomon another good game also Coromon is pretty decent too

[@masontoy1976]

Objectively yes it's rly not too good, but on the other hand im just happy on the blow to triple A and the buff to indie

[@fortnitesexman]

it's a buff in numbers only this is just yet another title that makes indie games a laughingstock

[@Always.Smarter]

why do people act like this is the first/only indie game? there are plenty of indie games that are actually good

[@kengoldberg3253]

@@fortnitesexman you couldn’t make a game like that in 1 million years

[@fortnitesexman]

@@kengoldberg3253 oh look, the "you can't do better" "argument" hadn't heard that in a day or two, thanks seriously tho, whether or not i can singlehandedly develop an indie game is irrelevant as to whether or not i can rightfully call one out for being poorly designed but to humor your fedex delivery truck brained argument, no, i WOULD be able to make such a game, i can't code, but i can sure as hell avoid all the spike pits of poor design palworld so effortlessly falls into

[@fritzy8318]

@@kengoldberg3253why is this the only fucking argument people have when they insult a game they like. Can YOU make a better game yourself hmm. Can you. No. You probably can’t even design a basic ass scratch game. Shut your ass up and listen to criticism.

[@adamwilliams4928]

If I had payed $60 and it was released in it's original incarnation as a COMPLETE game (Which in itself, seems like useless statement, since I don't remember the last time I played a "complete" game that didn't need a day one patch on every console but a Switch), I would have been unbelievably upset. However, seeing the game labeled as early access for $30 (Yes, that price can certainly make a game more appealing) and being pleasantly surprised it also released on Game Pass. Noticing the devs have been fairly faithful introducing updates and much needed bug fixes. With gameplay that may be fairly simple, but no less so than it's biggest competitor? I'm pretty happy with the game.

[@Burningziller]

"Rarely, I might be able to find a lifeless town." yea because THE TOWN IS DESTROYED

[@Spamton_G_Spamton...]

How de-railed has the term "early access" become that people take a game released around a month ago and say "look at all the bugs" THE GAME'S TITLE SCREEN LITERALLY SAYS IN BIG BOLD LETTERS "PALWORLD IS AN EARLY ACCESS GAME. EXPECT BUGS AND CRASHES"

[@LunarDoor]

its lost meaning on steam so blehhhhh

[@sdkdb]

EA doesn't mean to sell the game at 30 bucks with a buggy state and excuse it because it's "early access"

[@sergeantsapient]

​@@sdkdbno they sell it for $70 and all the bugs remain in the final release, like any true and honest AAA publisher.

[@LoremIpsum1919]

@@sergeantsapient "EA" is being used to refer to Early Access, not the publisher Electronic Arts.

[@sergeantsapient]

@@LoremIpsum1919 I realized that after I replied but it turns out my comment applies to both.

[@RoninCatholic]

Palworld didn't copy Pokemon's design _philosophy_ so much as their design _language_ . Specifically the smooth, plasticy, toyetic artstyle they've been using since Gen 4 and finalized in Gen 6. Copies their _way of_ depicting eyes or fur or teeth or claws or flowers on a monster. Pokemon doesn't own the artstyle, either, as it's just another combination of generic visual design traits commonly seen across Japanese comics, games, and cartoons. Honestly I'm quite satisfied with your dislike of the game. It's a very level headed and reasonable list of complaints, put in an eloquent way.

[@alteraphim]

Yeah, it's slop, but 'even a day old hamburger looks good to a starving person'. They already got my money so hopefully it aligns more with my interests over time!

[@mockmansini]

Lol i feel like most the stuff youre complaining about are things people generally dont care about 😂😂...Ive never liked or cared about pokemon or survival games and I absolutely love Palworld, and im a solo player btw...always into min/maxing and forming multiple meta teams and jobs in games so Im getting alot of mileage out of this early access and from what I heard its only like 60% complete so should get alot better especially w/ alot more cash flowing in than pre-release

[@alaricpaley6865]

Lets see: Complaining about the Akira slide, one of the most referenced things ever. Complaining about Pocketpairs other games being Abandoned: Literally looking at the update history for them on steam proves you dead ass wrong, congratulations. Monthly patches, periodic major updates. Palworld's been getting rapidfire patches and Xbox sent them staff for servers. Complaining that you personally don't like the Pal designs and have no connection to them (Fair, personal preference, I think they all have personality, a lot of care was done with animations to make them feel individual.) I think a lot of the Pal designs slap, That you didn't connect with them is more a you problem then a design problem. Also Surfent is a bit useless, not gonna fight about that. Complaining about Food: Literally can boost SAN which is critical for using larger pals with jobs that take longer, can boost various stats: some food will buff base workers speed, others boost defence or attack. Some reduce the rate you get hungry at. One specifically is for the breeding mechanic. "Boss fights are boring": Personal opinion. I loved every moment of trying to beat them. Some darksouls level of bullshit, they even made sure they all had coverage moves for pals they are weak to. Complaining about originality while using the same grizzbolt image every other youtuber has been using for a thumbnail. V: Agree on the buggy AI. Agree on the Story not being implemented well at this time (Games 60% done and doesn't have the whole end area yet.)

[@fuzzybloodpc9291]

9:22 nah nah nah that's at least 40,000 ping, trust me I have experience.

[@natesturm448]

I love how people want to defend this game by blaming Helldivers 2 and other factors other than blaming Palworld. "BuT iT's On ThE tOp TeN GaMeS oN sTeAm"! Yeah and? Loads of games upon release hit the top ten to just slowly fizzle out. Over the last 2 weeks I've been looking at the steam charts and every other day Palworld drops a slot. It's also funny to see the charts because the player base stats look like a downhill slope, and it's still continuing downwards. Palworld is like a sparkler firework. Loud, snappy, bright ,and good but only for a brief time.

[@sk2galway]

I was waiting for this video, how are you stryxo?

[@Stryxo]

doin’ good

[@sk2galway]

@@Stryxo that is good, was it worth playing all that palworld?

[@l64bros19]

​@@Stryxo Same here, I'm just chilling as always.

[@SkullGod69]

@@Stryxo well i hope tomorrow for you will be worse.😊

[@bogan8865]

They removed the ability to capture the tower bosses? Where do I go for my refund?

[@kittarded]

Bait used to be believeable... 🚬

[@kaniac_]

did you even watch the video

[@kittarded]

@@kaniac_ Watching videos is for white women im busy

[@Ghostshadow112]

@@kaniac_ Nah, look at pfp

[@The_Squatch_97]

I pirated this game, and I want my money back

[@Rob-b2q8p]

With your logic why do you do anything in video games?

[@kaniac_]

did you miss the part where he calls the game massively unpolished and sluggish

[@NoiFox]

@@kaniac_an early access game is unpolished and sluggish?????? Blasphemy!!!!!

[@kaniac_]

@@NoiFoxearly access is a scapegoat used by some developers to excuse bugs and major problems with the game

[@howdoichangemyprofilepictu9839]

​@kaniac_ sure yes the game is total complete slop, but every other game in right now including Pokémon is 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000x worse. Also on a real note, as long as a game is fun, it's a good game, it does not matter how the game is fun, only that it is. How fun a game is is literally the only metric that matters

[@SkullGod69]

@@kaniac_ bro don’t even know what early access means.

[@NeroTheAngel]

There are two types of Palworld players. The ones who see in Palworld a Survival game and the ones who see in Palworld a Monster Collecting game. I am clearly the one who sees in Palworld a Monster Collecting game and as that its really fun and brings fresh ideas to the monotone games from Nintendo. So I at least have a lot of fun with the game.