The Palworld Situation - Luke Reacts

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[@SlimmCity]

There much have been a HUGE Pokemon itch that just wasn't getting scratched lol.

[@bluemoondm8629]

Yep, if Nintendo and GameFreak hadn't gotten lazy with their Pokemon games and actually given players what they've been asking for over a long period of time, this game wouldn't exist because it wouldn't have been needed.

[@Balbaneth]

​@@bluemoondm8629it's more they haven't remotely tried going further aka Arc was a small step forward and they did nothing more with it. The shin megami and persona franchise keeps advancing their stuff being the original monster taming. While pokemon has done jack xD

[@HypeWrecks]

Hmmm, no way GameFreak would have anything to do with this.

[@Shigazane]

At this point in its franchise lifespan there is zero reason why pokemon isn't just a straight up mmorpg. The world is massive with several islands at this point and hundred of pokemon to be caught. Meanwhile the games always feel closed off, the online sucks, production quality is indie level, and exploration is mediocre.

[@reginaldpitifuqmcgee420]

Oh there is

[@Sevatar_VIIIth]

This game really is a true anomaly within the gaming industry. No promotion nor hype shadow drops in Alpha and within a weekend the game sells 5 million copies by now. Almost a million and a half active players on steam, and no telling how many from gamepass. A no name Indie dev team out Pokemons Pokemon/Nintendo and GameFreak.....All of this in just a weekend. It's just insane to me.

[@ssjmonstar]

Pokemon scarlet and violet sold 10 million in 3 days on one platform

[@meliodasthedemon4109]

@@ssjmonstar known franchise tho and it still doesn't change the fact that it's shit...people can complain Palworld as much as they want but the fact is it provides a much better "pokemon" experience than all of the pokemon games in the last 2 decades combined

[@bluemoondm8629]

They saw the niche that Nintendo and GameFreak had been refusing to fill competently and filled it. Hopefully this will be healthy competition that shows Nintendo that they need to listen to their customers and just make a genuine effort at a high quality, open world, multiplayer pokemon game. If that game came out, it would sell tens of millions of copies.

[@battlep0t]

@@meliodasthedemon4109 Palworld isn't really a "Pokemon" experience beyond the monster catching, it plays way more like Ark Survival Evolved. TemTem and Cassette Beasts are what i'd call Pokemon clones.

[@Eshtmslaprm]

I like both of them for different reasons. Pokemon for evolutions, palworld for being a smorgasbord and free for gamepass. It has the vibes of genshin impact (haven't played it but it kind of does and doesn't.).

[@unknownel6174]

Dear god! I’m loving Palworld so far (only 2 hours in) but I’m sick of the Pokemon with guns analogy. After playing, the best analogy I can come up with is Conan with Pokemon. Conan has been doing these game mechanics since day one of its release. It’s just that it’s too complicated and the goals in Palworld are easier to track. Also Palworld bridges the “I’m lost” gap far better than Conan. Way better guidance for player and world progression. Luke, you’re a gumbo of fun! Still holding on to hope for Suicide(Game)Squad 😂.

[@pierrickoger1148]

finally someone comparing it to conan instead of ark, thank you

[@theamazingautist2363]

Hot take: Opposition to ai generated art is basically Ludditism rebranded for 21st century hipster ‘creatives’. Think of it this way - any expense paid by a company to produce something will necessarily be passed on to the consumer. When artists complain about potentially losing paid work from game companies, what they’re REALLY complaining about is YOU, the consumer, not paying them through the price you pay for the product. Imagine the possibilities that AI opens up for small studios who can’t afford to pay an entire team of artists. AAA studios might finally lose their monopoly on graphical fidelity and beauty, but I’m supposed to care about a few people being put out of work by technology? Technology has been putting people out of work for 200+ years. Take a look the next time you see a combine harvester and think about all the rural peasants who could be doing exactly the same thing at far higher costs. Then consider how tragic this really is the next time you buy a loaf of bread for next to nothing.

[@HebrewGamer100]

Maybe this will get Nintendo EPD to actually get involved in the next official Pokemon installment.

[@Hachiae]

There is no situation, its the pokemon we always wanted that gamefreak kept implying we didnt, and the nintendo kids are mad. Games great

[@willcooper8028]

Idk, I mean you kind of have a point but I definitely don’t want arc survival mechanics in my pokemon, so this really isn’t a replacement. It’s just using Pokémon’s formula of creature design to make it’s unrelated gameplay loop more popular.

[@marshallbeck9101]

@@willcooper8028yah it’s a game that took inspirations from many different games, nothing original but all of those elements work well together

[@Thecountofstgermaine]

@@willcooper8028 pure copium oxide fuelled vibes dood

[@willcooper8028]

@@Thecountofstgermaine listen, I think modern Pokémon absolutely needs to change, and I’m not happy with it at all. I just think people who say this “scratches the Pokémon itch” don’t really understand what Pokémon is all about. That’s like saying Kanye Wests “Power” scratches the King Crimson itch because it samples one of their songs.

[@Thecountofstgermaine]

@@willcooper8028 why do Japanese developers not fulfill potential of either Pokemon or Yu-Gi-Oh both could generate way more

[@CLanger-iy8cz]

In february is Pokemon day. They probably planned to reveal the next game for this year. And now they have to compete with the Palworld open world graphics. The game could not have dropped at a better time lol.

[@lewdlion3908]

Game freak shitting themselves knowing they gotta release a game without game breaking bugs

[@Deliveredmean42]

I dunno, releasing a new pokemon game every two years is probably a bit irresponsible if the quality doesn't change for the better. There is a reason why companies starting having more than one studio for these kind of games like Ubisoft and Cod.

[@DocGuara]

Not really. Palworld isn't on Switch. It is not much of a competition with your competitor is not part of the same market as you. If palworld was able to go to switch market, then there would be some kind of competition and Pokemon would search for ways to improve itself.

[@chriswihulu]

@@lewdlion3908 Challenge Level = Impossible!

[@deathmetalcakefarts2751]

Brutal last Pokémon I played was platinum seems like I dipped out before they really shat themselves

[@aclaylambisabirdman6324]

The reality is Pokémon didn’t grow up with us and that’s GameFreak and Nintendo’s fault.

[@SilentSzZ]

Pokémon is doing absolutely fine, making a ton of money. I don’t think they’re gonna be in trouble because they didn’t add guns or mature elements to the games. Isn’t it the best-selling franchise in the world?

[@mariokarter13]

"Pokemon didn't grow up with us" ...because their entire strategy is to constantly bring in new generations of children. This was literally Disney's business model for decades.

[@Ktsjay187]

@@mariokarter13even if that was their strategy there’s no excuse for the stagnation of Pokémon. Especially in this Fortnite era. Kids want a game like palworld too. We all do. Ur tweaking if u think kids even realise Pokémon is an rpg

[@Seele-Fallen]

True, they care more about money and laziness then the FUN and ENJOYMENT of its players/buyers❤

[@lolltaylor]

I just sit here and wonder why these guys can make a copy or semi-copy of the Pokémon style with way less of the resources and money Nintendo has and make it look 10 times better than any of the modern Pokémon games. People want games that look like they fit in this generation and people like Pokémon. No wonder this game is doing well.

[@lifehound5629]

Spot on

[@musicaltarrasque]

I mean they spent 6 million dollars on the development of this game so its not really a "small" budget" game

[@sunnydchugger]

@@musicaltarrasqueaverage game costs $100 million+ to make now.

Because Nintendo is pure crap

[@playername9391]

@@sunnydchugger not for nintendo most nintendo games cost waay less than any 3a game out there. they're most expensive game is ToTK atm.

[@ayeyuh6920]

It really is as simple as "here's why it's successful". It's Pokemon with guns and a very competent survival game.

[@Jeremy9697]

Very competitive? And guns are late game. They are a small part. Lmao did you just repeat hype

[@ThoughtBreaker]

@jeremycarneal5896 Take a deep breath (in through the nose and not the mouth btw) & re-read what they said

[@ayeyuh6920]

@@Jeremy9697 you dumb or something?

[@ZeSgtSchultz]

​@@Jeremy9697he said competent* That's a different word than what you think he said

[@Izzmonster]

​@@Jeremy9697 reading comprehension is important

[@Always-Hustle]

I've done 23 hours in two days in the world. I normally only game for around 10 hours a week. This how good this game is. And i'm not even a survival game genre fan. No micro transactions, no season pass no loot box etc... Just pure fun

[@VonTried]

Can confirm, game is fun

[@aoihitori]

"Pokemon with Guns" Doesn't gave this game justice.

[@lawree374]

Amen

[@chriswihulu]

Honestly, I have hated the "(insert Popular game) with (one single thing that isn't in the Popular Game)" since Far Cry 3 was labeled as "Skyrim with guns"

[@ZeSgtSchultz]

It feels more like ark but without the BS of having to feed a dino for 8 hours.

[@Eshtmslaprm]

There is this city builder that I played and it uses the same mechanics

[@Seele-Fallen]

True, its more like actually living in pokemon world like the anime with some fun and intresting extra mechanics making it a bit more real world kinda and i ADORE it❤

[@antoniogoralski2930]

Glad Pokémon has competition lol

[@Ishin69]

but it's not, palworld isn't even the same genre

[@spykdre]

it is a monster taming game@@Ishin69

[@mariokarter13]

Pokemon had competition 10 years ago too. They even outsold Pokemon one year. It was a fad called Yo-kai Watch.

[@Ktsjay187]

@@Ishin69they would be the same genre if Pokémon had actually evolved

[@andyphillips1846]

Capturing pals Open world Base building Exploration Melee and ranged combat Dungeons Mounts (ground and flying) Crafting Pal micro managing Multiplayer co-op World bosses All this and more come together to make a game that feels fresh. And I can’t put it down

[@chrislyonm]

2:38 I wouldn't dismiss keeping the price low as a feature of the product. It feels completely fair to me to compare AAA games like Starfield who aren't using their budget to make a more competitively priced product.

[@Broken_valley]

Hell ya

[@tyronecriss23]

Agreed it’s still 2.5 millions sold even if you asterisk it.

[@conyo985]

Also both games are available in Gamepass. That totally levels out both games. Palworld offers more meaningful content than Starfield.

[@MM-rl8hs]

I love this game and im so excited for what the future brings, i can tell the devs are in utter shock about the success of their game and just as excited to get it to grow and prosper with all the incentives they have received

[@IchigoKurosaki011]

They didn't think anyone was stupid enough to buy Palworld after all their previous shit plus the fact they run a crypto site and deal in NFTs, they didn't think people were stupid enough to fall for an obvious quick cash grab reskin of a game they still haven't released yet.

[@Tristan_Shuler]

As an avid Pokémon fan, I’m happy to see this game’s success! We are really starving for a quality Pokémon game.

[@VonTried]

Same here brother✊

[@tylerd5515]

Gen 4 is my favorite. I’m starving for a good Pokémon game 😭 Palworld looks so much fun.

[@MR3DDev]

The GenAI argument is nonesense there is no GenAI tool that can produce 3D models that are usable at all.

[@RoccoCarasonne]

From a Pokemon perspective, isn't this proof that there is a large demand for a proper title?

[@RonhozZ]

Literally better than any pokemon game the last 20 years , game freak is so ass 💀💀💀

[@laurahart1337]

I can literally feel Nintendo watching and seething.

[@chriswihulu]

Nintendo Fans maybe, Nintendo will just Sue, as they have done before...

[@blueflare3848]

@@chriswihulu They’ll probably try, but there’s nothing they can really sue for.

[@chriswihulu]

@@blueflare3848 for sure, but I also think there is no reason to make a "controversy" out of something, that hasn't even become a lawsuit yet.

[@laurahart1337]

@@chriswihulu True, but that doesn’t mean they’re still not watching and seething

[@YouCanCallMeMich]

The game is simply AWESOME! i'm glad it's doing as great as it is, I have a couple thousand hours on Ark and this is very similar.

[@gabgame300]

Pokémon needs the competition. This is a good kick up their asses to knock some sense into them after Scarlet Violet.

[@Eshtmslaprm]

Pokemon, arc and a little bit of satisfactory.

[@Eshtmslaprm]

Played it myself. Kind of sad you can't evolve them, but the whole you plan, they build is nice. There is this one thing... can you release them? There is this butcher knife and I got 5 copies of each of the starter pals. Lamball, pink meowth and chibi chicken (forgot one of their names) and it is looking real tempting.

[@MadeUnavailable]

@@Eshtmslaprm still in early access we might or might not have that in the future, hopefully.

[@Eshtmslaprm]

@violentcheerer I saw a clip were a guy caught an npc and it immediately started to work when summoned.

[@1gengabe]

the game is fun, the systems though from other games are implemented really well, and it is a lightning in a bottle

[@anthonylowe8819]

definitely felt that void that the last Pokémon disasters left in my gaming life….then palworld came and turned that void on top of its head. This game is freaking fantastic. Why did it take this long? is my question.

[@weiner_hands-guy914]

Never doubt the insanity of fanboyism. I'm willing to bet that a huge amount of the controversy is Pokemon Fanboys not willing to deal with the fact that there's another Pokemon like game doing well.

[@mariokarter13]

They're defensive because people are acting like it's "the end of Pokemon" when Pokemon is the only game of this type to actually survive past the initial fad. Yo-kai Watch outsold Pokemon one year and now it's completely dead.

[@XieRH1988]

Never trust the opinions of someone who is either extremely happy, or extremely upset because they've already let their emotions get the better of them and can't be objective in that kind of mental state. During times of drama, its the level headed people who can still keep their cool you should be listening to. Everything else is just noise.

[@NutterTTV]

Catching creatures is a mechanic. It's not owned by anyone. The art. Well, if you do art from true creatures, then it's only fair that it's going to look similar to art already created as they also tried to make it look like animals that exist. I don't understand the mindset people have.

[@pierrickoger1148]

it is a noisy minority, as a lot of the time

[@YujinH]

Generative AI is literally the future, it’s like hating on the calculator for doing math for you

[@m0ose0909]

Agree. There are certainly things to consider, like if the data contains artists works, how do they get compensated etc. But being against the use of it is going against the inevitable future. People will either adapt or resist and become irrelevant.

[@funasylumstudio]

So basically it's Ark, but less buggy, Pokemon but more available, etc., etc. They just filled a need and people are freaking out that they sold well lol. Light No Fire is gonna be the same

[@pierrickoger1148]

more of a conan exiles (conan is very close to ark yes, but with that similar slave system we find in palword)

[@ZeSgtSchultz]

​@@pierrickoger1148that's a really good comparison that I hadn't thought of yet

[@sagelobu]

Why would I leave twitter? The people yelling most about a thing tend to point me to some based cool thing to enjoy.

[@ryandavis9879]

My take is that ALL art is influenced by something that already exists. I can see the slippery slope but I can’t think of any modern IP that isn’t at least in someway influenced and similar to prior work

[@TheBlackDeath3]

Right. There's a line... somewhere... but it's hard to say exactly where it is. The TLOU example is quite egregious but it's not like humans don't plagiarize, and I'm not convinced that AI can't produce something sufficiently original.

[@StarContract]

Pokemon is just budget Palworld

[@thatroykid]

has everyone forgotten about TemTem? That game is a bigger Pokemon ripoff than Palworld, and I don't remember seeing any controversy over that game.

[@michalovesanime]

I dont think the controversy is the reason the game is doing more numbers. Same with Hogwarts legacy, most people didnt even know that there was a boycot. Palworld looked scammy, so people waited for others to check out the game. Since people were expressing they were having more fun than expected, and the game acrually worked, it just gave the OK for the people waiting and word of mouth spread. Hogwarts legacy is Harry Potter, Harry Potter is still a very popular IP. Thats the reason that did well, even people who dont game on a regular bought the game. Most people arent tuned into any of it and a lot of people IRL arent as petty as us chronically online people. They buy things they want for the most part. Likelyhood of people spending 60+ bucks just to own the libs IRL isnt a gigantic group. People genuienly wanted to play / own things that are or resemble ( in Palworlds case) the things they like. Giving soo much credents to " they did it out of spite" is unwarrented in my opinion. HL was bound to do numbers and people, just as stated, have been WAITING for a Pokemon like game thats what Pokemon is doing. And importantly, Palworld isnt full price. The only reason Im playing it is because of the creatures that remind me of Pokemon. Havent touched the last game, I did buy Pokemon Arceus because it was doing something different

[@johnnyflannigan136]

Meanwhile im over here playing wasteland 3... Pretty awesome game.

[@TrizollinTehWorld]

One of the best rpg's ever made.

[@lawfulgoodnun1646]

Yessir

[@GolemOfMagic]

Dude this game is more like Ark/Elden ring/dauntless with a little bit of minecraft on top mixed all up with a monster collector ideal. (edit tbh i dont get why people and say this game is like pokemon it is so much more different and sure a few of the pals look like pokemon but uhh lets see how did they come up with their pokemon they was "inspired" from dragon quest. SO if they wanna cry about this they should start with themselves lol also this would be no different then any of the fakemon games that are out there that some many of them pokemon fans love and play and even ranking them all that they could play lmfao these pokemon "fans" are really dumb at times i swear it. Im not throwing hate on pokemon i love the game and have been playing it since i was a kid but the truth is how the truth was and will still be.

[@Halo3clanFSOG]

The game is legitimately selling so well that it's already on sale after less than a week 😅 loving it so far, major Ark vibes

[@Harveygregorxotwod]

Imagine showing a Pokémon fan pal world gameplay ten years ago without any context of what it was

[@StevosMfDen]

This game is a wake up call to the Pokemon games that they have to start making good games again. Competition is good.

[@arcosiancosine1065]

They made a fun game that appeals to multiple genres. It is priced fairly. Isn't microtransactioned hell and back to milk gamers. It isn't full of woke LGBTQIA1&3! shit. It isn't full of politics It doesn't preach "THE MESSAGE". It mostly complete at early access. etc. And everyone in the gaming industry is surprised Pikachu face it is successful.

[@evogarciagaming6791]

Nintendo not fully own The Pokemon Company, they had a lot of shares, which gives them the power to retain pokemon games to their platforms, but the IP and Intelectual Propierty is owned by the Pokemon Company, and is shared by Nintendo, Game Freaks and Creatures. The reason why Game Freak games are so obsolete is because they are not under the Nintendo filter of quality. They had support from Nintendo, of course, but in the end they are not constrain by Nintendo fine standars. If someone have to sue Palworld it has to be The Pokemon Company, not Nintendo alone. For example, you don't see Nintendo in the credits of Detective Pikachu film, only The Game Company, even if is based on a game launched on to a Nintendo console exclusively. Is a weird relationship, but is understandable. At the begining the creators of Pokemon wanted money to develop the IP, but they also wanted to retain intelectual propierty over Pokemon. And Nintendo wanted the exclusivity to their consoles because they know Pokemon will be an incredible hit, so they made an agreement that last until today. So please, don't say "Nintendo" when is really "The Pokemon Company"

[@ash-xb8yq]

Having a great time with the game But am personally concerned over the history of the company with it's earlier games being in early access for years without official release till date,like craftopia Hope they don't do the same here as well...

[@michaelmesick3865]

Wouldn't it just be hilarious if from poke-bros crying "they used AI!" if it turns out Pokemon actually has been using ai generation to come up with their last few generations of new pokemon

[@Dredgeon]

I hope Nintendo sees the embarrassment that this is. An indie studio has taken their monster capture and fighting genre and made the gameplay loop so tight and fun with so little set dressing. No real towns, very basic dungeons, and no actual story line or lore at all. This is an absolute disgrace for the largest entertainment franchise IN THE WORLD to be shown up in their core medium like this. It's very different from pokemon games obviously but that's kind of the issue isn't it? Pokemon has one of the strongest IPs of all time and every single release it is wasted on games that are still hardstuck on a gameplay loop defined by the limitations of 1990s handheld gaming. Whatever fate befalls Palworld I hope that this is a wakeup call to just how insanely out of date pokemon is these days.

[@numenthehuman]

Pokemon doesnt own the creature collecting genre. Its a good survival game that fills a niche Pokemon obviously never will. Especially since the pokemon company craps out sequels that look like ps2 era games.

[@netocastor8796]

Who cares, the game is super fun. We have gotten the short screw over and over by big companies for games that are really bad, i support me having fun. Dont care whos feeling are getting hurt for not doing what this game is doing. Your lost. Our gain. Cant wait to get off from work to go play. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@ttv_spacechap9493]

Cancelling your video for using ChatGPT to organise points is the equivalent of shunning someone for owning a dishwasher. AI for efficiency in allowing creators to do what they do more often is hardly a bad thing!

[@The_LightArrow]

Let's be real here, Pokemon needed some competition after becoming lazy with their recent releases. My hope is that this will push GameFreak to improve but X to doubt.

[@TheKewnYT]

Game is fun. For sure.

[@matthewmanghi5765]

I’m a professional concept artist and I’m pretty against AI art, specifically the use of copyrighted material in the use of training sets. In our system you can’t just take copyrighted material and use it for any purpose you want. If your tech requires that theft to work, than your tech isn’t valid. That said, I do think AI trained properly/legally and used well is an interesting idea and I’m sure will eventually find a very useful roll. I think that your take on AI is one of the better ones out there. AI has its place, but the rights of creators can’t be ignored either. I agree, “cancel” doesn’t make sense as a blanket thing, it’s really important with AI to drill down to the specifics and not “cry wolf” over nothing.

[@MisterZimbabwe]

Yeah, why can't they just fork a copy of one of these generative AIs and feed it only art produced in-house and have it make models based on that? Sure, sample sizes are orders of magnitude lower but it also narrows the styles it's able to replicate this ensuring that any assets produced should remain in line with the established aesthetics and style.

[@matthewmanghi5765]

Yeah, plus there is a TON of stuff in the public domain to use to augment. In fact, a huge roll of the public domain is to allow for this sort of thing. AI was careless and overstepped, and now they don’t want to back up and do it right. The tech is cool, but needs to be developed properly. I actually kinda hope what we see are individual AI that artists can train on their own work so they can have an AI “buddy” that works along with them. I think AI could be amazing if done responsibly and not just trying to shortcut through.

[@MisterZimbabwe]

@@matthewmanghi5765That's literally what I was thinking myself. IIRC the current AI models are huge resource hogs, so I guess we're waiting on shrinking down the processor and power requirements before it's feasible for everyone and their grandma to just buy an off the shelf Generator AI Rig at the electronics section of Walmart, but it's early days yet. Hopefully the legislators catch up with developments before things spiral out of control any more than they have already and we actually get to the point.

[@blindmown]

So just to confirm, if copyrighted material is used as training data, but NOT reproduced verbatim, that's content theft? I guess in that case we should stop training artists on other artists work. Hell, let's train them on only art that the art school produces in house. Any artist who takes inspiration from another artist should be sued clearly. How about musicians who sample other songs or forms of media? Let's arrest them! Let's go round the art galleries and start arresting everyone trying to reproduce the art in their little notebooks too.

[@ryanmahrenholz3944]

@@blindmown An artist using others art as inspiration for their own is not the same thing as what AI models are doing. There are many cases where peoples art is straight up copied and pasted into a new piece with AI, and if an actual artist did that it would also be theft. There’s a huge difference between inspiration and copying. What I will agree on is sometimes it’s hard to determine where that line is drawn. Edit: and the fact of the matter is regardless of if it is an exact copy, the artist should retain the right to determine if their work is used to train these AI models.

[@TomTrval]

For cancel culture people, please be useful. : Use same logic please cancel Photoshop and whole Adobe because is Unethical company, which rips of free and open source modules of other graphical tools, patches them into their bloated unoptimized source slaps PRICE on it and sells it >D go GIMP and Blender :D

[@MisterZimbabwe]

I'd suggest Krita over GIMP these days. It even has a fully featured suite of animation tools that work better than flash ever did

[@bmack8131993]

I was hoping for a combat focused Pokémon with guns type RPG, not a survival crafting game. This game disappointed me tbh.

[@TheUltimateHacker007]

I had the same thought when I heard "pokemon WITH guns" but it really is just minecraft with pokemons😂

[@Yonko-Cola]

The bigger point is that the majority of people don’t know about any controversy. They’ve already bought the game and are enjoying it. Out of the millions playing, who is really clamoring for a refund at this point?

[@armedbobery4879]

If Pokemon could make another Legends of Arceus like game, that would be great. I loved that one quite a lot but the games afterwards were not as fun.

[@snowballeffect7812]

yeah, the people yelling the n-word on stream def weren't actually false-flagging transphobes lmao

[@zayjamel]

It’s everything we’ve been asking for from game freak and Nintendo

[@mariokarter13]

There was another game that gave Pokemon a run for its money, they even briefly outsold it. But now it's so dead most of you don't even remember it. It was called Yo-kai Watch.

[@Ashbrash1998]

It honestly hit a unique niche of of hitting the present popularity of builder survival games and the looks and vibes of Pokémon ( which already isn't doing great). What will honestly make this push through the controversy is the quality of the game, if it's good then all it has to do is continuing to release good content and make players happy. If it fails then it loses steam and if it really is egregious with its "inspiration" than Nintendo will surely sue them. They have tons of resources to do so without blinking. As for the ai thing, it's pretty hot topic and we don't know for sure rn. I'd wwit for more info

[@muffshroomh6203]

For a while now I’ve been waiting for someone to do it better than gamefreak and ai or not I’m having so much fun and at the end of the day that’s what matters

[@user-zp8kj2cl9g]

The people defending the lazy trash that the recent Pokemon games have become, are extremely pathetic.

[@PopPhyzzle]

I love this game. It's such a subversion of the innocence of Pokémon.

[@alexramirez4110]

Palworld feels like a parody buffet of a bunch of games especially Pokémon with the long standing meme of Pokémon being all about enslaving the creatures and in Palworld thats literally whats happening lol its funny and fun and thats why people like it

[@MisterZimbabwe]

It's even funnier since the Palworld equivalent of pokeballs work on humans too, so you can actually run a plantation staffed entirely by human slaves that you can actually work to death if you so desire.

[@DMM_Fan]

lol what u talking about steam policy. You didnt read it. If te generative AI is dynamicaly generating content during gameplay then its uncontrollable thats all.

[@SumireSakura]

as a pokemon fanatic, I am just mad that gamefreak doesnt do this. 3rd person open world with graphics that look somewhat like this and the pokemon charm and magic. It would be so good if the actual pokemon games had the bare minimum of looks and charms.

[@guitarman0365]

The fact an open world pokemon game hasnt been made yet is the crime. So many companies today dont value any of the ips they have. Wokeness is just one side of the coin sometimes its just that lack of passion yet they hog onto rights without doing anything or enough with their assets that are annoying customers.

[@kathrynbeutell5743]

It's because all they care about is money.

[@Kdog2018]

Been playing it on game pass. Wont buy it till out of early access. And to make sure nintendo doesnt want to ruin our day.

[@lexibeantoes]

Nintendo seething, pissing and shitting themselves right now lol.

[@KenLinx]

What is even cancellable about Palworld? There's no such thing as generative AI for 3d models yet, and it's not even like there's any ethical value in defending Pokemon's "copyright" as Pokemon is quite literally the worst franchise in the monster-taming genre. Pokemon wasn't even the first game in the genre, and the effort they put into their annual releases is less than what Activision puts into COD.

[@MisterZimbabwe]

Yeah, wasn't monster rancher a thing way before Pokemon ever was?

[@KenLinx]

@@MisterZimbabwe Not sure about that, but I'm pretty sure the first monster taming game was Shin Megami Tensei.

[@milkbagboii]

The comment about it not being the highest selling non FTP game is wrong, PUBG reached its 3mil all time after going free to play.

[@milkbagboii]

So yes the game is the highest selling non free to play game

[@ProjectMoff]

It’s a parody…… No sh*** they look like Pokemon… Look at the Chinpokomon South Park episode…. Do people really not know what a parody is?….

[@Guy-cb1oh]

It's not a parody.

[@MisterZimbabwe]

Parody is explicitly the realm of mocking comedy. This game ain't playing itself up as a comedy, has its own lore, et al. It doesn't need to use parody as a protective shield from the law anyway. It uses a similar art style to pokemon, that's not a crime.

[@Child_of_woe_1994]

I watched someone going over this and copyright laws and it turns out technically they are well within their rights to make the game as they haven't directly ripped Pokemon designs and put it in their game even if things look a little similar the game is different enough to be safe from Nintendo

[@banhammerin201]

@therotten6152 those pokemon fans acting like there are millions of ways to make a wolf, and they also think everything thta looks like a wolf is a copy of pokemon

[@alus992]

While I dont get "it's a Pokémon ripoff" I think their hmm freedom of copying things from Zelda is not looked at enough. Game gives you the tablet at the beginning, climbing animation is the same, ui is pure Zelda even with colors, loading screen and it's logo placement is again pure BOTW, sound FX? Zelda. Like cmon...they could be less blatant about it

[@chriswihulu]

@@banhammerin201 Legit, unless Nintendo or GameFreak owns the specific combination of Animal Features, body types and colors and all of those match, then there is no case to be made here. Even then, Twitter isn't the one's who can determine such a thing and untill Nintendo actually tries to sue, it will continue to be a moot issue.

[@blueflare3848]

@@banhammerin201 Well to be fair, it’s less because it’s a wolf and more because it is literally the same exact model as Midday Lycanroc, just recolored and with different features. You can compare them side by side for yourself and see the striking similarities.

[@banhammerin201]

@@blueflare3848 you said the key word there, similarities. like a wolf being a wolf with some stuff added, they will look similar cause they are wolves.

[@OxygenDiffusion]

Not my type of game. But this makes me wanna try it.

[@slalithkumar3429]

I follow a artist he deleted the video just hearing about AI

[@SocietyOfDecency]

Been following pal world awhile now. Been ready just on concept.

[@bigbill42007]

I wonder if they used the AI program to specifically change the characters to adhere to the exact rules to the letter of the copyright problem to make sure they are not doing what people are bitching about. Not that I know that for sure but neet to ponder.

[@AlwayzFresh]

Is this what Pokémon games were like all along?!

[@NIMs-o4m]

This game was surprisingly fun, I know it's early access but a few things I want is evolutions and more building structures.

[@phantomnexus2982]

PlayStation had early access to Temtem around late 2020 on ps5

[@KozahMiek]

as for the different versions of the game issue, ubisoft and The Division had a similar problem at release where a bug prevented a large playerbase myself included from playing on its release, and a patch was ready but it had to wait for the end of the month due to Ubisofts rules of clientside patches, its a ridiculous dilemna and it could be worse I guess

[@sedghammer]

Palworld is an uninspired rip-off. This project is getting so much support meanwhile there are original projects that get ignored. And gamers turn around and complain that there is too much of the same out there!

[@MisterZimbabwe]

Yes, you are correct, there are FAR too many monster-collector-survival-crafting-shooter-action-RPGs out there.

[@pierrickoger1148]

@@MisterZimbabwe u forgot slave-managing

[@ravenshrike]

Pokemon+Ark+Fortnite+a splash of Disgaea

[@Fazeshyft]

While it's true the "Pokemon with guns" pitch is a huge selling point, as is some people wanting to stick it to Nintendo, there is something else at play I'd be interest to see Steam's stats on: This is Pokemon that grew up with its initial audience.

[@Ryolith]

The most concurrent players in a game on Steam is PUBG is 3.2 millions+

[@captainp367]

Just bought the game :)

[@goblinounours]

But then you see the people showcasing how the 3D models of the pals were clearly made *from* the models of a recent 3D Pokemon game. Not just inspired, but it becomes obvious the devs of Palworld extracted the 3D models and made modifications. Any self-respecting 3D artist will tell you it's impossible the 3D models of the pals are made from scratch, because you can put the model of a Pal T-posing next to the equivalent Pokemon T-posing and it will match near perfectly in terms of general shape, too much to be a coincidence. It's one thing to take heavy inspiration. It's another to straight-up modify someone else's work and present it as original, and I'm ready to bet my left nut that the devs of Palworld did that. I for one wouldn't support a game that is doing this. It's disrespectful to the 3D artists who actually put a lot of work into their art. Just look at Craftopia, the previous game of those devs, look at how they never bothered finishing it and fixing the many bugs. Ask yourself is this is really what you want. A long chain of morally bankrupt and broken bootleg games with barely any story or logic in them that shamelessly steals from (mainly) Nintendo. I'd rather give my money to actual indies who put in the work to be original with care and respect, thank you very much.

[@iceman90734]

I was WRITING THIS COMMENT about Hogwarts Legacy AS you brought it up!!! I've not lost my life on Palworld, and while the Pals are absolutely inspired by Pokemon, and the gameplay and survival mechanics are clearly inspired by Ark and the building is inspired by Valheim and others....the game itself is riding on it's own coattails, because it put all of those things together in ways that are fun and engaging (assuming you have the available time to put into it of course). Great vid, Luke! P.S. How do you write a soft 'r' word out? (You said they wrote out the N word hard r)

[@GravelordWrust]

Isn't Ark: Survival Ascended an early access game? That's on PS5. Also, I don't think cost difference is a relevant factor. Bethesda are MASSIVE, so they sell more on name alone.

[@Rejdius90]

I'm loving the game (even though it still has a lot of work ahead) but it's actually FUN and "IT ACTUALLY WORKS...." for being in alfa. we should not "attack " these guys just because they took us by surprise (a nice one) but we should support them because they are working hard and bringing us some really nice games. on the other side we have most of these triple A garbage that all they do is thinking about money...we're not gamers anymore to them. we're consumers!

[@jamieohjamie]

Reasons why I don't think Pokemon or Nintendo care: 1. They would have shut this thing down when the reveal trailer dropped. Nintendo works crazy fast when it feels threatened. 2. Not a single franchise in the world can touch the amount of money Pokemon makes. Palworld can sell 5mil copies, but Pokemon sells nearly 30mil. 3. Palworld is a niche game. Outside of the sweaty gamersphere, no one knows anything about it. Everyone knows Pikachu. 4. The next Pokemon game is already in development. Pokemon has a massive release schedule that is super complex and it won't be stopped just because this knockoff game came out. They probably have their anime, toy production, etc. all already planned out for Gen 10. They aren't going to stop that or mess it up just because of this game. There are too many cogs at work. There could very likely be anime episodes in production for Gen 10. Game dev takes a while. 5. "This provides competition" Except it is a different gameplay loop. All it communicates to Gamefreak is that they can continue to release low effort games (because Palworld is one) and make millions, so long as the little monsters are cute (even more likely because the monsters in Palworld ARE pokemon designs).

[@SiliconSlyWolf]

Regarding arguing to cancel something, I was against Hogwarts Legacy if J.K. was making money off it, but I didn't go around telling everyone they're transphobic if they played it. Many people probably barely know who J.K. is beyond the author of the books, and owner of the IP, and that's where I feel the backlash came from and probably boosted the sales out of counter spite. This is one reason I don't associate with SJWs, because they don't know how to have reasonable conversations, and just jump to short sighted assumptions of "I'm right, you're wrong and bad if you don't agree."

[@babytiny5807]

You were spot on about there being a stale patch with games lately. The last game of this genre I played was Valheim 8 months ago. It's my favourite genre, and I am also sick of Pokemon and their marvel-esque product churning. Not a crazy amount coming out that I care about, so Palworld has dropped at such a perfect time

[@Feather1401]

This game is so much fun,,, it why It is doing so well... EVERT THING WE WANT Shoot/ Build/Fly/ Fight / Explore \o/ OO ya and it not Woak

[@tylerd5515]

AI in the workplace is all about negotiations; how much automation is acceptable? Word processors use AI to spot grammatical and stylistic errors-a universally-appreciated use. Your use of AI is PERFECT and takes advantage of the tool with its strengths. ChatGPT is an excellent search engine and organizer. It lacks the ability to say anything original or half-decent.

[@littellgamer]

I ahve been playing since the 19th and the game is amazing. Palworld just surpassed cs2, almost 1.9 million concurrent players.

[@325figgy]

So Nintendo and Gamefreak wouldnt innovate what a lot of fans have been asking for and someone else went and did it so now they're an overnight success? WHODATHUNKIT? In all seriousness, f@#$ Nintendo and GF. They're just pissed that this smaller Team scratched an itch that they wouldnt and they're being salty over it. This game does resemble Pokemon titles, yes, but it also resemble Minecraft and some of the other more recent World of FF and MH Stories titles as well. The whole adding guns schtik feels a little out of place tbh but does add a nice change of pace tbh. Love Nintendos IPs for the most part but to Hell with their terrible, sometimes anti consumer, business decisions.

[@whitest_rabbit69]

I'm a pokemon fanboy, and I love this.

[@Hauerization]

Everybodys gangsta until the AI comes for THEIR job. Simple as that. An AI could probably perform a very descent podcast about gaming. Just saying.

[@d818581dd]

Your characterisation of the Hogwarts issue is a little unfair. Are you saying that the majority of people who weren't positive about Hogwarts Legacy due to there views on JK Rowling were racists and were actually the bad guys? Really? Man, that just feels like your throwing the whole LGBT community under the bus. Clearly the majority of the community would absolutely not be supportive of racial slurs being used in your chat. But it's sad that the action of a what would have been a handful of idiots there means any opinion about Hogwarts Legacy from LGBT people that isn't fully positive is met with so much backlash. That's just stereotyping to me. The community is reasonably entitled to reasonably convey there concerns, and that does not make them the "bad guys".

[@ctzn3lack]

I'm no fan of GameFreak and their lazy development though i do love Pokémon cause i grew up on the cartoon. Aside from the apparent plagiarism, I'm still reluctant to try PalWorld due to the developers track record of releasing in early access and abandoning projects. Apparently their next venture is in the NFT sphere so i wouldn't be surprised if they take the money and run off to market a rug pull NFT scheme. I'd say it's impressive the game they have developed if it weren't for the fact that one of their previous titles they abandoned is nearly the same game minus the alleged copied from GameFreak and AI generated assets. I'm surprised PalWorld got this far without a lawsuit from Nintendo but they were careful not to blatantly copy their copy writed Pokémon. Have you seen the comparisons of PalWorld 3d models with existing Pokémon, it's pretty sus...