Palworld - Not Just "Pokemon with Guns"
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- čas přidán 2. 06. 2024
- Palworld is an early access PC and Xbox Game Pass game that has been garnered headlines for its massive and rapid success. Let's talk about it.
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Palworld is not a complex, amazing game like, let's say, Baldur's Gate 3, nor is it as good as Elden Ring. But it's a game that appeals to anyone and delivers what people have wanted for so long because Gamefreak has been 'playing it safe' with Pokémon for decades. This radical premise of 'Pokémon with Guns' might seem like a joke, but it's actually real. That premise alone makes people want to buy it just for a laugh, yet they are surprised to find that Palworld has more mechanics than just 'Pokémon with Guns.' It have a good actual progression, although not as revolutionary as others, just a basic survival game, but it surprises anyone who plays it just for a laugh.
Well said
@@JakeBaldino
its just a really good gameplay loop the game does a good job of encouraging you to do all the things
like you cant just build your base becuase you need to level up and get resources to build the things you want
your not gonna just explore becuase your gonna want the best equipement to do it with
im constantly zipping back and forth to my bases unlocking the next tech tier building new stuff and deciding where ill go next
it has all the most addictive elements of the games its ripping
collecting, advancing, exploring, building
yokai watch, monster hunter story, Dragon quest, digimon, smt, tem tem, nexon..Etc
There's so much monster collecting games and yet everyone one of you loser dismiss it as a "pokemon clone"
Yet this game gets the "omg what pokemon show be shit" This game is fun but it's a game plays like ark and rust with a bunch of other shit from others games. It's a survival game at it's main core with some edgy "humor" yet you weirdo's are saying you want pokemon a game that's for meant for kids to be like this? I want gamefreak to get better also but Im not going to cheer for a game thats just stole parts the game.
@@kwhitepearlpalworld better lol 🥱🥱😂😂
bro wrote it like he about to make a speech
This just proves audiences are starving for a true open world action combat pokemon experience.
It's something anyone who played Pokémon on a Gameboy has been dreaming about ever since.
I declare that Palworld is the most excellent game. It surpasses CS2, DOTA2, PUBG, Baldur's Gate 3, elden ring, GTA5, APEX, Fortnite, COD, monster hunter, 2077, p5r. No other games can compare with Palworld. Palworld has created a new way of making games. The game industry will definitely thank Palworld in the future. My god, it's amazing that I can play such an interesting game in my life,
@@wdh1216 eh? you are being sarcastic, right?
Frfr
The real reason people love it. It is a 30 dollar game people aren’t regretting purchasing.
Funny thing is if this game came out with microtransactions (buy more pal spheres, resources, pal skins, etc.) it woulda probably would've been ripped to shreds and canceled in a second. Just goes to show, even with some jank, fun and creative new ideas can carry a game even without a triple A budget and live service.
just a regular old "buy it, play it" game. love it for that
This game is early access. Who's to say there won't be micro transactions? From what I've seen of the company I see a server reset and micro transactions when the wife release is available.
@@user-zf9babababa_soivebeentold I didn't say there wouldn't be any. Just there wasn't on release.
@@ChitoBandito6it’s not released yet…. “The Shop” comes after the official release and review window has ended. ~Activision 202….(every year)
@@user-zf9babababa_soivebeentoldIve been watching. I think ive heard people mention skins. The devs have mentioned talking about DLC, but i haven't heard anyone mention microtransaction.
Insane to me that the official Pokemon brand, with practically unlimited money at their disposal, does not have something like this already. Hope it lights a fire in them to really knock it out of the park with a future entry.
@@Noodles1922 Tbh idk if Switch can handle 10-20 pokemon in a small area without the game lagging. I know i've played SMT5 which is VERY similar to how pokemon is but looks and runs better. If only Game Freak stops being lazy and complicit then we'll get a real gem. Hopefully the Switch 2 is way more powerful too
I was just thinking the same thing, hopefully it lights a charcoal somewhere.
I heard one argument is that the games are usually on a tight schedule to get release alongside the TCG and tv shows
@@DotHacker99 the switch CAN handle that. look at the switch Zelda games. gamefreak just doesnt have the time allocated to them to be able to make the right performance upgrades. i wish they would get monolith soft to help them like monolith did for those zelda games
I doubt it will. They will put out some average broken game and will Continue to sell crazy amounts
They did announce a road map today. Future is bright, long as they have the bodies to craft it out
Its the exact road map they announced months ago for "things before early access release" these guys abandoned their last game I wouldn't get your hopes up on anything past janky 'pvp' modes
@@ChichiNaka Except that they have a $100+ million dollar game on their hands... why the fuck would they abandon that when they can release DLC for a game with millions of players? They could double/triple their team and work for years without any additional income, and they absolutely will get more income.
They did not abandon craftopia, they are still working on it
@@ChichiNaka They abandoned their last game because nobody played it lol. Call of duty abandons a game every year and put out a new one. Difference here is, this team actually improved on their first attempt.
@@bluemoondm8629 Hate to say it but rich people who own companies LOVE to pocket excess money and do stuff like stock buybacks or paying themselves handsomely. I really hope they take the money and do well by everyone on this one
I don't play survival games, but when I got the hang of the loop, I ended up sinking in like 5hrs non stop, till the sun was out. I can see the other games systems and assets and Inspiration throughout this game, but they chose some really good things to piece together. Let's see if they take this and build into an actual alternative to Pokémon....and I'm excited to see if this lights a fire under game freaks asses, to update their Pokémon games.
Why would a survival game light a fire under gamefreaks asses?
I'm not sure the people who make these kinds of statements understand, Palworld is like Ark or Rust or Valheim, it does literally nothing Pokemon does other than 'have monsters you throw balls at" which Ark has been doing for a decade now.
After finishing Palworld this week, completing the 'pokedex' and all the gym leaders, theres not a single feature of this game I would have wanted to see in Pokemon Violet, the Pals are an after thought they could be replaced with robots or ghosts and the game would be exactly the same.
There's nothing Gamefreak/Pokemon can learn from this game, Ark has existed for a decade and is just like this game but deeper, If Gamefreak/The Pokemon Company could pump out an open world breath of the wild for WiiU-esque world Pokemon game every year to support the card game, anime, manga, and merchandise schedule TPC is in charge of I'm sure they would but thats clearly not the reality they're working under and a survival game coming out will never change that
@@ChichiNakaI'm a huge pokemon fan and have bought every pokemon that had released. And I can promise you I'm in multiple different groups across different social platforms that are annoyed with gamefreaks games that they've released. Me and other fans have said it plenty of times there's a big fraction of people that buy pokemon games because it has the name pokemon in it and not because they are good games. I for one am glad gamefreak has proof that not only kids 8 and younger like their games. Hopefully they will make a actual good game now that there's some type of competition for them
Me too I keep playing and playing, it's addictive! It has that "there's more to collect and do" gameplay.
Agreed, they have the foundation for something great, and I hope and look forward to more progress to chisel out the rough edges of this game.
@ChichiNaka ark has to many system that makes it not enjoyable but game freak should be able to make a true pokemon game where you can roam and battle pokemon by throwing your pokeball and maybe try having real time combat or close as they can
AAA studios gonna see the success and start production on Their own to come out in 5 years when the hype is long gone
Ah I see you've been watching this industry for a while as well lmfao. How long til the Ubisoft creature collection game?
Probably true, but I'm still interested in more monster capturing games. I haven't played a Pokemon game since the 3DS, but missed it a lot so I will be happy to have some high quality, next gen competition for Nintendo.
"ok folks, back to the draft room, throw some pokeballs in that soulslike" =🤑
@@Barbeedood You joke but.....I'd open my wallet for a game game like sekiro but you do combat with like a dog or wolf or something fighting along side you.
@@JustFeral like Far Cry Primal?
I'm having way more fun with Palworld than I expected from it.
I'm honestly surprised there's not anyone pointing out the amazing QOL additions the devs added to the survival game genre through the Pals that I think really sets it apart from it's contemporaries.
The fact that almost all of the most redundant necessary task in survival can be done by Pals and it's done passively is what makes this game incredibly. I expected some half functional UI needed to tell what Pal was needed to do which jobs and would be tedious and barely functional. On the contrary every Pal has a list of passive task and if it needs to be done they do it themselves, building, gathering, farming, watering, cooking, etc almost everything can be done by Pals. I'm fond of going to my work benches queuing a list of items, the leaving the base, come back later and usually everything is finished.
Sure Palworld is openly ripping Pokémon designs for the Pals but there's honestly a good game that's being developed and it's not being openly acknowledged in any talks but it is why so people are playing and still playing despite being in early access.
Baldur's Gate 3 was in early access for 3 years can you imagine what Palworld could be 3 years from now if they maintain support as suggested from their current roadmap?
I'd describe Pokémon as "junk food" too tbh. Nothing wrong with that though. It seems to me the gaming gods have answered a lot of prayers with Palworld. Speaking personally it's not my cup of Darjeeling but I love when games from little studios blow up like this, it's awesome.
What does Darjeeling mean?
@@jimmythegamer2231 Tea
@@jimmythegamer2231 Tea
@@jimmythegamer2231 It's a tea. They were essentially saying it's not there cup of tea in a way
Real talk, albeit unrelated to the topic; I'm really enjoying the upgraded frequency of these 1 on 1 talks you share with us Jake. I really like you for always keeping it real and allowing yourself to be who you are and being genuine. Keep up the enjoyable content and we'll soon see each other at 1 mil subs, hopefully.
Thank you!! 👍
I put about 30hrs in. It is fun. One of the best things about this game is a huge roster of animals that don't just battle. They drive the base building and survival mechanics. THAT, is why I think this game is good. LOL FINALLY, we have a "walking Pokémon" RPG game with a open world and survival mechanics. AND this is just the beginning. I really hope they just keep dumping cool content into it. It is going to be even better with time. LOL The Pokemon company is totally having meetings about the direction of their franchise.
I totally agree I love the game. I keep playing finding more to collect and level up. It's driving my wife a little crazy though.
Yeah, it's really nice that the Pals you find that aren't really what you want to use to battle are still really useful in your base.
Tombat is easily one of my favorite-designed pals in the game. Especially when it comes to Tombat’s cries and how strangely whole they are despite being dark-flame cat bats.
My favorite is daedream
I think Flambelle is really cute.
tombat is a really well done design
As someone who is absolutely hooked, loves survival games, and is also an Unreal dev I have some big notes. But, it's surprisingly addictive and I can't stop playing it for some reason. First hour I was not convinced at all, but after just playing it I can't stop adventuring and grinding.
I think that the particular way Palworld Frankenstines different genres/games together is actually quite brilliant. I wouldn't say it just jumbles them together. It's more like a well-seasoned sukiyaki dish. It's very intuitive with its approach, and all of its mechanics blend seamlessly with each other. I do agree that certain parts of it felt soulless, however, and the jankiness is undeniable... mostly with the character AI and building mechanics.
Pretty much every single gamer of every generation has played at least one of these games: call of duty, ark, breath of the wild, fortnite, Pokemon, or Minecraft.
It's basically a game that has a target demographic of literally everybody
@@gavincw4195 Yeah, pretty much. And it fuses elements from all these different high-appeal games in a way that feels natural and largely fresh. It's really smart.
It even has some serious QoL changes that are themselves so intuitive, that you don't notice how much they make life easier.
All storage in a base being linked and when building/crafting automatically pulling resources from ANYWHERE within the base radius? When you consciously notice that, you start to question why no other survival game has done it before.
Personally my biggest gripes are the AI pathfinding and the building, yeah.
There's some real fucky rules for foundations. You can't attach flat "roof" tiles to the side of foundations. You can't attach stairs from the bottom. What can and can't clip into each other seems inconsistent. There's a distance in which everything snaps together.
Half of the pathing problems stem from me being unable to properly paper over the topography with structures.
And I guess having a task black/whitelist for pals assigned to a base. Would love it if my lv2 miner, lvl1 harvester didn't stop mining just to help the level 2-3 harvesters with their dedicated job.
I genuinely needed this game. Was burnt out on the ones i usually play and it is a breath of freash air
And the devs have. 100 million dollars to make more improvments to pal world.
It's literally just a copy/pasta survival game with a Pokémon gimmic.
@@BoydWillemsen and it's fun.
@BoydWillemsen what can I say. Reptile brain happy, dopamine good.
@@Benji_The_Ghoul I mean, sure? A lot of games are fun. But 8 million players in 6 days fun?
“They can be your slaves on your little animal farm that you create. Its so much freedom there” had me laughing 😂
Also apparently they can be your lovers as well hehehe
There was something very satisfying when Jake mentioned the word *"Digimon"* while talking about this game.
THANK YOU for acknowledging my *favorite childhood franchise* (yes, I grew-up with *Digimon anime/games,* not Pokemon :P).
As a huge Digimon fan, I'm hoping Palword's success means we're gonna get another great game like Cybersleuth again
Also. I spent so much time just trying to make a little house. You can unlock rugs and stuff which is odd but I like it.
I think this what hooked me, I've been obsessed with Fortnite creative mode and this kinda jams it into another game with a fun gameplay loop.
Just be careful, if you get raided by fire types, all that can burn down. It's better to invest time into stone buildings. lol
@@PenitusVox yea that happened the other day to me on my game pass one. One of the invading pals caught fire and then ran into my lovely home haha
The amount of content from day one really makes me wonder how this game is gonna look like in 2 years.
13:18 I think it says that fandom and listening to your audience sells better than "fan service" and being original for games. I think it's an evolution of how popular fan games and mods have exploded since 2015 like several popular games of the last 9 years have had some form of obvious inspiration of past gaming whether it's undertale, or rivals of aether and it's workshop, or valorant of all things. I think the gaming industry for a while has been moving to familiarity being more popular than originality and it's been moving that way since at least the retro graphic renaissance seems to have been slowing down from 2018 to my recollection. also this is my first video of yours hope I didn't start a flame war or comment too much, great video btw!
It's the crack of video games. Almost like let's get that addictive phone game quality mixed with pokemon and guns.
I remember talking to my friends about Pokémon and why I didn't like the game as much as the show, and its because my imagination of how Pokémon should play like was like Palworld, this is like 10 years ago btw, I've been waiting for a Pokémon game to do what Palworld is doing now, but they just kept repeating the same formula, I'm not saying it's bad it just wasn't for me. But now I got Palworld, and can only hope that it will get a lot better.
AND rushing out cash grab games that aren't even impressive looking, maybe if they were released for the Nintendo 64. They know releasing trash will still break records so they don't give a shit to make quality games.
One of the best things to me, is the World settings. If you don't like grind, increase drop rates and decrease hunger. Want a harder experience, change incoming and outgoing damage. The fact it's built in from the start and can change you hosted world basically on the fly is under appreciated.
Frankenstein of fun.. Which a rare combination compared to AAA games released recent by those cinematic devs
can't wait to hear you guys talk about palworld on the friends per second podcast
oh boy, it's a big one
Can't wait to play it I hoped to have my new PC running before it came out but should have it up and running in two weeks looks like a blast.
good luck with your new PC. nothing more exciting than a fresh one
That's dope think of it this way. You'll be playing a more advanced version than the one we have now with big fixes and such
All I hope is that pokemon sees this and makes better games. That's it.
I'm shocked pokemon hasn't just made a game where you can do more with your pokemon like this already
@@shyjanz6601 Some have said Palworld is what Pokémon Legends: Arceus failed to be.
@shyjanz6601 me too! It's pretty ridiculous. If they don't make a game of this Palworld quality or better on the next Nintendo console, maybe Pokémon is actually a lost cause after all.
The "roadmap" talks about PvP and Arena aspects. I am already playing and hope for more things as the game matures.
The creator literally said he didn’t have a creative vision, he didn’t care about originality, he just wanted to make a game that people like and enjoy, and wanted to give people what they wanted.
It’s got my college buddies and I just on like every other night. Have a discord chat about it and I haven’t felt like this about a game in a bit. I think it’s gonna fade quickly but I’m gonna enjoy it while it’s here.
Day 1 was soo fun I bought a dedicated server on day 2. I wanted to get into Enshrouded but that will have to wait now.
How did you buy that?
I literally fell over laughing at "I gave my little Monkey an AK47!" Love it. I have never played Pokemon, never been interested in it, didn't really get what the 'draw' was - but Palworld - I love it
Idk what it is but it’s just so addicting.
My whole friend group expected all the others to not like it but every single one of us have been having a blast day and night since the release
Yeah, it's kinda crazy. On launch day, I was like "anyone gonna get Palworld too?" and no one answered for a while. Finally, one friend also picked it up and now like 6 or 7 of them have it, haha.
The game actually has a very interesting depth and progression in the base and leveling mechanics. The exploration is actually top notch with collectables that actually matter across a variety of biomes in an absolutely huge map. The combat is challenging and has a unique learning curve that takes skill. I can't wait to see how Palworld evolves.
I was surprised to see elements of Elden Ring in the game, and then I realized it has pulled from literally every popular genre of games in existence, and then I realized it's great. I have only played solo for 3 hours.
The gameplay is kinda fun but “soulless” is the perfect description of the world. I played for a few hours but wasn’t really drawn to play it more. Just started Enshrouded yesterday and loving it way more, this is a survival game I can really sink some time into.
It’s not the game play that’s soulless, Jake didn’t say that, it’s the lack of writing, the gameplay is great.
@@ProjectMoff I didn’t say that either, I said the world was soulless.
I definitely think the game teeters the line in some aspects for sure, like the new area font and ding. I don't play any Nintendo stuff but can appreciate it. I'm also lukewarm on survival games but I have loved watching a group of content creators play. I can appreciate this game doing what it does, at the end of the day, "stolen" elements or not, Nintendo didn't do it so why not appreciate Palworld giving us something kinda strange? I definitely would like to see the devs clean it up and change it up enough where they differentiate themselves and wow us.
Bought it on both Xbox and Steam!!!
I’m 100% behind this game ❤️
I really hope this doesn't end up like V Rising. It had a very strong initial early access launch, but new updates are slow and reset everyone's progress.
I want to see faction infighting, tower leader backstories, more Pals. No doubt they have the money, now they just need to ride the wave.
I call them Palmons
Love your take on this!
Very important point you touched on is there are a lot of gamers who don't care about the behind the scenes stuff like who stole whose idea and what. They just want to play a good game.
once again jake has the best take on a topic 🙌
I think this games sudden success is a testament to our lingering desire to have a Pokémon like game and not be the shit that Game freak has been putting out these past few years. Palworld seems like just enough of whats familiar while adding a new spin to the genre. And its clearly resonating with people.
I don't do early access games. But I'm very intrigued with this one and I hope the developers continue to flesh this one out and build on what looks like a solid foundation. I think there are a lot of exciting things they can do with this. With the right support it could easily be a massive hit.
I appreciate you talking so much about games, I'm trying to learn what games are about, and you take the time to go over them. I want more info than just " it's a fun game just play it" so I thank you sir
Last time I had this much fun in a game was with Dragon Quest 11 almost two years ago. I spent around 100 hours in the game now and there was never a moment in which I got bored. It has become my second life really. Got a beautiful well defended base and I am in the end end game now and still got things to do. It has been an incredible experience for me.
The initial 24 hour wave I was like “I gotta get this game right now” - at this point I think I’ll have fun watching people play but I want to wait until more is added before picking it up for myself. I love good world building and if something does feel soul less I bounce pretty quick so I want to jump in when there’s less of a chance of that.
Aces video as always man.
Pokemon blue was my 1st game growing up and I day dreamed of this kinda Pokemon game for years. Nintendo didnt do it, someone else will and Im glad they did.
Pokemon Red was mine.
My guy @@JakeBaldino 😎🤜🤛
@@therotten6152Red vs Blue is also a show recorded in a video game 😂
Keep doing your thing Jake! It’s these kind of games that make me wish I had a PC! But it’s cool to see them take ideas and mix things up.
6:05 Bro really threw a legendary sphere at a level 4 Cattiva.
I bought it yesterday it have been excited for this game since I first seen rumors of this years ago. I’m a fan of Ark, Pokemon, breath of the wild so this is something that I will enjoy story or not because of what it has for it self as well as “taking from other games” breeding is fun, interacting with pals is fun, I just like this game and really want other people to play it because there’s more fun to be had with the more casual rout this game takes in terms of gameplay so it can be something most anyone can try and see if it “scratches the itch”
Currently watching this while it downloads.
Really, my biggest "complaint" with the game is that all the discussion about the game was so focused on "Pokemon with guns" that the developers frontloaded that stuff in the tech tree. It doesn't make sense that you can build a submachine gun for your Pal while you're still figuring out how to make spears like a caveman. Not only that but actually crafting guns for your player character is way more difficult than making them for your Pals. It's weird and I hope it gets reordered down the line. I kinda doubt it will, though, since people would probably complain.
I look forward to your takes just about every week and I love that you are very similar in how I perceive my own gaming hobby and the passion is shared in a very similar way. Thanks for all that you do, and this $10 doesn't come close to covering the hours of entertainment/discourse you have provided me over the last several years. Can't wait to go watch FPS now :)
Thank you!!! This and the kind words are very much appreciated.
At the end of the day, all that matters is a good gameplay loop. Thats what this game offers. That along with collecting monsters makes it very addicting.
Great video! Glad to hear more discourse on this game, haven’t played yet but had really piqued my interest will be cool to see what happens to if!
2:00 publishers need to hear this part over and over again. Spot on, Jake.
Palworld is like
When you are cooking and don't know WTF to make so you just take taste good ingridients mix them and shit somehow tastes good
I wonder if Palworld will come out with their own card based game & then inevitably be bought by Nintendo!?!
I hope they don't. I hope they stick to their personality and shun and ridicule the game so they can feel superior still.
Getting bought by Nintendo would be terrible for gamers.
No chance. It's nothing like a Pokemon game. You can catch creatures but they are not fleshed out enough to do that with. Every attack in the game is an attack pain and simple. It's very vanilla combat compared to Pokemon. Honestly I'd you're just playing it because you think it's a new Pokemon game you probably won't enjoy it. The game play loop is more like Ark mixed with Valheim. Then just a dash of Pokemon.
You are high if you think Nintendo would associate with them
we do not want that
Palworld has a lot of potential. I wish the dev's luck and look forward to watching it develop.
Great video Jake! Keep up the great work!
I don't know what people are being weird about this game "ripping off" when other games rip off each other all the time. Like "witcher vision" is damn near in every game.
I'm just glad we don't need to climb to the top of towers in Palworld.
Jake! You’re the best! I always look so forward to your content! Also, your pizza controller video was hilarious! Keep it up, man!
Q: Are ppl going to remember these Pals...
Me: He didn't mean that my little Lamball (Pats head)
I might be projecting but Jake I got the impression in the first 15 seconds you're trying not to look like I believe a lot of us feel. Your content is good, I (probably we) are grateful for and impressed by your content. You're giving reprieve to thousands of us, I hope you take pride in that and prioritize yourself so you can keep going
i think the good thing about this game as well is the quality of life mechanics. you get to have pals to work on your resources, craftings, and food while you just can go out doing adventures, wandering the world, getting new pals and just go home to get new stuffs made and build it where pals also could help you building it. unlike other survivor games that damn its all on you. you get the feeling of having a family with pals. i think that makes it more fun though a lot of people this is some kinda slavery thing but i dont see it that way.
I remember when the trailer dropped 2 years ago. I was pretty excited to see a fun monster game. I didn’t once think it was a Pokémon clone. I am a Digimon fan. I’m used to hearing Pokémon fans claim everyone is copying them 😂
not the jake baldino we deserve, but the jake baldino we need 9:59 great words and thoughts here jake, thx for doing what u do
This game has a lot of potential and yes it has used ideas from other games… but it’s such a breath of fresh air in the Pokemon scene and honestly the survival world scene I’ve put almost 80 hours into the game and I’m loving every minute of it! I hope they bring in factions that you can fight their Pokemon and stuff but I love it and hope it grows more!
As a lover of Pokemon, Ark, and Breath of The Wild, having all these disparate elements in one game is AWESOME, and I'm very willing to overlook a bit of Early Access jank and borderline copyright infringement in exchange for a big open world with tons to discover, a fun roster of critters to catch with surprising mechanical depth, and an Ark-style progression system that always leaves you looking for the next XP pot to grab.
It's fun, and at the end of the day that's what a game should be.
The biggest reason for its success? People have been wanting this type of game from Pokémon for ages and the company failed to deliver. Palworld delivers and its truly amazing.
They were smart about it too, if you watch a video how this game is even possible it's brilliantly done.
I believe the most critical issue is that it truly exposes video games as a form of digital drug, even for well-made AAA titles. At the very core, they are all striving to sell you an addictive satisfaction. As Jake mentioned, many gamers don't really care about how it's made or presented, as long as it's entertaining.
With the success of Palworld, I imagine AAA companies considering lowering their moral standards even further, which I don't necessarily see as a bad thing. There will still be companies creating artistic games, but it would be more transparent, as other companies might try less to disguise it. And those companies aiming for true greatness may elevate video games to a higher level.
I hope more developers/publishers take a stab at making a creature-collecting game. It's an under-saturated genre and as a lifelong Pokemon player, I think Game Freak hasn't yet done enough to evolve the series (no pun intended), so it's the perfect time for other companies to give it a shot. Competition among multiple creature-collecting series would be a good thing
I think it'll be remembered as the first game to add or evolve the pokimon loop. Something Nintendo should have done 10 years ago
As a pokemon fan who is not only disappointed with gamefreak's past few generations but also not big on the survival genre, I came into this game for the lols. But now I find myself addicted to something I never imagined to be addicted to. It real does feel like the lovechild of Pokemon and Ark.
My friend sent me the trailer for this as a lark and my response was “why am in shooting Pokémon?”
I got this out of curiosity and it ended up being a lot more fun then I thought it would be, it helps me that my son likes to play it with me.
And yeah, from the mouth of kids, his first take was “oh your playing Pokémon”
Great yap sesh as always Jake, 10/10 ❤
This game is simply like a really really good cover band playing all your favorite songs.
Honestly, I feel like the trailer sells the pokemon with guns idea more than the actual game does, but overall it's great and super fun
A week ago today, I had no idea this game was launching. I saw a video on Asmongold's channel about it, but I didn't even watch the video. I got home from work around 5 PM, cut on my computer, and saw Palworld on the banner of Steam. I clicked on it, watched the little trailer, saw it was $26.99 and read the first 5 reviews on Steam. Then I clicked "Purchase".
A week later I can tell you firmly this was the best $26.99 I have ever spent on an early access title.
The world actually looks pretty good! Lot's of those Pals are super-close to specific Pokemon.
It serves its purpose I suppose. I put a bit more time it again today. I think that it has potential. It needs a lot of polish and it needs to feel more dense. Especially in the beginning. I felt like I had to really waste a tone of time trying to find the Pals that I needed for specific objectives. If those things get added onto/fixed, it would be a lot better. Also, it needs story for sure. Without a story to drive me, I'll be gone really quick. I am looking forward to seeing what happens as they come out with patches. It shines the most when you play with friends. Good luck to them!
The "Pokemon with guns" makes my expectation way off to the actual game. I thought i'll get Pokemon gameplay turns out I get survival game. I almost bounced off in the first few hours. I force myself to play more and adjust my expectation and I actually enjoy this game as someone who don't really like survival game. Rather than "Pokemon with guns" I feel like "Ark with Pokemon" is more appropriate phrase to describe this game.
7:47 This is very relatable lmao. I have many critics with this game but I'm having fun. Sometimes I need to turn off my game design brain and just let it flow with the game.
I just love your unfiltered opinions on these videos 😊
I think PalWorld is exactly what we need right now. I think it’s success can be a good thing, showing what happens when you give your player base exactly what they want. It’s almost as if companies intentionally deny what their consumers want in order to ensure they’ll buy the next title in hopes for a better experience. I think that model might have some positives for developers, in that there’s stability, but you’ll never reach your true potential that way. People have wanted Pokémon to do something like this for decades, but they never gave it to us; a decision based on fear. PalWorld rolled up and gave us what we’ve been asking for, and look what happened.
I think a big contributor to such a fascination for this game is what last years games were. Last year was block buster after block buster games. It’s like going to a fancy restaurant every time you go out. And like you said Jake, this was that junk food. That sweet treat that isn’t this big fancy award winning game but just dumb fun that you don’t care if the meat isn’t real meat in your burger cause it tastes good yknow!
Its so much fun and hopefully they keep expanding cuz even though it borrows ideas from other games and some look like pokemon they changed the names and looks enough i think but even Palia uses the same climbing mechanic as zelda botw. Its just a beautiful combo even if not so much new ideas them mixed together creates a really fun game. So hope they continue and nintendo doesnt find a way to kill the fun. Thanks jake love you talking about games
I would say at a minimum, add 1 new super and 1 new aspect per class to mix up core stasis gameplay with maybe 2 - 4 new fragments. Then add another exotic per class and add this frost armour and maybe another effect called "Chill" that maybe visually covers them in small ice lumps and it lowers their damage Output and increases damage to them by a certain amount.
Imagine the developers somehow making it like JADE COCOON where you can also combine monsters... 🤯
You can, if they are the same one.
I’m just a corporate man now after listening to you for years now Jake. I come to CZcams to hear you talk about these games that I don’t have the time to play. I do household chores and listen, cause that’s what I like, usually my hands are busy so I let the vid play, but from now on ill do my very best to hit the like button cause Fuck those guys that tell you to shut up man. Tell us more about this shit I’m never gunna play. fr i come too you for exactly this man and please you do you. My Team is in New York, maybe they will ship me out and might see you on the street and brotha if that happens pizza is on me. ❤
Creature collecting is cool genre and I hope we get more. Ni no Kuni was totally unique, Temtem felt pretty derivative but found its own identity with its differences in the battle system, and DokeV feels similar to this in combat and traversal but with more polish and it's own identity. If they can make themselves more than just a Pokémon with guns I feel like it could really take off!
You've articulated what skill up couldn't
I mean, Skill Up hasn't played the game yet, so yeah, he literally can't articulate anything about it yet.
I fried an overclocked watercooled *EVGA* 3070 playing *Palworld* 😮
Max settings 1440p@144hz, unlimited FRate.
I heard an audible pop over 9 Noctua Ippc 3000s before the crash. Code 43 🤘🧐
Rest in Peace Evga 🫡 You fought well brother, no regrets.
I think one reason this game is so successful is exactly what you said. It's just fun. Kind of like BG3. Most people don't play CRPG games but BG3 was different because it remembered to be fun which a lot of games just aren't anymore. I can play two AAA games in completely different genres and still feel like I played the same game because they weren't fun and followed all the industry trends.
There's something here that probably scratches an itch with the audience.
Like the Pokemon anime had a few stories of how the Pokemon would interact and help build a community. This is a bit more self aware and silly but it's a good idea
This is the Pokemon game we've been demanding from Nintendo that they've given us the middle finger for the last twenty years. This scratches an itch we haven't been able to scratch for decades. I hope they finish it and add a story, NPCs, and other QoL that we can appreciate.
no one can forget lovander once they come across them. straight cursed
Bruh. My very FIRST raid. At night. Two of them.
I was like, are you freaking kidding me? THAT'S what first raids me in the middle of the night when I barely know what's going on? XD
I'm not a huge gamer by any means, but I have enjoyed watching you on Gameranx and this channel for at least 6 years now. You're great at what you do Jake, even off the cuff like this.
Asset flippers are usually bad because they do nothing with the assets, but there are ones that take the large steps and, actually, make something.