Some of you need to actually watch the video before commenting. I actually like the game, in spite of its flaws, but I'm still going to call a spade a spade. I understand that most people hate Gamefreak/Nintendo for churning out soulless sequels so you praise Palworld for actually doing something different with the monster catching formula, but it's still an early access Ark clone from a company that hasn't even finished its last game. You have to still look at this game with a critical lens and not just pretend it's awesome to own the libs or whatever cringe take we're going with. I remember when early access games were rightfully despised because most of the time, they were buggy pre-alpha shovelware that never gets finished. Palworld is better than most of those but it's so derivative and the monster designs are a mixed bag so I can't shill this game. I hold nothing against those who enjoy this more than me. Gamefreak needs competition to incentivize innovating their tired formula but I guarantee Palworld will be forgotten unless the devs consistently update the game. Edit: Yes, I missed the feed bag in the tech tree. That removes one of my minor problems with the game. Adjusting hunger/exp in world settings feels like cheating though. Like setting the game to easy mode.
First time you have made a coherent post, the game looks like dawnlands, open world zelda rip off i played on my phone, with the same level of jank and the mobile ish looking ui. This game is an asset flip.
The correct take. Game is poke'slop. Looks like dogshit, the esthetics are all over the place and the pals look mad out of place with the world. Game freak has been turning out such consistent garbage in the pokemon franchise that a slightly fresher piece of trash gets all this undeserved praise lol.
See you keep harping on about it being "Early access" but on the flip side, it doesn't FEEL like an early access game. This game has felt more complete in my opinion than most Triple A games. Do I need to point out cyberpunk? The game that was full released but played 10000x worse than this indie game? By that logic, any Live service game is still considered "Early access" since more stuff is being added to them. Is Baldur's gate 3 still an early access? Is Apex legends, or cyberpunk or Overwatch 2 or league of legends still early access? I've so far put 51 hours into it and I'm only level 32 and still discovering things. That's a lot more than I can say for most games nowadays.
to be fair you expect to much form people with a click baity title that makes it seem you really hate it. of course people with click on the video and go strait to leaving a comment ..even more with how heated the conversation is with this game
A game made by amateurs for the cost of a ham sandwich being more popular than games made by hundreds of people with development and marketing budgets larger than the GDP of some countries is really, really funny. Whether Palworld is a fad or not it's put the fear of God in some Nintendo shills.
it will be a fad if the people behind the game itself doesn't capitalize off the hype at all, especially with the hype the big youtubers have been giving it in the first place.
Indie gaming has always been better than AAA slop since mid 2010s, the fact games like Gmod and Terraria are the highest rated games on steam says a lot.
Look at Riot Games laying off 500 people, which is 10% of their staff in 2023, a company that started by making a clone of a game that started as a Warcraft 3 mod. Sure, they also made a shooter with similarities to a certain Blizzard shooter as well, but why the Hell did they ever need 5000 people to do those two things?
Yeah, unless they can do major updates and major changes that improve upon than just being an Ark clone expect this game to be another fad. And don’t get me started on the character creation having no genders and only body types.
The funniest part is watching AAA devs getting angry at this game, even some Naughty Dog devs are pissed at it. Guess spending 300mil on a crappy movie like game hated by everyone while a low budget Pokémon with guns game is being loved by so many people are making them go crazy jealous. lol
The best part was one of them saying "pEoPle dOn'T kNoW hOw hARd iT iS tO mAkE a GaMe" lmfaooooo that moment when pure gameplay fun beats the shit out of your movie game with mentally ill politics
I hate when they make that crappy excuse. Ya we do know it's hard but they also have a massive budget and tons of people working on the game and often it will still turn out to be shit. Meanwhile the indie dev will have 1 person or a small handful of people working on the game with a fraction of a big triple a budget make a better game. I mean it disgusts me that in a PR sense we now have these companies fighting against the consumer now and throwing shade at smaller more talented developers. Like take feedback/inspiration and make a better game.@@riverblack123
I really think that's what alot of the hype is about more then the actual game. I don't understand adults being into things like pokemon to begin with. For me I stopped playing around 7th grade in 2003.
@@riverblack123AAA game studios when people would rather play a game that’s fun rather than games that are 80% cutscenes or unfinished wallet opening simulators.
@@riverblack123 The whole "game development is hard, guys" excuse is so pathetic. As if that is a perfect excuse for all their BS practices and subpar experiences.
It makes sense, a remaster like this is very minor but is considered huge news because they added a 10 dollar roguelike (or lite idfk) mode The LEAST thing they coulda done is take use of their advanced rope physics to make stuff more interesting but nah, throw away all that effort on 2 minute puzzles in the main game
it's always amazing to see the "we are for the workers" type of journos constantly shit on the small independent devs and jump at the defense of huge billionaire corpos. of course this is by design, it's just that a lot of people actually believe words over actions
Communism in a nutshell. Marx never accounted for when his ideas would become the ruling class, the Bourgeoise, so it *always* fails when it takes power.
Seriously, even devs from big companies are going crazy jealous over this game, it really highlights how a bunch of clowns they truly are. Especially considering how their 300mil budgets are for nothing, who cares about Last of Us 2? lol
Uh yeah. It’s a lot like how big titles are made with a focus on “Corpos evil” morals, when the titles themselves are made by evil corpos. I believe they call that an oxymoron. Though I wouldn’t go as far as to say Nintendo is the “Disney of video games”. At least they don’t try to push crazy immoralities onto children… yet anyway
the big companies give lots of ad money and tons of perks to get those good reviews. It's one of the reasons the media was so vicious against gamergate and did all they could to paint them as monsters. It's because the core narrative was true.
Imagine going and dumping hours into making and editing a 19 minute video to review the game and you didn't even scratch past the very beginning of the game. Lmfao
Actually alot of the pals are relevent once you go into work types. Sometimes you might want a weaker mon that doesnt need to be fed as much in order to keep your base efficient. The fact that stronger pals require more food, and also that different pals have different work attributes really means that even if a pal sucks at combat it still may hold utility in the workforce. Its very refreshing because in pokemon a weak mon is a usless mon
With breeding, there's no such thing as a bad Pal. Literally lol you can get a Lamball, the weakest of the weak beginner level, first-thing-you-see Pal and breed the right traits onto it (may take a lot of different Pals and mixing/matching quiet a bit, but it's worth it) and it'll be whatever u want. Strong, fast, good defense, anything. I just bred a Jetragon with Legend, Divine Dragon, Ferocious and Musclehead which gave it the most attack it can get from traits alone. Then I wanted a fast one, so I bred one with Legend and Divine Dragon again, but also Swift and Runner which give it an extra 50% movement speed together. I have an Anubis that has been maxed out through condensing and the statue and has good traits which give it 514 Work Speed if you also turn up the pace to Moderate at the podium and feed it a Dumud food plate thing which boosts its work speed and also have the base boosters that boost kindling/cooling/mining etc. All that together and he has more work speed than 7 regular Anubis's (they come with 70) lmao. So yeah, for anyone reading this... make sure to breed. The game literally encourages it by rewarding you for collecting 10 of each type. When you're done with getting 10 of each, you can then use those to either condense or pick which ones to breed and pass on traits. They're useless without breeding unless you get extremely lucky and catch what you want with exactly what you want it to have.
Regarding attachment to your pals. Sure you can treat them like shit. But you can also customize them with skills and through breeding. Personally, I really get attached to the Pals I customize myself for exploring and traveling, also their ridiculous antics when something glitches out and their unique animations give them so much personality that I was really missing in the common Pokemon games.
Why would I want to treat them badly or over-work them? Happy pals are better workers. Give them hot tubs and yummy bonus-enhancing food. They love cotton-candy and you can farm that.
@@bjornskivids Treating something that's yours and which makes you a lot of money, items and materials while also protecting you, like shit is the dumbest idea. Some people out there treat their cars better than their own children. Just because you have the freedom to, doesn't mean you should or it's even a good idea to be an asshole.
It's hard to get attached to a specific one you caught (like your first pal) because their passive skill could be shit. They become condense material. But I do have specific monster look that I like and want them to be on my team. I really like that scorpion and beetle one. They just look cool.
@@Xalantor2 things, first, did you misread the comment you responded to originally? Second, the whole idea of a video game is you have choice without real life consequences, whether you want to be a cruel villain, virtuous assassin, hero, corrupt hero, or whatever you want to be, you can be it, even if that's not how you would act in real life. Which is why I think it's odd you're making the comparison to begin with, why? My thoughts on gaming and specific content: The whole thing devs should do is enable choice while keeping a balance of what's fair and what's fun. There is always a way to balance something into a game, but developers won't do it usually, because it requires work they don't want to do that branches into more work. The only exceptions to this I can think of are explicit visual acts like sex and sex related crimes and discrimination, gore and self harm, glorification of slavery and genocide, and depictions of realistic suicide. however that's just 18-21+ because at that point people should have a basis to know these things have no place in the real world or at the very least publicly. Thoughts on palword: Palword is at an odd spot because we use pals like farm animals and some pals have specific things and quirks they do that you could consider usable for chopping wood, or menial tasks, but you can make them into food when they get "old", some you keep for sentimental value or a unique benefit like a dog, cat, horse, or other pet. So, vegans would have a fit on the conceptualization of this, but it's also just hidden in Pokémon as opposed to openly shown in pal world.
I am personally attached to my incineram. He keeps me alive during the early-mid game and keeps by base functioning optimally. he always helps me out and is vicious like a German shepherd when protecting me. he is my fave lol
At this point, i'll take a win like that. And +1 point for making a huge lazy company mad. It's not a big step forward but it still is a step forward. There might be hope remaining boys.
Indeed. While I dislike the lack of originality in the creature designs in palworld, I hope the success of this game gets nintendo and gamefreak mad enough to finally get off their lazy rear ends and make a pokemon game that actually feels brand new for the upcoming nintendo console.
@@arsenelupin9697To be fair I'm an artist and I never said something like "learn to code". Even if you can't find a job the market is oversaturated with crappy programmers, so it's probably not a good idea, unless you really want to do this
you have to remember, crafttopia was called zelda with crafting. then a few years latter, actual zelda with crafting (tear of the kingdom) came out. now if this going to force gamefreak to do the same with pokemon, I would say this game is contributing tremendous value to the gaming industry
Humorously, thats exactly how the CEO develops. He follows the trends, and what is popular then makes a derivative based on what he observes. Thus Palworld and Craftopia happened. Though Palworld seems to have hit the wave perfectly. Concerns over the EA abandonware dread for craftopia is still real though. The reviews for that are mixed atm because fans for it are worried they are gonna get shafted.
Pokémon has crafting tho? I mean legends arceus implemented that. Gamefreak just needs to up their game as a whole, they have made billions, yet Scarlett and violet were EXTREMLY buggy and looked like crap on launch with bare minimum content. They should be pushing games like palworld and beyond at this point of their success…..
'Ate modern AAA gaming 'Ate early access 'Ate shovelware survival games 'Ate fanboys 'Ate virtue signaling 'Ate men in tiny hats ruining entertainment simple as
Pokemon stole their entire concept from Megami Tensei. They never even address why Pokemon can go into computers because then it would be blatantly obvious.
I saw a post on a meme site showing how much Pokemon blatantly ripped off other properties, and fanboys were LIVID that anyone would dare show that there's nothing new under the sun.
The funny part about all of this is how Nintendo is in denial. I wish I could find the quote but their lawyer said something like "we're aware of it and it looks like one of the *dozens* of pokemon clones that come out every year."
@ZoomerStasi ??? He's not wrong though, Gamefreak makes the games so it is "mostly" their fault (mostly because Nintendo and the Pokemon Company probably pressure them with 1-2 year deadlines but let's not act like this isn't the biggest media franchise in the world and they have the budget to make something which isn't slop in 2 years)
If you paid him a boatload of money he would make sure to release videos on your schedule. Since he works for advertising revenue, he’s going to manage his channel accordingly. Making something about this game right now is what he needed to do. Don’t like it? Pay.
Did you guys see the two Triple A devs shitting on this game on twitter saying it was made "with evil intent" because it was more liked than Tlou 2? Lmfao it's priceless
What's more of a scam? A $30 game that actually gives you what it shows you, or a $100 game that gives you the opposite of what all the Reviewers tell you it's like? Or did we forget that Starfield exists?
See, that's the one problem I have with Synth. He'll trash these AAA "games", rightfully so. Then, in the same breath, say Indie games are just slop. Most of the best games I've played in the last decade are nothing but indie. Enter the Gungeon, Rogue Legacy 1 and 2, Moonlighter, Loop Hero, Nova Drift, 30XX, Fight Knight (Highly recommend that one for you Punch Out fans) I could keep going. If Synth honestly believes that there's "no good indie" games, it's because he refuses to lower his own standards. Not because they're "slop".
@@WhiplashPuppetpretty sure he'll state there are a lot of good indies out there. But there's also a lot of them that are walking simulators about discovering you're bisexuality or some other inane premise out there too.
@@WhiplashPuppet In all fairness, most indie games ARE slop. It's just that this isn't one of them. Keep in mind, the games you listed are just a few of the THOUSANDS that release every year. A fraction of a percent isn't exactly representative of the scene as a whole. But yeah, fuck Synth though. He always shows himself to just be a contrarian who thinks he's above everything, even his own viewers. Had I realized this was one of his videos, I wouldn't have clicked on it.
Honestly. It's not trying to be innovative, but thats fine. It fills its niche and for what it is, it's fun to play. And if im honest. I think it does the survival creature tamer better than ark. I hated having to sit around for three hours making sure my dino doesnt die or wake up or run out of food.
@@highc7812atleast this developer is actually trying unlike gamefreak and Nintendo This is a game that Nintendo and gamefreak should've done years ago but they didn't bother to do anything different that's why palworld has so many players and it's selling well. This game is basically scratching that pokemon open world itch that players have wanted for years
@@Noodles1922Exactly, fans of pokemon wanted a game like this for years and they never got it because Nintendo are lazy That's why palworld is selling very well and has millions of players
@@highc7812also it early access there's plenty of things they will fix and improve on. As I said this game has so much potential to be a massive hit and maybe a franchise
I've enjoyed Palworld with some friends, but my biggest problem with it is how unpolished it is. Honestly it feels horrible to play some times, but it's an early access game so that's expected
I actually like the simple type system. After the 6th gen, I got tired of keeping track of fairy vs dark vs ghost vs dragon vs water vs fire vs electric and etcetera.
A complicated type system is only there to give turn based battles depth. It doesn't work that well in action games as everyone just defaults to the neutral jack of all trades type.
As a person who has completely memorised type matchups of pokemon and play competitive online battles daily, i would say that it is not much difficult thing to remeber that.
@@billjacobs521wouldn't it be more tiresome remembering what mons to breed to get desired one rather than having two mons of same egg group breed to lay the egg of the species of female pokemon
My problem with the pals designs has less to do with "stretching copyright" and more to do with the lack of creativity. I look at a lot of the Pals designs and think "Thats all you could think of?"
I mean, with the few people they have, it'd be easier to stay safe. Especially with each one having their own animations - which is great. I mean, theres only so much you can make with these types of creatures that hasnt been done already. It's simple and fun. I agree, tho. I hope they take the cash they've made and drop some more designs.
@Gnoma2345 I guess if you're making a monster collecter in 2024, you're bound to have derivative designs. Pokemon itself was derivative if Dragon Quest. But yet again I've seen better Fakemon from fans that are more creative than a lot of the pals in this.
All the designs in this 100% started with the main goal of "how do we make a pokemon?" Instead of "how do we make an interesting monster?" The problem isn't that it copied from Pokemon, the issue is they ONLY copied from Pokemon, the correct way to "steal" for design is to look at multiple games/movies, and take different aspects to make something that can stand on its own
@@waffleman8053 Still more creativity than what big name companies shit out lmao. They can't make Fantasy without ripping off Tolkien, Can't make Sci-fi without ripping off Frank Herbert or George Lucas, can't dribble out political statements that ripoff Karl Marx etc. The absolute state of ESG "Capitalism"...
I’mma keep it 100. Palworld both sounds and looks like the type of game that someone would be playing in the background of a movie. Like, this does not look like the kind of game that would exist.
It seems kinda weird to bounce between "This is not a Pokemon clone, its an Ark clone" and then criticizing the game for it's lack of Pokemon-esque mechanics like trainer battles and evolutions, but that's just my 2 cents. Let's hope the devs don't pull a craftopia on this one and actually finish the game. Great video!
But stuff like that is cool when u collect monsters. I think it's a valid criticism. They're obviously ripping off designs from Pokemon. At least try to add on stuff that made pokemon games want you to keep playing with certain pokemon u collected, such as seeing them evolve over time and have different designs.
Yeah, this felt like the most irrational and lackluster game review I have ever watched. It was like listening to a friend rant about why he doesn't like a game, not someone that supposedly does this for a living.
The issue with the hunger mechanic is mitigated by the food bag items you can unlock in the tech tree. Basically it lets you put food into a food slot on your inventory, then once you or one of your pals get hungry, it automatically eats the food. I haven't had to worry about me or my pals' hunger in a while. I ran out of food at one point, and had to put more food into the bag, but that was it. The AI accusations are unfounded. For one thing, the first trailer for this game released in 2021, before the AI boom, and secondly, according to Steam's TOS, you have to say whether AI was used in the creation of your game's assets, and Palworld has no disclaimer on Steam. You also level up a lot faster from catching pals in general, not just counting the exp bonus you get from catching 10 of the same kind. You can also technically catch humans at any time.
If anyone was wondering, the only bugs I've experienced are regarding pal pathing in the base. They get stuck sometimes. Just have to put em in the PC and pull them out. Outside of that, it's pretty freaking smooth.
I've had issues with pal's being able to access facilities, like having the feed box on a corner of a foundation being completely inaccessable to Drilltoise's. The pathfinding needs immense improvement, but also the collision of the game, it wasn't uncommon for Pals/humans to just fall through the world or clip into walls. Great game, glad it came out
@amateurishauthor2202 Oh yeah. Pathfinding, in general, is what I was saying. Report it all. It's annoying, but for a newly released early access game that's not bad.
I got shot by a boss while at 1hp and that sent me through all terrain to the literal edge of the map. There are issues with this game for sure, but unless you lose a lucky Pal 'cause it glitched through a wall most bugs seem harmless.
@@anthonylancer it's #1 on steamcharts, 952k players right now, peak 2 mil note that those are only the people who have their game activity public and were playing at the same time
They seem to have caught on to the fact that this got seriously popular and hopefully have a fire lit under their butts to fix it. This is their lucky break.
@@shogunpug4071 Well they are still updating Craftopia, even though people say it's abandoned. They actually released another update for it 3 days after this game released, followed immediately by a hotfix to stop pals from getting stuck so much in base and the jank from them trying to pick up and juggle items. I see these devs doing things slowly. (Very slowly, but still) And if or when it ever gets actually finished, i applaud them.
About the hunger. you can actually turn it off in the world (save) rules. Increase exp multiplier. etc. in the game menu itself. Edit: Also they dropped road map and it says they gonna work on AI, hopefully earlier than later.
Huh, that actually makes me kind of interested. I'm much busier than I used to be and a lot of games just expect too much of my time for me to give it to them; time is much more important to me than money now.
My guy Synthetic Mans ability to cause pure rage by simply giving a basic opinion that doesn't cow tow itself to any current hivemind consensus on the internet continues to impress me.
@@SuperHornetA51 Most of you who say this would be happier if he didn't give you any opinions outside of the prechewed consensus. If you want that go watch Gmanlives or one of the many other reviewers who make videos where they take 2 hours to say barely anything meaningful or quantitative about a game to avoid backlash from the lowest common denominator
@@SuperHornetA51 Yeah I know, because though he never said he doesn't enjoy the game some people are mad at him because he called it an average early access game survival game with mons on top which isn't in the set of memes that people propagate on twitter about this game just yet so their brains cant process it.
@@jebreggie4225 Then he hasn't played many early access games. They're all super janky when they come out, with little to no content. This has over 100 hours of content, runs flawlessly, looks gorgeous, tons of QOL features. Doesn't crash, easy to play with friends. customizable difficulty. Things many AAA games lack these days.
ppl complaining about these models are TWITTERS PROBLEM, not mine the game is fun and i enjoy it. despite being early access it exceeded popular games with thousands of players. This goes to show what a real pokemon game could be . No idea why your calling it a scam. I'm guessing that's for views anyway nice video
I think what brings it above your average survival crafting game is being able to create your own automated base with your pals working. And I find the exploration a lot of fun. The team based battles with your 5 pals is different as well. Even the system of elemental weaknesses and strengths add something to the battles.
Well the devs made a huge load of money so that increases the likelihood that it will get big content and stay relevant. Like its sales are astronomical. Expect it to start putting out ads on tv. They may even return to their other game and finish it with that cash.
He mentioned in the community tab that while rendering Adobe Premiere corrupted the last 15 mins of it, he is trying to get it uploaded by end of day but no promises.
@@ElClaudioBasadoYeah fair enough mate. Just thought to give the word out in case ppl didn't know why it was taken down. Mostly in response to the speculation that RUclips took it down when it was just a problem with the encoding that won't take long to fix.
The AI accusation is entirely because the dev doesnt hate AI. Not only was AI not really a public thing when this game started development, the lead Pal designer used to make Fakemons for fun, and used some of their favorite old work for the game
@@darken2417 No, you don't understand: The plebs cannot be allowed to have the tools to make their own products, without involving and paying the current establishment.
It's an ultimately mid game. Pisspoor building mechanics. Braind-dead combat. It's just an ARK reskin, and as far as survival games go ark is pretty shite. However, I gave it a thumbs up in my review because it makes the wierdos and degens reee.
@@minuteworld7027 I don't follow your logic there at all. Regardless I don't trust them to add anything good or unique to the game. If they were going to do that they would have done it prior to launch.
I thought you aren't making vid on this since you don't like open world survior crafting game. but after you realize how popular palworld blow up, coby goldstine strikes again. oye Edit. Nice Thumbnail😭😭😭
12:44 the reason why the paraglider is bad is because that's literally the worst one you can get, there are tons of other ones like pal special abilities or better ones you can craft.
The first glider is definitely slow and low quality, but there are upgrades and pals which drastically improve it. I'm level 30 and my glider pal is really fast and very useful.
@@Wizard_Lizard_ so explain how Pokemon scarlet and violet sold 10 million copies in 3 days... sales numbers meaning nothing. Also just to throw in another example of this Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 sold 6.5 million copies in its first 24 hours...
@@EmberwindTale Loyal diehard fanbases that will always purchase the next installment no matter what anyone says. Not to mention that many Pokémon fans purchase both versions of each game.
@@WhiteWolf126that's a real job pal. Just also happens to be a fun one too, now go find meaning in or life instead of telling ppl to.do unnecessary shit
AI is low quality compared to the top 30% of artists. However if you're a below average artist the AI can make something better than you in a hour than would take you a year of practice
i just have no idea if this game is organically being played this much or if it's some fake internet meme, like are people in real life actually playing this game? or is it just streamers and botted steam player count?
the thing is, "asset flip" "rip off" or not... why does an early access "unfinished" game feel WAY better than anything ive seen out of an triple A developer in YEARS, maybe even DECADES? This unfinished early access asset flip rip off of nintendo (not really) is the most compelling game ive played in a very long time, And i am hardcore into survival games, played the shit out of Ark, even played the shit out of Atlas, with all its problems. Even played the ultra hardcore Wurm online, where you really have to be into the headspace to enjoy the grindfest with 1990s graphics. and this game is better than all of those so far, and im not even playing multiplayer yet. I really hope the Palworld developers have a legal defense plan, and dont plan to just run away into hiding when the lawyers come knocking. This game needs to be defended because it took all the ideas of 15 different games and combined all the good ones to make something that is actually compelling for once.
I know you were probably using hyperbole with the first part, but if you werent, you havent played many AAA games. I agree with you though about the rest
@ZoomerStasi I didn't even know there was a new pokemon game and I own a switch. People are coping since an unknown tiny indie team is dunking hard on their favorite childhood franchise and developer. I'm 32h in, lvl 35/50 and there is no fatigue in sight.
Battlebit was getting the same hate when it released. It was literally prime battlefield with Lego skins and that game is growing too. People are tired of the lack of creativity from these companies that have no competition.
It forced DICE to make 2040 better, so credit due where its due. The problem is that connsoooommmers are like chipmunks. They have ADD like rodents. They have such a short attention span and impossible standards for such short attention spans. Its a nigh impossible task to sustainably keep something “the new hotness” with the modern audience. Palworld has the ball atm, but it will likely fade with time then people will go back to shitting on it like they do with everything in existence.
@@168original7did it really crash and burn? I myself stopped playing it after seeing how little vehicle gameplay there is and how even when 90 explosions are going on around you and people dying left to right it's still not immersive in the slightest. No voicelines, no "we are losing B", no motivational speeches, no destruction which really changes how a level is played, terrible explosions and terrible smoke...
@@kumpir6150Yup, crashed like a submarine. From some 40+k after release, to barely 4k or less now. It was interesting at start but the lack of reasonable updates and atrocious community management flopped it.
Its a good design actually. Not seeing the issue though, doesn't seem lewd to me. The lizard is gross but the cloud one seems like a perfectly normal design.
perpetually in early access? my brother have you heard of 7 days to die? whenever a game has passed 9 years in alpha then you can call it perpetually in early access
I am an original 150 fan, had all the cards, went to the first few movies in theater. Nintendo and Gamefreak have turned pokemon into a lazy cash grab for the last decade. Its gunna take more of these type games to bring the spirit of Pokemon back.
Even coming from one of those types of developers, it's amazing how with a little creativity, player freedom, and mixing some ingredients from various types of games, and using some colorful inspiration, you can really show how trashy the gaming industry is right now, some random developers kicking the ass of triple A studios is always good to see.
Yet again a refreshingly honest take in an ocean of polarized culture warriors, fanboys and shills. This is why I appreciate this channel existing at the end of the day. I understand people want to stick it to Game freak really badly and yeah, making fanboys seethe is funny but come on. This is undeniably an asset flip ark clone made by devs who are just as cynical and suspicious as you'd expect. Like Synth, I don't really expect the game to be finished either. It reminds me a bit of when people unironically bought that mediocre Harry Potter game just to contribute to making idiots on Xitter mad.
I like your reviews. Most "conservative" type dudes don't really have the vocabulary or intellectual chops to talk about these things at length... honestly a lot of them are complete tourists lol... but your takes are sensible and well-explained. As far as this game goes, it just reeks of generic gameslop lol. No interest in it when Rust and other such games exist. But it's still funny to see the rainbow-haired freaks lose their shit over it lmao, so I'm glad it found success either way.
Funny you mentioned SMT, I was playing this and there is in fact a fuse mechanic, the breeding system is that, if they are the same species the result is the same species, if they are different species the result is a completely different one, but being a survival crafting game it takes time, both to create and egg and to incubate unless you disable incubation time.
Palworld looks like an asset flip and hell probably is, but they managed to tie in the creature collection and survival mechanics in so well it's fun as hell
How many different pokemon are there? I think, at this point, it's difficult to do a fantasy animal design that doesn't have *some* correspondence with a few pokemon.
They did hit the mark on the art style of gamefreak. But as a huge pokemon fan. They did not copy and paste anything. These are original models, heavily inspired by pokemon designs. They look like they could be pokemon, and that was the point in their design i believe. They want it to feel familiar.
Whatever shortcomings it may have, the reason it is selling is because it is fun. I have never played a Pokémon game nor really played a sandbox survival game. But I have played a lot of Rimworld, and to me this is not "Pokemen with Guns", it is more like Rimworld with Pokémon. But I suspect after selling nearly 20 million copies in a month, Pocket Pair may not remain a small indie company for long. Hopefully they will keep their indie creativeness for a while and make the game better before becoming corporate shills. But the big influx of cash should give them the ability to move it out of perpetual early access and really develop some of the more immersive features they wanted to add.
like you said, this game is fun with friends, I'm amazed that this is all pokemon had to do, but they refused to give the fans what they wanted so another company just went and did it, and now they are reaping the profits. and the seething from nintendo fanboys itself makes the game purchase worth it, god I hate these people.
The ability to automate the most boring part of early access openworld survival crafting already puts it leagues ahead of them. I really hated resource runs at late game
The game looks terrible and like a low effort thing that exploits a similar IP, but in the end it just goes to show that Pokemon has become completely stagnant and unoriginal, and people will jump at anything that lets them do something different in that world (similar-ish world). It's crazy that after like 30 years of Pokemon games, there's no games where you get to physically ride around in the damn animals, use them as actual weapons, or frame the Pokemons as terrifying beasts of mass destruction, which they actually are tbh. It takes me back to some of the descriptions and background lore of the first Pokemon games, that slightly hinted at more savage and brutal things that happened in that setting, like wars and animal predation.
Some of you need to actually watch the video before commenting. I actually like the game, in spite of its flaws, but I'm still going to call a spade a spade.
I understand that most people hate Gamefreak/Nintendo for churning out soulless sequels so you praise Palworld for actually doing something different with the monster catching formula, but it's still an early access Ark clone from a company that hasn't even finished its last game. You have to still look at this game with a critical lens and not just pretend it's awesome to own the libs or whatever cringe take we're going with.
I remember when early access games were rightfully despised because most of the time, they were buggy pre-alpha shovelware that never gets finished. Palworld is better than most of those but it's so derivative and the monster designs are a mixed bag so I can't shill this game.
I hold nothing against those who enjoy this more than me. Gamefreak needs competition to incentivize innovating their tired formula but I guarantee Palworld will be forgotten unless the devs consistently update the game.
Edit: Yes, I missed the feed bag in the tech tree. That removes one of my minor problems with the game. Adjusting hunger/exp in world settings feels like cheating though. Like setting the game to easy mode.
streaming tonight?
First time you have made a coherent post, the game looks like dawnlands, open world zelda rip off i played on my phone, with the same level of jank and the mobile ish looking ui.
This game is an asset flip.
The correct take. Game is poke'slop. Looks like dogshit, the esthetics are all over the place and the pals look mad out of place with the world.
Game freak has been turning out such consistent garbage in the pokemon franchise that a slightly fresher piece of trash gets all this undeserved praise lol.
See you keep harping on about it being "Early access" but on the flip side, it doesn't FEEL like an early access game. This game has felt more complete in my opinion than most Triple A games. Do I need to point out cyberpunk? The game that was full released but played 10000x worse than this indie game? By that logic, any Live service game is still considered "Early access" since more stuff is being added to them. Is Baldur's gate 3 still an early access? Is Apex legends, or cyberpunk or Overwatch 2 or league of legends still early access? I've so far put 51 hours into it and I'm only level 32 and still discovering things. That's a lot more than I can say for most games nowadays.
to be fair you expect to much form people with a click baity title that makes it seem you really hate it. of course people with click on the video and go strait to leaving a comment ..even more with how heated the conversation is with this game
The funniest thing was a Naughty Dog developer getting angry that this game got more attention than the rerelease of the Last of Us Part II xD
Wait where was that? I need to laugh at this "person"
Maybe if they had included more golf clubs as weapon options 🏌️🐑
Who the fuck cares about a re-release of a game that isn't even THAT OLD seriously
@@Kromgar1337 it's literally 2 years old why tf does it need a remake
@@vorbo01💵💸🤑💸💵
A game made by amateurs for the cost of a ham sandwich being more popular than games made by hundreds of people with development and marketing budgets larger than the GDP of some countries is really, really funny. Whether Palworld is a fad or not it's put the fear of God in some Nintendo shills.
it will be a fad if the people behind the game itself doesn't capitalize off the hype at all, especially with the hype the big youtubers have been giving it in the first place.
Indie gaming has always been better than AAA slop since mid 2010s, the fact games like Gmod and Terraria are the highest rated games on steam says a lot.
Bro where do you live that a ham sandwich costs 25 bucks?!
@@vorbo01
Ham sandwhich: 10 bucks. Gas to drive to the ham sandwich: 5 bucks. Drink: 2-5 bucks depending on size. Tax: 5 bucks.
Look at Riot Games laying off 500 people, which is 10% of their staff in 2023, a company that started by making a clone of a game that started as a Warcraft 3 mod. Sure, they also made a shooter with similarities to a certain Blizzard shooter as well, but why the Hell did they ever need 5000 people to do those two things?
What this game offers for $30 is more than a lot of $70 games offer these days.
Generic 2017 survival mechanics with pokemon ripoffs? Bad base building and brainddead AI?
@@fenrifegads5571Common NPC comment copium? Yeah that's pretty sweet if you ask me.
Facts turtle.
THE ONLY ONE HERE WITH A BRAIN THAT IS SOUND.
Yeah, unless they can do major updates and major changes that improve upon than just being an Ark clone expect this game to be another fad. And don’t get me started on the character creation having no genders and only body types.
Okay, Nintendo bot. lol@@fenrifegads5571
The funniest part is watching AAA devs getting angry at this game, even some Naughty Dog devs are pissed at it. Guess spending 300mil on a crappy movie like game hated by everyone while a low budget Pokémon with guns game is being loved by so many people are making them go crazy jealous. lol
The best part was one of them saying "pEoPle dOn'T kNoW hOw hARd iT iS tO mAkE a GaMe" lmfaooooo that moment when pure gameplay fun beats the shit out of your movie game with mentally ill politics
I hate when they make that crappy excuse. Ya we do know it's hard but they also have a massive budget and tons of people working on the game and often it will still turn out to be shit. Meanwhile the indie dev will have 1 person or a small handful of people working on the game with a fraction of a big triple a budget make a better game. I mean it disgusts me that in a PR sense we now have these companies fighting against the consumer now and throwing shade at smaller more talented developers. Like take feedback/inspiration and make a better game.@@riverblack123
I really think that's what alot of the hype is about more then the actual game. I don't understand adults being into things like pokemon to begin with. For me I stopped playing around 7th grade in 2003.
@@riverblack123AAA game studios when people would rather play a game that’s fun rather than games that are 80% cutscenes or unfinished wallet opening simulators.
@@riverblack123 The whole "game development is hard, guys" excuse is so pathetic. As if that is a perfect excuse for all their BS practices and subpar experiences.
What I love most about this game is that it made Naughty Dog literally seethe because this stole all the attention from TLOU2 Remaster.
There's a Last of Us 2 remaster?
I barely remember that remaster thing....
It makes sense, a remaster like this is very minor but is considered huge news because they added a 10 dollar roguelike (or lite idfk) mode
The LEAST thing they coulda done is take use of their advanced rope physics to make stuff more interesting but nah, throw away all that effort on 2 minute puzzles in the main game
I still don't understand what the point of that remaster is. Even the first one didn't need one as you can just play the ps4 version
I don't think there was much attention to steal
it's always amazing to see the "we are for the workers" type of journos constantly shit on the small independent devs and jump at the defense of huge billionaire corpos. of course this is by design, it's just that a lot of people actually believe words over actions
Communism in a nutshell.
Marx never accounted for when his ideas would become the ruling class, the Bourgeoise, so it *always* fails when it takes power.
Seriously, even devs from big companies are going crazy jealous over this game, it really highlights how a bunch of clowns they truly are. Especially considering how their 300mil budgets are for nothing, who cares about Last of Us 2? lol
Like those articles writing about how workers of the world must unite that have Microsoft and Amazon ads between every paragraph.
Uh yeah. It’s a lot like how big titles are made with a focus on “Corpos evil” morals, when the titles themselves are made by evil corpos. I believe they call that an oxymoron. Though I wouldn’t go as far as to say Nintendo is the “Disney of video games”. At least they don’t try to push crazy immoralities onto children… yet anyway
the big companies give lots of ad money and tons of perks to get those good reviews. It's one of the reasons the media was so vicious against gamergate and did all they could to paint them as monsters. It's because the core narrative was true.
You eventually unlock a feed bag that you fill that will automatically feed you and pals when hunger hits.
Like ark survival evolved
he must not have noticed haha its in the skill tree idk how he did
You get infinite berries pretty early on too with the berry plantation.
Imagine going and dumping hours into making and editing a 19 minute video to review the game and you didn't even scratch past the very beginning of the game. Lmfao
It doesn't work well. I've seen my character use it, but he only ate one and I was half starved. I've never seen my Pals use it.
Actually alot of the pals are relevent once you go into work types.
Sometimes you might want a weaker mon that doesnt need to be fed as much in order to keep your base efficient.
The fact that stronger pals require more food, and also that different pals have different work attributes really means that even if a pal sucks at combat it still may hold utility in the workforce.
Its very refreshing because in pokemon a weak mon is a usless mon
With breeding, there's no such thing as a bad Pal. Literally lol you can get a Lamball, the weakest of the weak beginner level, first-thing-you-see Pal and breed the right traits onto it (may take a lot of different Pals and mixing/matching quiet a bit, but it's worth it) and it'll be whatever u want. Strong, fast, good defense, anything. I just bred a Jetragon with Legend, Divine Dragon, Ferocious and Musclehead which gave it the most attack it can get from traits alone. Then I wanted a fast one, so I bred one with Legend and Divine Dragon again, but also Swift and Runner which give it an extra 50% movement speed together. I have an Anubis that has been maxed out through condensing and the statue and has good traits which give it 514 Work Speed if you also turn up the pace to Moderate at the podium and feed it a Dumud food plate thing which boosts its work speed and also have the base boosters that boost kindling/cooling/mining etc. All that together and he has more work speed than 7 regular Anubis's (they come with 70) lmao. So yeah, for anyone reading this... make sure to breed. The game literally encourages it by rewarding you for collecting 10 of each type. When you're done with getting 10 of each, you can then use those to either condense or pick which ones to breed and pass on traits. They're useless without breeding unless you get extremely lucky and catch what you want with exactly what you want it to have.
Regarding attachment to your pals. Sure you can treat them like shit. But you can also customize them with skills and through breeding. Personally, I really get attached to the Pals I customize myself for exploring and traveling, also their ridiculous antics when something glitches out and their unique animations give them so much personality that I was really missing in the common Pokemon games.
Why would I want to treat them badly or over-work them? Happy pals are better workers. Give them hot tubs and yummy bonus-enhancing food. They love cotton-candy and you can farm that.
@@bjornskivids Treating something that's yours and which makes you a lot of money, items and materials while also protecting you, like shit is the dumbest idea. Some people out there treat their cars better than their own children. Just because you have the freedom to, doesn't mean you should or it's even a good idea to be an asshole.
It's hard to get attached to a specific one you caught (like your first pal) because their passive skill could be shit. They become condense material.
But I do have specific monster look that I like and want them to be on my team. I really like that scorpion and beetle one. They just look cool.
@@Xalantor2 things, first, did you misread the comment you responded to originally?
Second, the whole idea of a video game is you have choice without real life consequences, whether you want to be a cruel villain, virtuous assassin, hero, corrupt hero, or whatever you want to be, you can be it, even if that's not how you would act in real life. Which is why I think it's odd you're making the comparison to begin with, why?
My thoughts on gaming and specific content:
The whole thing devs should do is enable choice while keeping a balance of what's fair and what's fun. There is always a way to balance something into a game, but developers won't do it usually, because it requires work they don't want to do that branches into more work. The only exceptions to this I can think of are explicit visual acts like sex and sex related crimes and discrimination, gore and self harm, glorification of slavery and genocide, and depictions of realistic suicide. however that's just 18-21+ because at that point people should have a basis to know these things have no place in the real world or at the very least publicly.
Thoughts on palword:
Palword is at an odd spot because we use pals like farm animals and some pals have specific things and quirks they do that you could consider usable for chopping wood, or menial tasks, but you can make them into food when they get "old", some you keep for sentimental value or a unique benefit like a dog, cat, horse, or other pet. So, vegans would have a fit on the conceptualization of this, but it's also just hidden in Pokémon as opposed to openly shown in pal world.
I am personally attached to my incineram. He keeps me alive during the early-mid game and keeps by base functioning optimally. he always helps me out and is vicious like a German shepherd when protecting me. he is my fave lol
"Enslaving human beings and selling them is pretty awesome"
-Synthetic Man, 2024
truth
Based. 🗿
@@SchemingGoldberg >the name
>the reply
At this point, i'll take a win like that. And +1 point for making a huge lazy company mad. It's not a big step forward but it still is a step forward. There might be hope remaining boys.
Indeed. While I dislike the lack of originality in the creature designs in palworld, I hope the success of this game gets nintendo and gamefreak mad enough to finally get off their lazy rear ends and make a pokemon game that actually feels brand new for the upcoming nintendo console.
We can hope, but I highly doubt Palworld will stay in the spotlight long enough to make a difference. Guess we’ll just have to wait and see.
@@latenightphoenix well, it at least showed that people are really hungry for "better" games. 7 millions copy in a week is not easy to ignore
Another point for making the Pokemon neckbeards cry.
I'm having more fun with Palworld then I've had in years with Pokemon.
are you still feeling the same way
@@Regalman Yes.
What about now, a month later, 100% you've forgotten it exists by now lol
I like pokemon better than palworld
How about 5 months, is it still fun?
"B-but stolen assets. B-but muh AI generation!"
Don't care LMAO.
FACTS
"AI took our jerrrrbs" - says the "learn to code" crowd.
I couldn't have any less sympathy at this point.
Based
@@arsenelupin9697To be fair I'm an artist and I never said something like "learn to code". Even if you can't find a job the market is oversaturated with crappy programmers, so it's probably not a good idea, unless you really want to do this
Anyway, AI is a thing now and we just have to live with it. Trying to ban or regulate it is retatrded
you have to remember, crafttopia was called zelda with crafting. then a few years latter, actual zelda with crafting (tear of the kingdom) came out. now if this going to force gamefreak to do the same with pokemon, I would say this game is contributing tremendous value to the gaming industry
That would be the most hilarious way PocketPair could choose their development process.
Humorously, thats exactly how the CEO develops. He follows the trends, and what is popular then makes a derivative based on what he observes. Thus Palworld and Craftopia happened. Though Palworld seems to have hit the wave perfectly.
Concerns over the EA abandonware dread for craftopia is still real though. The reviews for that are mixed atm because fans for it are worried they are gonna get shafted.
Pretty sure craftopia had nothing to with that
@@shasha6337 we got no prove that it did, the same way we got no prove that it didnt.
Pokémon has crafting tho? I mean legends arceus implemented that. Gamefreak just needs to up their game as a whole, they have made billions, yet Scarlett and violet were EXTREMLY buggy and looked like crap on launch with bare minimum content. They should be pushing games like palworld and beyond at this point of their success…..
'Ate modern AAA gaming
'Ate early access
'Ate shovelware survival games
'Ate fanboys
'Ate virtue signaling
'Ate men in tiny hats ruining entertainment
simple as
The fact people think the pokemon company didn't steal designs from SMT and Dragon Quest is hilarious.
Pokemon stole their entire concept from Megami Tensei. They never even address why Pokemon can go into computers because then it would be blatantly obvious.
I saw a post on a meme site showing how much Pokemon blatantly ripped off other properties, and fanboys were LIVID that anyone would dare show that there's nothing new under the sun.
It's SOOOO funny I can't stop laughing
I can't really think of designs they stole from smt though. Smt has way better designs than pokemon overall and the games were better as well
@@brotbrotsen1100 The gameplay design, because SMT came out before pokemon.
The funny part about all of this is how Nintendo is in denial. I wish I could find the quote but their lawyer said something like "we're aware of it and it looks like one of the *dozens* of pokemon clones that come out every year."
It’s more or less GF/TPCi company not Nintendo. Nintendo only publishes the games, while GF makes them.
@ZoomerStasi
>Says something moderate
>Cope Nintendo Fanboy! LolOLOl
Yeah, keep crying
@@midnari Oh boy, more Nintencope.
@@midnari Just mute him, he’s not worth the time.
@ZoomerStasi
??? He's not wrong though, Gamefreak makes the games so it is "mostly" their fault (mostly because Nintendo and the Pokemon Company probably pressure them with 1-2 year deadlines but let's not act like this isn't the biggest media franchise in the world and they have the budget to make something which isn't slop in 2 years)
Cant believe you dropped this before your dragons dogma review
It'll be out when it's out.
@@Cohnway cuts to audience beating the shit outta linkara "dont-- don't give him his jacket"
I'll finish it before it's out. It just got a heavy discount on steam. It's a few bucks.
If you paid him a boatload of money he would make sure to release videos on your schedule. Since he works for advertising revenue, he’s going to manage his channel accordingly. Making something about this game right now is what he needed to do. Don’t like it? Pay.
@@Cohnway"it died on the vine"
Did you guys see the two Triple A devs shitting on this game on twitter saying it was made "with evil intent" because it was more liked than Tlou 2? Lmfao it's priceless
No way lol
What's more of a scam? A $30 game that actually gives you what it shows you, or a $100 game that gives you the opposite of what all the Reviewers tell you it's like?
Or did we forget that Starfield exists?
See, that's the one problem I have with Synth. He'll trash these AAA "games", rightfully so. Then, in the same breath, say Indie games are just slop. Most of the best games I've played in the last decade are nothing but indie. Enter the Gungeon, Rogue Legacy 1 and 2, Moonlighter, Loop Hero, Nova Drift, 30XX, Fight Knight (Highly recommend that one for you Punch Out fans) I could keep going. If Synth honestly believes that there's "no good indie" games, it's because he refuses to lower his own standards. Not because they're "slop".
If these knuckleheads got teleported to the 1990s they'd be calling Mortal Kombat a scam and " Street Fighter with blood"
@@WhiplashPuppetpretty sure he'll state there are a lot of good indies out there. But there's also a lot of them that are walking simulators about discovering you're bisexuality or some other inane premise out there too.
@@WhiplashPuppet In all fairness, most indie games ARE slop.
It's just that this isn't one of them. Keep in mind, the games you listed are just a few of the THOUSANDS that release every year. A fraction of a percent isn't exactly representative of the scene as a whole.
But yeah, fuck Synth though. He always shows himself to just be a contrarian who thinks he's above everything, even his own viewers. Had I realized this was one of his videos, I wouldn't have clicked on it.
@@WhiplashPuppetIndie games can be slop though, don't just accept that because it's made by a small team.
Lets be honest here this game has a lot of potential and it is a fun game
Honestly. It's not trying to be innovative, but thats fine. It fills its niche and for what it is, it's fun to play. And if im honest. I think it does the survival creature tamer better than ark. I hated having to sit around for three hours making sure my dino doesnt die or wake up or run out of food.
@@highc7812atleast this developer is actually trying unlike gamefreak and Nintendo
This is a game that Nintendo and gamefreak should've done years ago but they didn't bother to do anything different that's why palworld has so many players and it's selling well. This game is basically scratching that pokemon open world itch that players have wanted for years
@@Noodles1922Exactly, fans of pokemon wanted a game like this for years and they never got it because Nintendo are lazy
That's why palworld is selling very well and has millions of players
@@highc7812also it early access there's plenty of things they will fix and improve on.
As I said this game has so much potential to be a massive hit and maybe a franchise
Hopefully it doesn't suffer the same fate of most early access open world crafting games by being perpetually stuck in dev hell or straight abandoned.
I've enjoyed Palworld with some friends, but my biggest problem with it is how unpolished it is. Honestly it feels horrible to play some times, but it's an early access game so that's expected
Dont expect it to ever get better as these devs have shown in the past that they dont care about finishing games
It's very early access but there likely going to put a lot of work I this game
Definitely early access. Even on xbox its under "game preview" definitely not finished but i actually dig the game so far.
@@abbe9641craftopia
Those games were not nearly as popular as palworld, they are definitely gonna continue this if they want money@@abbe9641
It sold 6 million copies in 4 days during a recession? I'm not saying it didn't sell well, but 6 million? Seems a little high!
the price is right. its not $70!
@@fakiirification Some cheap morons are still complaining about the $30 price, though.
Things sell during a recession if they're priced fairly
8 million in 6 days as of now.
Recession?
People are wasting their money all the time lmfao?
They're preordering shit that isn't worth 1/3 of it's price.
Still better than Starfield
I actually like the simple type system. After the 6th gen, I got tired of keeping track of fairy vs dark vs ghost vs dragon vs water vs fire vs electric and etcetera.
True, that kind of stuff gets ridiculous. Breeding in pokemon is similar in some games. It's just, like, homework.
A complicated type system is only there to give turn based battles depth. It doesn't work that well in action games as everyone just defaults to the neutral jack of all trades type.
As a person who has completely memorised type matchups of pokemon and play competitive online battles daily, i would say that it is not much difficult thing to remeber that.
@@billjacobs521wouldn't it be more tiresome remembering what mons to breed to get desired one rather than having two mons of same egg group breed to lay the egg of the species of female pokemon
My problem with the pals designs has less to do with "stretching copyright" and more to do with the lack of creativity. I look at a lot of the Pals designs and think "Thats all you could think of?"
I mean, with the few people they have, it'd be easier to stay safe. Especially with each one having their own animations - which is great. I mean, theres only so much you can make with these types of creatures that hasnt been done already. It's simple and fun. I agree, tho. I hope they take the cash they've made and drop some more designs.
@Gnoma2345 I guess if you're making a monster collecter in 2024, you're bound to have derivative designs. Pokemon itself was derivative if Dragon Quest.
But yet again I've seen better Fakemon from fans that are more creative than a lot of the pals in this.
@@waffleman8053 You aren't wrong. He's right about the Dino plush thing.
All the designs in this 100% started with the main goal of "how do we make a pokemon?" Instead of "how do we make an interesting monster?"
The problem isn't that it copied from Pokemon, the issue is they ONLY copied from Pokemon, the correct way to "steal" for design is to look at multiple games/movies, and take different aspects to make something that can stand on its own
@@waffleman8053 Still more creativity than what big name companies shit out lmao. They can't make Fantasy without ripping off Tolkien, Can't make Sci-fi without ripping off Frank Herbert or George Lucas, can't dribble out political statements that ripoff Karl Marx etc. The absolute state of ESG "Capitalism"...
I like that you can automate mostly everything in base kind of like a factorio-lite
I’mma keep it 100. Palworld both sounds and looks like the type of game that someone would be playing in the background of a movie. Like, this does not look like the kind of game that would exist.
At this point im convinced were just a big truman show for the very elite of the elites or like some other species lmfao
Depresso chuggin the esspresso. He's just like me
It seems kinda weird to bounce between "This is not a Pokemon clone, its an Ark clone" and then criticizing the game for it's lack of Pokemon-esque mechanics like trainer battles and evolutions, but that's just my 2 cents.
Let's hope the devs don't pull a craftopia on this one and actually finish the game.
Great video!
But stuff like that is cool when u collect monsters. I think it's a valid criticism. They're obviously ripping off designs from Pokemon. At least try to add on stuff that made pokemon games want you to keep playing with certain pokemon u collected, such as seeing them evolve over time and have different designs.
With how much money they made here they might go back to Craftopia. Or perhaps this is a repurposed Craftopia.
@@darken2417 I think craftopia was just a tech demo for palworld. The mechanics and look are very similar.
@@panzershreck8077But why would they do that if they didn't try to copy Pokemon fully? That doesn't make any sense imo
Yeah, this felt like the most irrational and lackluster game review I have ever watched. It was like listening to a friend rant about why he doesn't like a game, not someone that supposedly does this for a living.
The issue with the hunger mechanic is mitigated by the food bag items you can unlock in the tech tree. Basically it lets you put food into a food slot on your inventory, then once you or one of your pals get hungry, it automatically eats the food. I haven't had to worry about me or my pals' hunger in a while. I ran out of food at one point, and had to put more food into the bag, but that was it. The AI accusations are unfounded. For one thing, the first trailer for this game released in 2021, before the AI boom, and secondly, according to Steam's TOS, you have to say whether AI was used in the creation of your game's assets, and Palworld has no disclaimer on Steam. You also level up a lot faster from catching pals in general, not just counting the exp bonus you get from catching 10 of the same kind. You can also technically catch humans at any time.
are you michael rivera?
Pokémon has over 1000 designs. How is anyone suppose to make something cute or unique that isn’t similar to a current Pokemon design?
You don't understand ; once Pokemon has made a monster inspired by a dragon or a mystic fox, nobody else is ever allowed to. /s
I'm so glad "slop" is catching on in the mainstream. No word is more apt at describing the modern entertainment industry.
More like Goyslop
If anyone was wondering, the only bugs I've experienced are regarding pal pathing in the base. They get stuck sometimes. Just have to put em in the PC and pull them out. Outside of that, it's pretty freaking smooth.
I've had issues with pal's being able to access facilities, like having the feed box on a corner of a foundation being completely inaccessable to Drilltoise's. The pathfinding needs immense improvement, but also the collision of the game, it wasn't uncommon for Pals/humans to just fall through the world or clip into walls. Great game, glad it came out
@amateurishauthor2202 Oh yeah. Pathfinding, in general, is what I was saying. Report it all. It's annoying, but for a newly released early access game that's not bad.
I got shot by a boss while at 1hp and that sent me through all terrain to the literal edge of the map. There are issues with this game for sure, but unless you lose a lucky Pal 'cause it glitched through a wall most bugs seem harmless.
I don't think It was 6 Million copies synth...
Like 200,000 at best
Theres no way a few little storefronts could sell so many games
No let him have this, his reactin will be golden later😂
@@anthonylancer it's #1 on steamcharts, 952k players right now, peak 2 mil
note that those are only the people who have their game activity public and were playing at the same time
its 7 mil
Palworld really lives up to the promise of those inflammatory PETA pokemon spoof game ads from the early 2000s.
Pretty decent slop i would say. I'm currently addicted to it but if the devs don't finish it then I'll eventually grow bored of it real soon.
They seem to have caught on to the fact that this got seriously popular and hopefully have a fire lit under their butts to fix it. This is their lucky break.
@@B.L.S.why would they do that? It's loved by all of you in the state it's in
@@shogunpug4071
Well they are still updating Craftopia, even though people say it's abandoned. They actually released another update for it 3 days after this game released, followed immediately by a hotfix to stop pals from getting stuck so much in base and the jank from them trying to pick up and juggle items.
I see these devs doing things slowly. (Very slowly, but still)
And if or when it ever gets actually finished, i applaud them.
100% this person and the 58 likes aren't even playing any more
The amount absolutist mouthbreathers that cannot accept any criticism in a overall POSITIVE video is just astounding.
About the hunger. you can actually turn it off in the world (save) rules. Increase exp multiplier. etc. in the game menu itself.
Edit: Also they dropped road map and it says they gonna work on AI, hopefully earlier than later.
Yeah, adjusting your world settings is also a part of playing ARK which is default balanced for multiplayer
They're gonna (rightfully) focus on fixing glitches.
Huh, that actually makes me kind of interested. I'm much busier than I used to be and a lot of games just expect too much of my time for me to give it to them; time is much more important to me than money now.
@@nigeltheoutlaw I feel you, for some reason game devs thing giving you less options and freedom is better? Dunno, but I like making my own rules.
@@nigeltheoutlaw No, you're not. You're an adult. Make time to game. There is no excuse for crappy time management.
My guy Synthetic Mans ability to cause pure rage by simply giving a basic opinion that doesn't cow tow itself to any current hivemind consensus on the internet continues to impress me.
He gives the shitiest opinion and wonders why people get mad.
@@SuperHornetA51 Most of you who say this would be happier if he didn't give you any opinions outside of the prechewed consensus. If you want that go watch Gmanlives or one of the many other reviewers who make videos where they take 2 hours to say barely anything meaningful or quantitative about a game to avoid backlash from the lowest common denominator
@@jebreggie4225 Everyone who isn't a Pokemon Zealot is loving this game.
@@SuperHornetA51 Yeah I know, because though he never said he doesn't enjoy the game some people are mad at him because he called it an average early access game survival game with mons on top which isn't in the set of memes that people propagate on twitter about this game just yet so their brains cant process it.
@@jebreggie4225 Then he hasn't played many early access games. They're all super janky when they come out, with little to no content.
This has over 100 hours of content, runs flawlessly, looks gorgeous, tons of QOL features. Doesn't crash, easy to play with friends. customizable difficulty.
Things many AAA games lack these days.
Whoa whoa! Hold up now. Six million? Don't you think that number might be a bit inflat- What? Game sales? Oh, I see. Carry on then.
I was in the middle of watching the Suicide Slop review then he removed it. Please bring it back!
ppl complaining about these models are TWITTERS PROBLEM, not mine the game is fun and i enjoy it. despite being early access it exceeded popular games with thousands of players. This goes to show what a real pokemon game could be .
No idea why your calling it a scam. I'm guessing that's for views anyway nice video
I think what brings it above your average survival crafting game is being able to create your own automated base with your pals working.
And I find the exploration a lot of fun. The team based battles with your 5 pals is different as well. Even the system of elemental weaknesses and strengths add something to the battles.
exploring is fun. in fact ive roam around the map for more than 4hrs and still looking for a place to put my base on LOL
I’m so happy angry Joe helped me find your channel, subscribed.
whered he mention synth?
did he complain abt synth on twitter?
I mean there's no evidence everyone will forget about this game in a month it could very well keep going strong for a while.
Hahahahahahahaha
Well the devs made a huge load of money so that increases the likelihood that it will get big content and stay relevant.
Like its sales are astronomical. Expect it to start putting out ads on tv.
They may even return to their other game and finish it with that cash.
@@ViralC1yeah…. So funny 😑
Biggest surprise of the video is that you have friends
This comment is mean and just full of hate. It's so out of touch that I shouldn't have laughed about it
@@lucazani2730 I'm so sorry!
6 million? Are you sure? That number seems awfully high.
More than that by now.
@@SuperHornetA51 every time I check the number just keeps increasing. Crazy.
271k at most, records and archives dont add up otherwise
Ohhh, yea.
You can capture humans with pal balls.
WTF Synth where the Troon Squad review go??
(((RUclips))) probably seething over something he called out. Hopefully he fixes it
He mentioned in the community tab that while rendering Adobe Premiere corrupted the last 15 mins of it, he is trying to get it uploaded by end of day but no promises.
@@ezzahhh yeah I know this comment was made after 1 minute of the video deletion
@@ElClaudioBasadoYeah fair enough mate. Just thought to give the word out in case ppl didn't know why it was taken down.
Mostly in response to the speculation that RUclips took it down when it was just a problem with the encoding that won't take long to fix.
Steam requires a company to divulge any use of AI on the store.
If that's the case, then games that adhere to ESG guidelines should also be required to display this fact......
The AI accusation is entirely because the dev doesnt hate AI. Not only was AI not really a public thing when this game started development, the lead Pal designer used to make Fakemons for fun, and used some of their favorite old work for the game
That shouldn't matter anyway. If a game is good then it doesn't matter how it got itself to be good.
Why? If the game is fun, why would I care?
@@darken2417 No, you don't understand:
The plebs cannot be allowed to have the tools to make their own products, without involving and paying the current establishment.
This video is a lot to swallow. Sits wrong with me deep down my throat.
You're crazy, this video is great. Literally had me gagging for more.
I had to lean back and catch my breath to stomach more
Get your mind out of the koshgutter son. It's goyslop for your brain.
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UOOOOOOH THUMBNAIL EROTIC UOOOHHH 😭😭💢💢👺
I'm shocked that the media isn't trying to pull the usual "pedobait" argument.
lightning brat in need of correction 💢💢
It's an ultimately mid game. Pisspoor building mechanics. Braind-dead combat.
It's just an ARK reskin, and as far as survival games go ark is pretty shite.
However, I gave it a thumbs up in my review because it makes the wierdos and degens reee.
With how much money this made, it will probably get a lot of content updates in the coming months and years
@@minuteworld7027 I don't follow your logic there at all.
Regardless I don't trust them to add anything good or unique to the game. If they were going to do that they would have done it prior to launch.
@@fenrifegads5571logic is they made 6 million in a week, they will most likely be quick to add content
@ZoomerStasi "IF YOU DISAGREE WITH ME YOU LOVE NINTEENDO!!!!11one!"
Fuck off, kid.
@@minuteworld7027 I don't follow that logic. That's not logic. That's wishful thinking.
I thought you aren't making vid on this since you don't like open world survior crafting game. but after you realize how popular palworld blow up, coby goldstine strikes again. oye
Edit. Nice Thumbnail😭😭😭
Seems his friends got him to play it.
Is it jank? Yeah. Is it fun for what it is? Yeah, and it has potential if the devs actually put more work into it.
Why would they? The game has already made its money. Plus this developer has already shown they dont care about finishing games
@@alexhardy373well I mean the roadmap they just released looks pretty good
@@NehejjeHcchhtheir past works are unfinished
@@NehejjeHcchhHalo Infinite has roadmaps too lmao
@@alexhardy373hows craftopia going?
12:44 the reason why the paraglider is bad is because that's literally the worst one you can get, there are tons of other ones like pal special abilities or better ones you can craft.
The first glider is definitely slow and low quality, but there are upgrades and pals which drastically improve it. I'm level 30 and my glider pal is really fast and very useful.
Flavour of the month, early access slop that people will forget about in a month. Easiest pass of my life.
Right, that's why we're in mid June and people are still playing and talking about it
People in comments are mad for calling sloppy game a slop, lmao.
"Nintendo is the Disney of video games" is the realest shit I've heard in recent memory. Good Lord.
All the /v/ shills are going wild over this game
I'm sad...this and a few others feel like the only 'RUclips' left before the cleansing...
6 million copies in 5 days?!?!?!?
It's crazy what a game being genuinely good and selling for a good price will do.
@@Wizard_Lizard_ so explain how Pokemon scarlet and violet sold 10 million copies in 3 days... sales numbers meaning nothing.
Also just to throw in another example of this Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 sold 6.5 million copies in its first 24 hours...
It was more like 100k. Don't believe the grabblers lies!
@@EmberwindTale Loyal diehard fanbases that will always purchase the next installment no matter what anyone says. Not to mention that many Pokémon fans purchase both versions of each game.
@@EmberwindTale I agree with you, but keep in mind the marketing budget AAA publishers have
as an artist i like how the use of AI started to be associated with a low quality
get a real job
@@WhiteWolf126that's a real job pal. Just also happens to be a fun one too, now go find meaning in or life instead of telling ppl to.do unnecessary shit
@@WhiteWolf126 like a business consultant or a stock trader?
@@suscrow661 it's a good job if you want to be replaced by ai
AI is low quality compared to the top 30% of artists. However if you're a below average artist the AI can make something better than you in a hour than would take you a year of practice
i just have no idea if this game is organically being played this much or if it's some fake internet meme, like are people in real life actually playing this game? or is it just streamers and botted steam player count?
the thing is, "asset flip" "rip off" or not... why does an early access "unfinished" game feel WAY better than anything ive seen out of an triple A developer in YEARS, maybe even DECADES? This unfinished early access asset flip rip off of nintendo (not really) is the most compelling game ive played in a very long time, And i am hardcore into survival games, played the shit out of Ark, even played the shit out of Atlas, with all its problems. Even played the ultra hardcore Wurm online, where you really have to be into the headspace to enjoy the grindfest with 1990s graphics. and this game is better than all of those so far, and im not even playing multiplayer yet.
I really hope the Palworld developers have a legal defense plan, and dont plan to just run away into hiding when the lawyers come knocking. This game needs to be defended because it took all the ideas of 15 different games and combined all the good ones to make something that is actually compelling for once.
I know you were probably using hyperbole with the first part, but if you werent, you havent played many AAA games. I agree with you though about the rest
Another Among Us kinda contagious event, spread by streamers/youtubers or "whatevers". It will be forget in a couple of weeks.
@ZoomerStasi this game is 100% going to be forgotten soon. it happens with every modern game now
@ZoomerStasi Sure... If I am making a mistake, its fine... It wont change my life... But if I am right, I am sure, you will delete your post.
@ZoomerStasi Your delusional if you think this mediocre slop is gonna be talked about in a week.
@ZoomerStasi I didn't even know there was a new pokemon game and I own a switch. People are coping since an unknown tiny indie team is dunking hard on their favorite childhood franchise and developer. I'm 32h in, lvl 35/50 and there is no fatigue in sight.
@ZoomerStasi Millions also played pokemon? so... dogshit argument there bud.
Battlebit was getting the same hate when it released. It was literally prime battlefield with Lego skins and that game is growing too. People are tired of the lack of creativity from these companies that have no competition.
Battlebit crashed and burned though, they weren't able to retain their playerbase. At least they got the bag though
It forced DICE to make 2040 better, so credit due where its due.
The problem is that connsoooommmers are like chipmunks. They have ADD like rodents. They have such a short attention span and impossible standards for such short attention spans. Its a nigh impossible task to sustainably keep something “the new hotness” with the modern audience. Palworld has the ball atm, but it will likely fade with time then people will go back to shitting on it like they do with everything in existence.
@@168original7did it really crash and burn? I myself stopped playing it after seeing how little vehicle gameplay there is and how even when 90 explosions are going on around you and people dying left to right it's still not immersive in the slightest. No voicelines, no "we are losing B", no motivational speeches, no destruction which really changes how a level is played, terrible explosions and terrible smoke...
@@kumpir6150Yup, crashed like a submarine. From some 40+k after release, to barely 4k or less now. It was interesting at start but the lack of reasonable updates and atrocious community management flopped it.
@@kumpir6150 battlebit def one of the most overrated games. Roblox phantom forces is more enjoyable and has a better grind.....
I love your non mealy-mouthed approach, Dawg. Respect & thanks for the upload!
You're right about Dizzma looking like a loli in a cloud and that's why I like it
Its a good design actually.
Not seeing the issue though, doesn't seem lewd to me.
The lizard is gross but the cloud one seems like a perfectly normal design.
@@darken2417 agreed, I found it to be cute
@@darken2417as Synth said lizard looks like a caricature of something sexual, not actually sexy.
perpetually in early access? my brother have you heard of 7 days to die?
whenever a game has passed 9 years in alpha then you can call it perpetually in early access
I am an original 150 fan, had all the cards, went to the first few movies in theater. Nintendo and Gamefreak have turned pokemon into a lazy cash grab for the last decade. Its gunna take more of these type games to bring the spirit of Pokemon back.
Even coming from one of those types of developers, it's amazing how with a little creativity, player freedom, and mixing some ingredients from various types of games, and using some colorful inspiration, you can really show how trashy the gaming industry is right now, some random developers kicking the ass of triple A studios is always good to see.
Funny how things turn out when the goal is "let's make a fun game".
Yet again a refreshingly honest take in an ocean of polarized culture warriors, fanboys and shills. This is why I appreciate this channel existing at the end of the day.
I understand people want to stick it to Game freak really badly and yeah, making fanboys seethe is funny but come on. This is undeniably an asset flip ark clone made by devs who are just as cynical and suspicious as you'd expect. Like Synth, I don't really expect the game to be finished either.
It reminds me a bit of when people unironically bought that mediocre Harry Potter game just to contribute to making idiots on Xitter mad.
Putting Pokemon music in the background of this video (I assume to piss off Nintendo fanboys) is one of the reasons I love SyntheticMan
I like your reviews. Most "conservative" type dudes don't really have the vocabulary or intellectual chops to talk about these things at length... honestly a lot of them are complete tourists lol... but your takes are sensible and well-explained.
As far as this game goes, it just reeks of generic gameslop lol. No interest in it when Rust and other such games exist. But it's still funny to see the rainbow-haired freaks lose their shit over it lmao, so I'm glad it found success either way.
The game is boring as hell but the Dazzi r34 is kinda fire, at least
Funny you mentioned SMT, I was playing this and there is in fact a fuse mechanic, the breeding system is that, if they are the same species the result is the same species, if they are different species the result is a completely different one, but being a survival crafting game it takes time, both to create and egg and to incubate unless you disable incubation time.
I just want to acknowledge that human head height is roughly equal to Lovander pelvis height. Thank you for reading this comment.
People need to keep calling out the "forever early access" devs
I fail to see how this game is any less generic or mediocre than 99% of AAA.
There's an automated feed bag you can get that automates the feeding process trvializing the mechanic 😊
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Palworld looks like an asset flip and hell probably is, but they managed to tie in the creature collection and survival mechanics in so well it's fun as hell
I'm glad you reviewed this. Too many people who hate Pokemon & are shilling this are making it difficult to see if it's actually good. Thanks, Synth 😊
With progression, you can just adjust the XP amount in the world settings. Bump it up to 1.5-2x and you’re good to go
How far do you have to progress to be able to change the XP amount?
@@deviantarsenal you can do it at any time
@@deviantarsenalanytime before booting the world you can change all that stuff
@@marcoasturias8520 appreciate the info
@@igorlukyan206 thanks man
Better optimized than most games that came out recently. It’s fun and has a good grind I say it’s pretty nice for the price and content
Synthman you are a chad. Stay safe and don't stop what you do. Big fan right here
How many different pokemon are there? I think, at this point, it's difficult to do a fantasy animal design that doesn't have *some* correspondence with a few pokemon.
Coomer bait is always seen as based with most modern games nowadays, but it’s still degenerate.
Better than all the puritan censorship from the woke left.
They did hit the mark on the art style of gamefreak. But as a huge pokemon fan. They did not copy and paste anything. These are original models, heavily inspired by pokemon designs. They look like they could be pokemon, and that was the point in their design i believe. They want it to feel familiar.
Whatever shortcomings it may have, the reason it is selling is because it is fun. I have never played a Pokémon game nor really played a sandbox survival game. But I have played a lot of Rimworld, and to me this is not "Pokemen with Guns", it is more like Rimworld with Pokémon. But I suspect after selling nearly 20 million copies in a month, Pocket Pair may not remain a small indie company for long. Hopefully they will keep their indie creativeness for a while and make the game better before becoming corporate shills. But the big influx of cash should give them the ability to move it out of perpetual early access and really develop some of the more immersive features they wanted to add.
I believe in Relaxaurus supremacy
These names sound like they were made by children.
@@fastenedcarrot9570 Need I remind you that there's a Pokemon that's a literal *Vanilla fucking ice cream cone?*
@@R3TURNZ3R0 So?
@@fastenedcarrot9570 I don't remember asking.
@@fastenedcarrot9570 So, how is that not child level creativity?
like you said, this game is fun with friends, I'm amazed that this is all pokemon had to do, but they refused to give the fans what they wanted so another company just went and did it, and now they are reaping the profits.
and the seething from nintendo fanboys itself makes the game purchase worth it, god I hate these people.
You know we're in deep shit when some early access goyslop that's even slightly fun is being looked at as some revolutionary game.
The ability to automate the most boring part of early access openworld survival crafting already puts it leagues ahead of them. I really hated resource runs at late game
The game looks terrible and like a low effort thing that exploits a similar IP, but in the end it just goes to show that Pokemon has become completely stagnant and unoriginal, and people will jump at anything that lets them do something different in that world (similar-ish world). It's crazy that after like 30 years of Pokemon games, there's no games where you get to physically ride around in the damn animals, use them as actual weapons, or frame the Pokemons as terrifying beasts of mass destruction, which they actually are tbh. It takes me back to some of the descriptions and background lore of the first Pokemon games, that slightly hinted at more savage and brutal things that happened in that setting, like wars and animal predation.
If you like graphics, go play The Last of Us 2.
You putting Depresso on the banner this year?