Great coverage and review of where the game shines and where the game could use a little more polish. It helps set appropriate expectations. Looks like a lot of fun, so I am looking forward to playing myself.
It definitely needs work. It feels like a really amazing alpha, and a decent beta. But as a beta that's moving into an open sort of 'soft launch', it's lacking. Even simple stuff like not being able to delete a character, or no facial hair for characters (it's coming as 'a feature' in the future), on top of a very predatory costume shop. It's definitely not perfect.
2 tips: If you have a quest to turn in to an npc, you can still do that, even if they're sleeping. Just go to their door and they'll still talk to you :) You can also go to the horseshoe icons on the map, and fast travel through the signs there for a fee.
Best thing about having a farm and getting up early (in the US, Pacific NW) -- being able to make it to your stream for the free code in the morning! This looks like SO much fun.
Thanks for the breakdown of Palia basics and preview of the beautiful world. It's going to be a painful max FOMO like wait until I can play on the Switch, but at least watching the play throughs will help me get ready to jump right in☺
I love that its 25 people per server 'cause i always feel overwhelmed and stupid whenever im surrounded with thousands of people in a mmo 😭! Especially when I have the n00b clothes on and 100+ people have level 97 battle armour xD
Love your detailed and thoughtful reviews. I’m planning to try Palia this weekend, so I’m glad it seems that so many people are loving this game so far.
The mechanics almost kind of remind me of my time at sandrock especially about like the pulling out of the chest of like items and stuff and how the chest are like interlinked and stuff. And I really adore my time at sandrock
Super thorough first review Eeowna!!! I am so excited to check this game out and to see how it continues to progress. It’s INCREDIBLE that it’s free!!😊
I started playing today and I gotta say one of my favorite things so far is how the NPCs move around the map so when you pick up a question where you put it in it’s gonna be different because NPC is constantly moving
Love your videos and Twitch streams!! I was lucky enough to get aloha/beta access, too. I cant wait to play more. I was unlucky to be part of the server crashes. Lol!! Great video!
Looks like a slow, grinding and fun game. My type of game with no combat. Besides the storyline line, I can give my character a story as well. I know there is micro transactions for cosmetics for items and clothing so for my character to progress through the game she will slowly go from normal clothes to magnificent.
I think it was this video (I've watched several in the past day), where you said fast travel was essentially back to your house. What about the boards at stables, where you can fast travel around the map, for gold?
From what I have seen and done so far is when you fast travel it is free every 17 minutes or 18 and if you use the boards you can spend 17 coins to travel back home. It is more money to travel to locations but you would just mostly use for home. This could be different and could be less if closer to home. It is not hard to make money to be able to fast travel since it is such a small amout and you do not have to use your own money. I was invited to closed Beta this past week since I just learned about it last week and started playing yesterday and have not slept yet to catch up before open beta. I am a professional gamer so it is easy to make money in this game compare to most games and super chilled. I customized my controller to play in game as well. Just so you know I am 39 and I have been playing games since Atari and when Nintendo came out in the 80's and I was one of the only girls playing back then.
I was back and forth on the premium shop for the first bit of playing the game. I think spending $20 on a skin was a bit much, until i thought about how you have 3 color variants of that skin. 3 skins for $20 didn't seem so bad to me at that point, when in a BR a single cosmetic skin can run $10. I feel like the prices are still a biiiiiiiittttt high, but when adding the color variants to the thought it made some more sense because they all had as much detail!!
Thanks for this well-detailed description of the game. Now I’m interested. Will I be able to play this on my Mac? Or I’ll have to wait for it to come to switch?
I've been curious about this game, but not quite enough to be decided on trying the beta, so I really appreciate your video discussing the various aspects of it! I can already see the room for expansion, which is great for the future.
You really should. Create your account and play the open beta that starts next week. S6 has already said that there will be no server wipe and this is literally early start if you play.
Your videos are so I depth thank you!! I honestly can’t wait to play this, I don’t get much time to play games having very young kids so just to be able to play this with people would be so lovely, 😊
Great little video Eeo, lovely voice and very easy to watch. Have been looking into starting the game myself and this has given me alot more info thankyou 🙂
I've never been so excited for a game (apart from the remake of fantasy life), funnily enough the tree heal mechanic is something that appeared in FL in form of crystals and other high level items. I'm so ready to dip into this!
I hope to keep their finances in the green they introduce additional aesthetic, but not game changing, products. Pets and pet items for example. This game looks so good!
@2:58- *Squints at the 2 other players* Hmmm, I recognize those names. *Looks them up* Yeah one does AC videos lol. I am glad the game doesn't punish you if you don't always play the game. That's a huge relief. I will be waiting for the Nintendo release because my PC would probably not be able to handle an mmo. Heck I can't tell you how many times I've crashed playing "Golf with Friends".
Can't wait for release 😭🥺 farming, crafting, home building....with a community.....it's sad when it shows what we all want in our reality 😭 at least we have cozy escapes!
Really looking forward to this coming in switch ❤ loving the idea of multiple quests and different ways to do them😊 looking forward having a go at everything and having others to play with 😊
Aaahh I'm jealous lol I was hoping to play it too.... I was trying to do early access I'm never lucky enough to get into it 😩😅 I'm actually pretty excited for this game but every time I get excited for a game at the let down.... But it really does seem like it's going to be good
I am so excited for this game. It has all the things I felt Disney Dreamlight was missing and all the things I was addicted to in the game ti begin with.
I'm soooo excited for this game!! I will try to play this on my old laptop because i just wanna play this asap 😅 I'm weak when it comes to cosmetic items so i really love how you have to go to a store in the game, instead of logging in and being greeted with tons of ads to buy this and to buy that, because i will 😂
That building upgrade time of 8 hours doesn't look good.. That screams mobile game where you pay to skip the time, if it isn't already in it will be at some point.
Yeah I know I cut it out because it felt super confusing. Plus that mechanic seems to almost exclusively be to keep us within bounds and not to be an actual stamina thing
It's unplayable for those of us who get motion sickness from video games. They could fix it if they didn't force the screen to move every time I moved my mouse, and they did make it an option in beta, but took it away for some stupid reason.
Any idea when this comes out on the switch? Wondering how chat will work? What time will you be live tomorrow?? This looks a lot like world of warcraft looks wise! It looks great!!
Everything looks lovely, but $25 for an outfit? Two of those would be a full game. Four is a #100. I think it'd be better for the devs if they priced it around $10 per outfit at most...
Full disclosure I didn’t realise till today when I could buy them you do get 3 colours to wear them with, although these were the most expensive, there’s some for less than $10
I'm live on twitch right now, and here's my discord: discord.gg/b3YfWMS
Feel free to add me as a friend in game... same name! I'll gladly help farm "Magic" trees.
They gotta make money somehow so I don't mind the premium store. Servers and development is expensive.
Forgot, you can click on the billboards and pay to fast travel, not just the home teleport.
Great coverage and review of where the game shines and where the game could use a little more polish. It helps set appropriate expectations. Looks like a lot of fun, so I am looking forward to playing myself.
It definitely needs work. It feels like a really amazing alpha, and a decent beta. But as a beta that's moving into an open sort of 'soft launch', it's lacking. Even simple stuff like not being able to delete a character, or no facial hair for characters (it's coming as 'a feature' in the future), on top of a very predatory costume shop. It's definitely not perfect.
2 tips: If you have a quest to turn in to an npc, you can still do that, even if they're sleeping. Just go to their door and they'll still talk to you :) You can also go to the horseshoe icons on the map, and fast travel through the signs there for a fee.
Thank you
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Agreed!
I love quest-based games. I’m always looking for more. . .
Ditto
😂 I don’t usually think I’ll enjoy playing farming sims, but if you guys are representative of the community then perhaps I would
Best thing about having a farm and getting up early (in the US, Pacific NW) -- being able to make it to your stream for the free code in the morning! This looks like SO much fun.
Living through your gameplay until it comes to switch. Loving the videos and streams!
Thanks for the breakdown of Palia basics and preview of the beautiful world. It's going to be a painful max FOMO like wait until I can play on the Switch, but at least watching the play throughs will help me get ready to jump right in☺
Same
It looks gorgeous! I am looking forward to getting to check this out. Great video, as usual. Glad you are part of the partner program!
I love that its 25 people per server 'cause i always feel overwhelmed and stupid whenever im surrounded with thousands of people in a mmo 😭! Especially when I have the n00b clothes on and 100+ people have level 97 battle armour xD
Love your detailed and thoughtful reviews. I’m planning to try Palia this weekend, so I’m glad it seems that so many people are loving this game so far.
The mechanics almost kind of remind me of my time at sandrock especially about like the pulling out of the chest of like items and stuff and how the chest are like interlinked and stuff.
And I really adore my time at sandrock
Super thorough first review Eeowna!!! I am so excited to check this game out and to see how it continues to progress. It’s INCREDIBLE that it’s free!!😊
I started playing today and I gotta say one of my favorite things so far is how the NPCs move around the map so when you pick up a question where you put it in it’s gonna be different because NPC is constantly moving
Fantastic video, PP ;) I really enjoy your scripting style. Had Palia not already had its hooks on me, they would after this! 😊
I like the change in stamina focus for a farming game! Can't wait for the Switch release!
Your videos literally make my day and got me back into gaming. I can’t wait to play this!!!
I SEE MYSELF!! 2:54 hahahaha - great video, Eeowna!!
LMAOOOOO
I can’t wait until it’s available on switch! For now I’ll live vicariously through you 🥰
You are an Angel. This is the most thorough video and I’m definitely excited for this game now!
Love your videos and Twitch streams!! I was lucky enough to get aloha/beta access, too. I cant wait to play more. I was unlucky to be part of the server crashes. Lol!! Great video!
Great video, glad you were able to get in a little early and give us some of this information in a condensed video.
Looks like a slow, grinding and fun game. My type of game with no combat. Besides the storyline line, I can give my character a story as well. I know there is micro transactions for cosmetics for items and clothing so for my character to progress through the game she will slowly go from normal clothes to magnificent.
I think it was this video (I've watched several in the past day), where you said fast travel was essentially back to your house. What about the boards at stables, where you can fast travel around the map, for gold?
Dw I know about those! I was just broke hahaha
From what I have seen and done so far is when you fast travel it is free every 17 minutes or 18 and if you use the boards you can spend 17 coins to travel back home. It is more money to travel to locations but you would just mostly use for home. This could be different and could be less if closer to home. It is not hard to make money to be able to fast travel since it is such a small amout and you do not have to use your own money. I was invited to closed Beta this past week since I just learned about it last week and started playing yesterday and have not slept yet to catch up before open beta. I am a professional gamer so it is easy to make money in this game compare to most games and super chilled. I customized my controller to play in game as well. Just so you know I am 39 and I have been playing games since Atari and when Nintendo came out in the 80's and I was one of the only girls playing back then.
I was back and forth on the premium shop for the first bit of playing the game. I think spending $20 on a skin was a bit much, until i thought about how you have 3 color variants of that skin. 3 skins for $20 didn't seem so bad to me at that point, when in a BR a single cosmetic skin can run $10. I feel like the prices are still a biiiiiiiittttt high, but when adding the color variants to the thought it made some more sense because they all had as much detail!!
use me as "we need pets in palia button"
LMAOOOO
So excited!! Watching this and you at the same time.
This sounds like a farming sim that finally isn’t stressful and can be relaxing and enjoyable instead. I’m sold.
Thanks for this well-detailed description of the game. Now I’m interested. Will I be able to play this on my Mac? Or I’ll have to wait for it to come to switch?
I've been curious about this game, but not quite enough to be decided on trying the beta, so I really appreciate your video discussing the various aspects of it! I can already see the room for expansion, which is great for the future.
You really should. Create your account and play the open beta that starts next week. S6 has already said that there will be no server wipe and this is literally early start if you play.
I love the idea that we’re the ancient race! I guess it won’t be online unless you have a Nintendo online membership.
Your videos are so I depth thank you!! I honestly can’t wait to play this, I don’t get much time to play games having very young kids so just to be able to play this with people would be so lovely, 😊
I'm excited for this! Can't wait to play this on Switch!!
Great little video Eeo, lovely voice and very easy to watch. Have been looking into starting the game myself and this has given me alot more info thankyou 🙂
I watch your videos all the time I’ve bought so many cozy games and appreciate your reviews on cozy games .
I've never been so excited for a game (apart from the remake of fantasy life), funnily enough the tree heal mechanic is something that appeared in FL in form of crystals and other high level items. I'm so ready to dip into this!
Watching your stream rn, I'm so excited for this!
I think this game could be really fun. I hope the switch version is just as good and has a community that's not so toxic like a lot of other MMOs
So glad you posted a video today! I was waiting 😊 looking forward to your stream
Eek! I got my invite today and so excited to play it!!
Are there accessibility options? Such as increasing font size or UI size
I hope to keep their finances in the green they introduce additional aesthetic, but not game changing, products. Pets and pet items for example. This game looks so good!
I look forward to playing this! ❤️ Thank you for sharing your experience ❤️
Great review, while i normally look for combat in my games this looks so chilled out.
random but how do you make your skin look so smooth on videos? I thought my camera would do my skin justice but not that well 😅
@2:58- *Squints at the 2 other players* Hmmm, I recognize those names. *Looks them up* Yeah one does AC videos lol.
I am glad the game doesn't punish you if you don't always play the game. That's a huge relief.
I will be waiting for the Nintendo release because my PC would probably not be able to handle an mmo. Heck I can't tell you how many times I've crashed playing "Golf with Friends".
Watching you on twitch… can’t wait to see what this game is all about… ❤
This looks fun! The story seens cute and the game has more depth than I expected.
Thank you for the great review! I am really looking forward to this and Fae Farm for the Switch, can't wait!
Can't wait for release 😭🥺 farming, crafting, home building....with a community.....it's sad when it shows what we all want in our reality 😭 at least we have cozy escapes!
As someone who is a huge final fantasy 14, I'm so excited to try a farming sim mmo. Especially with the binland community
Really looking forward to this coming in switch ❤ loving the idea of multiple quests and different ways to do them😊 looking forward having a go at everything and having others to play with 😊
You had me at bulk crafting, lol. 😂❤
I just found you ..I love your style ! New sub here ! I'm in character creator right now..I didn't know i had access until today lol 😆
I haven't been this excited for an MMO since Asheron's Call 😂😂
I’m currently infecting all friends like a plague with Palia so as soon as they get their codes well make our guild!
girl your makeup is always on point 😍
I only just heard of this game a few days ago but im looking forward to it on Switch
Interesting. Reminds me of Harvestella's plot
😮 this looks like my dream game! Thank you so much for all your content you've introduced me to so many beautiful games!
Her accent is asmr to my ears 🥲❤️
Great review for first day peek! Cannot wait to see more! 😊
Yay!!! It's so fun!! Watching you on twitch!!
Been playing since the second and I have to say this game is amazeballs, thank you for such a wonderful video 🎉❤
I’m so so excited for this game! Can’t wait to watch this video.
I cannot wait to play this!!!! Great and informative video, Thank you!!
So excited to see you play this game!
I can’t wait to gain access to this game!!! Open Beta starts the day before my birthday, and I am shaking with anticipation! 🎉
Thanks for the update!
Are servers random players that change or is it less MMO and more... you have to have a host and join a server by being invited?
that's a really good question! i was wondering the same thing
Omg i can’t wait for this game! I got into the beta, but can’t play cause I have a Mac. Ugh.
Aaahh I'm jealous lol I was hoping to play it too.... I was trying to do early access I'm never lucky enough to get into it 😩😅
I'm actually pretty excited for this game but every time I get excited for a game at the let down.... But it really does seem like it's going to be good
I am so excited for this game. It has all the things I felt Disney Dreamlight was missing and all the things I was addicted to in the game ti begin with.
Woooo beards! Im looking forward to trying it out 😁
13:16 I think those were to be expected considering the insect catching skill
I am so excited to play this game! See you in Palia!
I rarely play on my husband’s pc but this may be an exception 🙈 I can’t wait to try this game!! ❤
Looks like a fun game! Will definitely try it out when it comes to the switch ❤
I'm soooo excited for this game!! I will try to play this on my old laptop because i just wanna play this asap 😅 I'm weak when it comes to cosmetic items so i really love how you have to go to a store in the game, instead of logging in and being greeted with tons of ads to buy this and to buy that, because i will 😂
I can't use a computer anymore with my spine. Fingers crossed the beta will be on the switch. If not, I will look forward to it at Christmas
Got my beta email yesterday, going to install today can't wait to play.
I love it Kachow!!! Thank you Eeowna!
So excited to see you play!
It's giving cozy Skyrim and I can't wait
I'm enjoying palia right now. Thanks for the video.
wow the game actually looks beautiful! i'm very surprised with how it looks...feeling a little less cynical about it now
That building upgrade time of 8 hours doesn't look good.. That screams mobile game where you pay to skip the time, if it isn't already in it will be at some point.
I can’t wait to play this on Switch!
Try and give this video another boost so excited for this game
Will it be available for the switch on the 10th aswell?
sadly not till later in 2023!
It's not TOTALLY true that there is no stamina mechanic. There is stamina when you're climbing up walls, but that is all that I've found so far.
Yeah I know I cut it out because it felt super confusing. Plus that mechanic seems to almost exclusively be to keep us within bounds and not to be an actual stamina thing
Omg I’m so jealous! I want to play it all weekend!!
I can’t wait to play this game! I signed up a few weeks ago for beta!
It's unplayable for those of us who get motion sickness from video games. They could fix it if they didn't force the screen to move every time I moved my mouse, and they did make it an option in beta, but took it away for some stupid reason.
Any idea when this comes out on the switch? Wondering how chat will work? What time will you be live tomorrow?? This looks a lot like world of warcraft looks wise! It looks great!!
The Nintendo News bulletin thing for Palia just said "holiday 2023". So we'll probably have to wait until like Christmas... 😔
Ridiculously excited for this game ahhh
It reminds me of the style of ever grow
I can't wait for my beta invite!
Looking forward to this game! Great review and insight to the game!
Very informative video, thanks !!
Everything looks lovely, but $25 for an outfit? Two of those would be a full game. Four is a #100.
I think it'd be better for the devs if they priced it around $10 per outfit at most...
Full disclosure I didn’t realise till today when I could buy them you do get 3 colours to wear them with, although these were the most expensive, there’s some for less than $10