this post was submitted on 31 Jan 2024
226 points (90.9% liked)

Games

32411 readers
906 users here now

Welcome to the largest gaming community on Lemmy! Discussion for all kinds of games. Video games, tabletop games, card games etc.

Weekly Threads:

What Are You Playing?

The Weekly Discussion Topic

Rules:

  1. Submissions have to be related to games

  2. No bigotry or harassment, be civil

  3. No excessive self-promotion

  4. Stay on-topic; no memes, funny videos, giveaways, reposts, or low-effort posts

  5. Mark Spoilers and NSFW

  6. No linking to piracy

More information about the community rules can be found here.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

All the people blaming "clickbait youtubers" or "AI bots" for this game blowing up are idiots. Its actually fun, it delivers a satisfying game loop that no pokemon game ever has, and it has support for multiplayer. It's big enough to explore a lot, has a deep tech tree to unlock, some pretty interesting base automation mechanics, and over 100 pokemon to discover and catch, and a surprisingly robust breeding system to unlock new pokemon instead of evolving. It's just FUN, and lots of games lately lack that. Despite it being buggy and early access, its very playable. I hosted a dedicated server and my friends and I can play together and explore and adventure and find bosses, and work on our base together. Haven't had a game that lets me do that in a long time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The fact that you call em pokémon instead of Pals tells a lot.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Well, it is Pokemon you’re capturing and using after all

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

You're not realising the implications of refusing to give Palworld it's own identity, are you?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I don’t really give a shit

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

@Sheeple @thorbot I personally love Palworld, it really plays nothing at all like pokemon...

But my kids keep asking 'which pokemon is that! Is that a legendary! Where is Pikachu' whenever they see me play, so it's definitely a little close for comfort.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Oh god

We are getting hit by "What Pikachu is that" from the younger generation now, just like we did back then by our parents ʘ‿ʘ

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

The one thing I don't care much for in PalWorld is building structures (walled structures), it feels kinda janky and restrictive at the moment. Which it hasn't been a major part of the game so far, but it's one of the few things that's bothered me about it. Otherwise, it's been a breath of fresh air compared to Pokemon's recent outings.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I've got a dedicated server I play with a few friends, and I got really stoned on the first day and just kept building a building for our base. Next thing I know I've spent six hours on 5 floors (not including an attic space and WiP rooftop garden.. need to unlock more building stuff).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

You don't want to build much anyway, because you need every inch of your base ring for pal stations, but yeah. We have a 1x1 lean-to with 2 beds in it, the rest is the massive fucking breeding operation we've set up

load more comments
view more: next ›