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Palworld Early Access Review - Steam Version
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Palworld may crib quite a bit from Pokémon’s homework, but deep survival mechanics and a hilarious attitude make it hard to put down – even in Early Access.
Travis Northup
Reviewed on PC (via Steam)
Summary
Palworld is a multiplayer, open-world, survival crafting game where you can befriend and collect mysterious creatures called "Pal" in a vast world! Make your Pals fight, build, farm, and work in factories.
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KuintonoPlaying
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It honestly saddens me to have to write this. After waiting with hope for over a year since the announce of Palworld I finally got my hands on it, and... its just a cobble-clone. Assets and resources, probably even code from other games, clear rips from Ark (honestly im pretty sure most of this game is an overlay atop ARK coding) Pals are mixed ideas from other catch and battle games and resources. I really wanted this to be an amazing game, the concept was one for the ages, but upon execution, it falls flat and feels off, too many styles clash within game art design wise and doesn’t give a good feel for an overall cohesive world. Audio is atrocious, mainly reused assets from their prior project Craftopia including the main title and trailer theme. I know this is early access but it feels like more of a proof of concept more akin to the recent wolverine leak from insomniac, and with a "palcoin" system already implemented, it makes it seem more and more like this is a pump and dump cash grab fakeout, we have come to see more and more, prime example being The Day Before. I really hope Im wrong but at this point its not looking good for Palworld.
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gregk2891Playing
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Can't play with large groups of people or any of my friends on steam.
Appears its definitely a pc only game. I wouldn't recommend for console players sadly.
Such a shame it looks fun.
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dtwartonQuit
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Clearly a copyright violation just existing, Pokemon, Zelda, Death Stranding & Fortnite just to name a few. Within 10 mins it’s clear it’s just been slapped together to make quick money from fans of Pokemon. Probably be taken down in 12 months or so. I got bored very quickly as I realised how it was built, glad I played on gamepass.
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Greggy27Quit
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Just shut down this nonsense of the game.
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VickDaShamanPlaying
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This is what Pocket Monster should have done Years ago... Now that another company done it Gen Z&X complaining.. Pokémon been around since 1995 is not new. They have made Billions they just kept Recycling the same game over and over with new Pokémon. this is Different you dont like it DONT PLAY IT. Stop hating.
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David
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A mishmash of random ideas we've seen a million times in hundreds of different games, but done poorly. The usual hideous crafting, survival and building in a super bland open world. Ten different design languages all clashing with each other constantly on screen as if they had no idea what they wanted to accomplish in the first place with no originality whatsoever. Huge cash grab that will either disappear in a few months time or end up adding all kinds of micro transactions in a perpetual state of early access.
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Pablo ArielPlaying
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JoseQuit
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A sandbox minecraft style game with pokemon and no story. I'm not a minecraft fan and although I was super excited for this game ever since it was announced this game looks totally different than what they showed. This is maybe for Minecraft fans that like pokemon but Fortnite Lego is probably better? What a letdown maybe it will get better since its still early release but its not a good start, I highly doubt I'll come back to this garbage.
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GoodkittyxoxQuit
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Human slavery should never be a gaming mechanic. Trapping, exploiting, or selling humans is inhumane and unethical.
The game is fun and it was definitely successful at escapism but reality hit hard and fast when human slavery was discovered. Not supporting that.
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_Marko_Beat
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I cant see much potential for this game, 90% of his gameplay its stolen from other big titles, and the game its repetitive!
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JonasPassarelaPaused
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So far I liked it, but the game has problems and the game's combat has a lot of problems
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lusersPlaying
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Find a good friend and start playing happily!
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ObjectiveReviewerQuit
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A game about abusing and slaving cute creatures and other humans, while clearly ripping off designs from other franchises and disguising it as “inspiration”.
If rating this a -10 was an option.
Hopefully Pokémon takes notes to not make a game like this one.
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Hokage45Playing
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Snake0416Playing
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If you enjoy cartoon-like and survival games, you may like this one.
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IGN Review
Palworld may crib quite a bit from Pokémon’s homework, but deep survival mechanics and a hilarious attitude make it hard to put down – even in Early Access.
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