I was stoked to boot it up and like…what? It’s such a stupid game on all fronts. I get that stealing mechanics works if you’re into that kind of gameplay, but there’s no way that anyone other than pokemon obsessed people enjoy this. Even then, it’s such a poor analog for actual pokemon games. I feel like it’s “success” is all media buzz. Every actual human in my life agrees it’s terrible. Even my partner who is actually pokemon obsessed lol. But the coverage on the internet would have you believe it’s goty contender. I have never felt more convinced that we are living in a simulation lol. I can’t be alone in this, am I? Is there where I learn that I’m that far out of touch? Like, truly, if you enjoy it, good for you. We all have things we love that others don’t get. But like, someone please tell me I’m not the only one lol.

  • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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    9 months ago

    If the monsters didn’t look almost exactly like pokemon that everybody knows and loves, nobody would give a damn about this game.

    Extremely probable, I’d say. Craftopia, their previous game, was pretty much “Breath of the Wild, but with survival crafting”, and sold well on Steam. If you removed the copied aesthetic, in both cases, it would’ve flown under the radar.

    There are so many good games out there that fail to find an audience,

    Sad but true

    while a meme like Palworld sells millions of copies despite being utterly artless and devoid of creativity or individuality.

    Now now, there was some effort in making the pals. I mean, some genres have pretty much been done to death, so it’s very hard to be creative. What would be a creative addition to a survival crafting game? Off the top of my head, I can only think of going underground, digging new spaces.

    Also, just because it copies from a lot of games, doesn’t mean the end result is bad. If you separate a pizza into individual components, you have things that, by themselves, might be good, but together are much better.