#VideoGames#Nintendo#Pokemon#Palworld#Copyright#IP: "So should Nintendo sit this one out? I don’t think so. Pokémon is one of the most valuable media empires in the world, and having a game that is practically being advertised by people as “Pokémon with guns” could tarnish their reputation. But then again, it may not, Pokémon will remain a strong IP regardless of what happens with Palworld. My guess is that copyright litigation is not the way to go here, why not negotiate some sort of licensing agreement with Palworld behind the scenes? Why not even embrace the new direction presented by this game? Nintendo could become a partner, and allow Pokémon to actually exist in Palworld. I would actually start playing Palworld if I could take Pikachu on a hunting expedition with guns. Give me a playable Flareon with a flame thrower. Please take my money!"
This looks an awful lot like Hollow Knight, is there nothing this crowd won't rip off? Also, how about actually finishing development of a game before releasing another? You already have 3 games in early access #VideoGames
#Palworld dev's upcoming Metroidvania switches developer credit as it drops a new demo
#PalWorld... is surprisingly brutal 😳 The premise is Pokémon except that you have to bash the creatures with a club in order to catch them, and if you don't bash them enough, they attack, and if you bash them too much they become stunned and their prone bodies roll around the ground.
Ahhh, i #gamer, brutta razza. I #videogiocatori, che cosa #terribile. Ecco, ora, se non avete scrollato oltre dal disgusto al solo leggere queste parole, posso andare al dunque. 😈️
Negli ultimi giorni, praticamente tutte le persone che hanno preso questa brutta via nella loro vita sono #impazzite per un #giochino che si chiama #Palworld, ma non significa “mondo delle palle”. Tuttavia, ci sono #accuse a destra e a manca proprio riguardo le palle… le potenziali #palle che gli sviluppatori sembrano raccontare riguardo la #legittimità#intellettuale del gioco! 🧠️
La #questione deriva dal fatto che molti dei “pal”, gli “amichetti” #animali che si trovano in questo #gioco, somigliano veramente fin troppo a quelli che invece sono #Pokémon, esistenti da secoli nell’omonima #serie. E si, io mi trovo d’accordo con il giudizio di questa parte di #Internet: paiono veramente #copiati spiccicati certi; ragà, per favore, ma vi pagano perché voi li difendiate, ‘sti #sviluppatori, o fate gli avvocati del diavolo a gratis? 🥱️
Questo video rappresenta come vedo io le #questioni internettiane sull’argomento.Ovviamente, la mia #opinione è #morale, non #legale. Sto dicendo che secondo me hanno #copiato spudoratamente tutta l’estetica, le forme, e in parte la filosofia (poi per il resto ha effettivamente #meccaniche innovative, per questo sono tutti fissati), ma non conoscendo quasi per nulla questo specificissimo campo della #legge sul #copyright, non posso menare accuse legali, e francamente non ne ho voglia, non ci guadagno nulla. Tuttavia, a qualcuno dei piani alti tutta questa #storia non sta piacendo granché, e questo qualcuno ha infatti dichiarato di voler #investigare la vicenda. Ovviamente, parlo di #ThePokemonCompany… che si è comportata in modo buffo, dicendo “ah si, abbiamo ricevuto domande riguardo un gioco di un’altra azienda“… è chiaro che non vogliono accuse per diffamazione manco loro. 💫️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5Upc-1aNIMNe approfitto per raccontarvi una roba: anche io, come tutti, ho #scoperto questo Palworld solo l’altro giorno, anche se pare fosse stato annunciato moooolti anni fa. A vedere solo screenshot, qualche #notizia, e così via, l’ho reputato #ganzo. Però poi, appena ho provato a vedere qualche gameplay, mi è salita veramente la noia, la scocciatura, e ora la smetto con il trascrivere le mie emozioni che altrimenti mi risalgono. Non so se sia questo #videogioco in particolare, che forse percepisco come un #OpenWorld troppo #dispersivo come molti altri, però riflettevo sul fatto che questa è una cosa che mi capita relativamente spesso: un gioco mi sembra figo a vederne foto e descrizioni, però poi quando lo vedo veramente lo trovo #scocciante. Forse dovrei provarlo io, oltre che vedere come sono gli altri g*mer a provarlo, però, pur avendo già il link magnetico sotto mano, non ho né lo spazio su disco né la voglia in testa per poterlo fare. #Pazienza, amen, continuerò a #giocare ai retrogames. 👾️
@thegamerstavern bit of gaming this evening! Probably #grimdawn . Tomorrow full of #handball , will be pretty intense. Sunday looking to chill as much as possible, maybe time to give a try to #Palworld ?
#Palworld's release was not just incredibly successful but sadly also one that sparked many a controversy. As such, I wanted to take my time to not just explain what accusations are being made but also to debunk them and to share my thoughts! Enjoy!
Why did #Enshrouded and #Palworld have to come out so close together!? Omg last year was already a beast for gaming and this year is already snatching me bald.
Granblue Fantasy, Persona 3 Remake, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Yakuza, Dragon's Dogma 2.
All of those games are coming within the next 2 months. I can't....
I'm not one for "New Year's resolutions", but I am one for overly ambitious projects.
For 2023, Project365 is "One New Game Per Day".
Given that I have 634 unplayed games in my Steam account and {mumble} unredeemed bundle Steam keys, there's a reason my unplayed collection is tagged "Pile of Shame".
I'll pin this to my profile, and give a brief summary here each day (or x, if I miss x days due to work or stuff).
I'll play 15-30 minutes of (at least) one new game I've never played before (or played less than 15 minutes of). I'll give every game at least 15 minutes, even if I hate every minute of it.
I'm also open to suggestions; if you reply to this thread with a game, I'll schedule it, or tell you what I thought of it.
One of the things that's come up is that I have a bunch of games that I've played once, and not touched again.
January 27, 2024 - Day 392 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 428
Game: Palworld
Platform: Xbox Game Pass for PC
Released: Jan 19, 2024
Installed: Jan 27, 2024
Unplayed: 0d
Playtime: 4.9h
Rating: 4 - Good
Palworld is a third-person tree-punching survival game with a new game mechanic of seeking to be sued out of existence by The Pokemon Company.
If you haven't heard of the game that sold 8 million copies in a week on Steam, and is currently sitting at #2 behind PUBG on the Steam chart for record number of concurrent players, the elevator pitch for Palworld is "Pokemon with guns"
I didn't expect it to be quite so literal.
I'd read a piece about survival games by Zack Zwiezen a few days ago, in which he referred to them as "tree punchers" (which I've stolen from him), and he touched on Palworld in the review; so I had no intention of buying it.
However, after rebooting my PC yesterday, I found myself staring at the Xbox app and an install button for Palworld via Game Pass, which meant I didn't need to buy it, and the die was cast.
The gameplay loop is certainly addictive; I can understand why so many folks are playing it.
It starts out like most survival games; wake up in a random location with no idea how you got there, and start punching trees. It's the same gathering-and-crafting loop we've been doing since Minecraft (and probably even before).
Then there's the Pokemon... sorry, "Pals". I'm not a Nintendo girl. I didn't have any Nintendo stuff growing up, and the first Nintendo console I owned was the N64 I bought for our kids for Christmas 2000 (Christmas 2000 sounds like an awesome B-grade movie).
My first encounter with Pokemon was Pokemon GO. I lack the encyclopaedic memory of all the different Pokemon I encountered in PoGo, but upon encountering -and killing- Pals in Palword, they were definitely giving off Pokemon vibes.
You can also collect the Pals, by attacking them with a weapon until they're weakened enough to capture in a Pokeball... erm, Palsphere.
Once captured, you can put them to work in your base, or, uhh... butcher the cute little PokePals, to feed the other PokePals working in your base.
Best not to think too deeply about a game that is also apparently survival horror.
The Pokemon vibes ceased to be vibes and became "you're going to get sued for IP infringement" when I encountered Gumoss.
Gumoss is a grass-type Pal (yes, they've snarfed the 'type' concept too), which feels unarguably like Ditto in an acorn cap.
If I, with my limited recall of Pokemon, can recognise this, I've no doubt the Pokemon fans calling Pocket Pair out are on the money, and it makes sense that the notoriously laid-back-and-not-at-all-protective-of-their-IP, The Pokemon Company, are "investigating".
Which is primarily why I didn't buy it on Steam; I don't want to lose A$44 when they get sued out of existence for IP infringement.