If you didn’t know Pocketpair so far, this Tokyo studio founded in 2015 by Takuro Mizobe will undoubtedly make headlines for a while due to the success of his new game published in Early Access this Friday: Palworld. This title, which had everything of a joke in bad taste when it was announced in 2021, was immediately referred to as a “Pokémon with weapons”while it is ultimately closer to a ARK where the dinosaurs would have been replaced by Palscreatures whose visual appearance is for some really very close to the pocket monsters of Game Freak And The Pokémon Company. Well, the success is already there, and you only need to see its launch trailer to understand what attracted the players.
Indeed, in just two days, more than 3 million players have fallen for Palworld. However, one detail is not very clear, because the visuals mention a number of “Pal-Tamers”, but the tweets associates speak of sales. Except that Palworld is available in the Game Pass on Xbox One, Series X|S and PC, in addition to being on Steam. These figures should therefore perhaps be put into perspective or we should add the number of players who have subscribed to try it. In any case, this demonstrates strong interest on the part of the public and that’s not all.
Indeed, Palworld has become on Steam the second game on the platform having brought together the most players at the same time with 1,006,400 peoplethe record still being held by Cyberpunk 2077 (1,054,388 simultaneous connections). he is also at the top of sales above, without further information.
On the other hand, several Internet users have pointed the finger at the game, openly accusing it of having plagiarized certain Pokémon, or even fanart (Pokémon Sage). Just take a look at the videos Paldeck from the official channel to see the similarities. VGC has already perfectly summarized all of this in an article containing certain tweets looking for the little beast (the first has since gone private). And to make matters worse, THE CEO Takuro Mizobe appears to be a strong supporter of generative AIhaving already released the game AI: Art Imposter For example. However, nothing indicates at the moment that such tools could have been used during the creation of Palworld. Our colleagues also report that the hundred Pals would have been created by a single newly graduated student.
In all cases, if the game was able to be released in the Game Pass and see the light of day, it is that nothing can a priori be legally reproached to him.
So, does Palworld will it be just another game creating a temporary buzz before being forgotten or is it a future essential title over time? Only time will tell. If you want to try it without investing too much, you can subscribe to PC/Xbox Game Pass Ultimate from €14.99 for one month on Amazon, to the Fnac Or at the house of Cdiscount.
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