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.
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If you were looking for a Pokémon game, you’ve been misled. It’s a crafting survival game that has monster capture mechanics.
It’s pretty fun for what it is, but a Pokémon game it is not.
Conversely, I’ve only heard good things from my friend group and I agree, it’s a lotta fun, at least in the early game. That said, the people I see enjoying it didn’t approach it hoping for Pokémon and aren’t hugr Pokémon fans to begin with. You may have let the controversy and buzz shape your opinions prior to simply experiencing it.
It reached the second most concurrently played game on Steam. It didn’t have a lot of hype around it when it was released, tbh. So there’s gotta be something there that you’re missing.
It’s not a Pokemon game. It’s what’s been missing from Pokemon games since Gamefreak and Nintendo squandered the IP so badly with years and years of shoddy garbage release after shoddy garbage release.
This is just a goofy mon-game with guns. It’s closer to ARK: Survival Evolved than it is Pokemon.
It didn’t have a lot of hype? I didn’t see much in the way of advertising, sure, but there certainly was a lot of hype from people about it being pokemon with guns.
I agree that it’s not a Pokemon game, though, the gameplay is completely different. It’s also early access so things are going to develop over time. I haven’t bought it yet, but I’m interested in seeing what it turns into.
No it didn’t have a lot of hype. There was almost no marketing budget for it at all. Nobody talked about it until it was released. There was absolutely no hype for it. This isn’t like Cyberpunk 2077 where millions of people were chomping at the bit for its release. Palworld came out of nowhere and became a favorite organically.
I’m having more or less the total opposite experience. All of my coworkers (tech field) are playing and loving it. I’m enjoying it for the exploration and breeding mechanics. Right now I’m trying to breed up the best versions of my preferred team, for no real reason other then because I can.
It’s more Ark then it is Pokemon, people just constantly compare it to the latter because you capture cutesy monsters.
It’s not Pokemon. It’s not trying to be Pokemon.
People are comparing it to Pokemon because they wanted the company to expand the world to have games in different genres utilize the monster capturing and breeding mechanics. That’s it.
I’ve played 69 hours so far (Nice.) and I run a dedicated server that is quite busy. Everybody who I’ve introduced the game to are completely addicted, there is definitely something there.
Personally I have mixed feelings about it. Yes most if not all mechanics are borrowed from other games but it is very well put together and that is not nothing. I haven’t had this much fun just exploring a world and unlocking stuff like this in a long time.
It is extremely fun to play even though it is extremely “early access” and quite buggy in some areas, at least for those of us who are able to enjoy it. The world is pretty empty, there really isn’t anything in terms of story or lore but that just has me hoping that they don’t give up on this game and really flesh it out.
For me the hype is dying down a bit, the first 4 days I was basically playing from the time I woke up to the time I went to bed. Now I play maybe an hour or two a day, I’d rather not burn myself out on it completely and wait for updates and more content.
It’s not a Pokemon style game lol, it’s an Ark style game.
