Palword Is Gaming's Controversial Breakout Hit of 2024

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You might have heard about Palword ever since its release a few days ago (Jan 19).

Described by many as "Pokémon with guns," the game has become 2024's newest breakout hit in gaming with some impressive stats. Palword has sold 5 million copies in just 3 days, according to the official Twitter accountThe game is available on Xbox Series X|S,

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[wonheaux]

In all honesty, I don't think this game will last, but I'm going to enjoy it while I can. It's fun for what it is despite the constant crashes and Pal AI being wonky.

[glitterslugs]

my bf showed me some gameplay of this yesterday and was like 'this is a bit of you' lol but it looks too fortnitey to me??

[nevermademe]

I was getting Fortnite vibes too when I saw it. literally told my friends that it looked like Pokemon x Fortnite

[umilicious]

I would be hurt if someone I loved thought I’d like it, haha

[glitterslugs]

lol i think it's just cause he knows i like rpgs and pokemon

[wonheaux]

Also, Pals aren't the only thing you can catch. You can catch humans with the Pal balls too. I captured a couple of the evil Poachers and put them to work in my base.

[prlsb4swiine]

now wait a minute... 🤔

[moirasrose]

It gets worse. You can sell and eat them too.

[therearewords]

Ehhhhhh

[saemcrh]

Reading about this game is genuinely quite disturbing, and I question why anyone would enjoy it. Pathetic Pokémon rip-off made by people who lack creativity (hence them being AI-bros) and are thriving off the shock factor of there being slavery, and slaughter of ‘Pals’ in-game.

Gamefreak need to really overhaul the effort they put into Pokémon games but that doesn’t make Palworld good, nor does it make the blatant theft of Pokémon designs okay to do.

I honestly think the number of people who’ve bought it are inflated in some way, this all feels very bizarre and just… something’s off.

[indy788]

hate to break it to you but almost all survival games have a slave and slaughter element to it :/

[saemcrh]

The appeal of this game is ‘Pokémon but you can kill them’, to me this is different to a game like The Long Dark or Sons of the Forest or whatever other games like that.

[indy788]

I'm thinking more of games like Conan and Ark not the long dark or the forest/sons of the forest.

[moirasrose]

even as a casual pokemon fan, it's hard not to see the pokemon that have been frankensteined together in the pals.