I Know There's A Lotta Discourse Out There About Palworld Vs. Pokemon, And I Wanted To Give My 2 Cents

I know there's a lotta discourse out there about Palworld vs. Pokemon, and I wanted to give my 2 cents on it. If you're not interested in that you're free to ignore this post! No hard feelings!

First: If you wanna play the game, play it. Does this make you a bad person with bad morals? No.

Second: No AI was used. This was a rumor with zero proof. The CEO mentioned his interest in AI at some point or AI was used on OTHER projects but not on Palworld.

Third: Did they steal models from Pokémon? I believe it was heavily inspired to a point where they toed a line, yes, but that's Nintendo's battle to fight, not yours. This game showed trailers 2 years ago. If Nintendo wanted to stop it, they would've already. Plus, Pokémon ripped their designs off Dragon Quest, so no one is innocent here. The multi-billion dollar corporation will be alright, I promise.

Fourth: You can be both a Pokémon fan AND a Palworld fan. The games are actually insanely different in gameplay and story. Palworld is actually more similar to ARK or Rust than it is Pokémon. If I'm honest, Palworld is built better.

Fifth: Pokémon fans should see this as a good competition for Nintendo. Competition means Nintendo might take the next game a little more seriously, allowing for a better product than what was initially received with Violet/Scarlet.

And lastly, if I had to take a guess, the Palworld devs probably (and this is just my opinion!) hired a lawyer to tell them how far they could toe the line which means what they've done is legal. People might not like that but that might just be how it is.

That being said, yes I've played the game, yes I love it and yes, I will continue playing it and I don't feel bad about it.

Thanks for listening to my rant!

palworld hate would hold a little more weight if it was actually a poorly designed cash grab, but by all accounts it isn’t. like, it’s good enough that people who hate ark, it’s biggest gameplay inspiration, moreso than pokemon, love this game. and on the pokemon side, pals having more use than just combat and all having unique abilities gives you a bigger attachment to them and a gameplay reason to “catch em all”.

Am also having a great time. Also, you can pet the pals anywhere, which is more than i can say about Pokemon.

Is Palworld just ARK but with Pokemon? Pokemon but with guns? Yes.

Are half the pals pokemon ripoffs? Yes.

Am I having an absolute blast? You bet.

Legends Arceus wishes it had this kind of base building.

I’ve recently been chipping away at this gift for: @flickerintwilights and it’s not yet done but I just wanted to show my progress on it because I’m hella proud of it!

So first we have this linework that I’m going to show because holy SHIT did I nail Mineru’s gorget! This is when I realised that her gorget is an actual dragon and not just some random creature and I really leaned into it! It’s the best I’ve ever drawn her jewellery! This is also the best I’ve ever drawn her brightbloom “earring” bud I am still very proud of myself

I’m so proud of the lines in fact that I’m considering doing an alternate version of this where she’s painted in more softer, pastel tones so I can let the linework really be seen

Anyways speaking of colour:

Ah hah! Hell yes! And do you want to know the best thing?

I (basically) did all of the painting in 1 layer. I did this while sick and in this manic haze. I opened procreate and blacked out and 5 hours later had this on my screen lmao I have no idea how I did this

THEY'RE PUTTING WORDS UNDER A PAYWALL NOW??? WORDS?????