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Note how a trainer can’t even ask a Pokemon to fight, until they prove they are worthy (aka with a badge). Pokemon does have you fighting creatures, but these creatures have an understanding with humans and do it of their own volition. But in Palworld? These creatures are basically your slaves. What the Pokemon do is good for them, good for people, and good for the planet. Sometimes, these jobs are actually to the Pokemon’s benefit as it actually helps these creatures survive and thrive (like Grimer and Muk eating pollution in Pokemon Sun/Moon). Now, compare this to a game like Pokemon…wherein we see Pokemon working happily alongside humans, using their powers to aid their trainers, but never in harsh conditions. The game’s description tries to make light of this situation by saying: “Feed them and they will work until the end of their life”, but obviously, this isn’t happily. Like I said before, little monkies turning wheels in harsh weather, and little bunny creatures working in a dark factory making guns. While you can have Pals aid you in a myriad of ways, a lot of the ways in which these “Pals” help, looks like a miserable existence for the creatures. But what I really don’t like…is the apparent animal abuse that is happening here. Palworld is considered an open-world survival game that most people have likened to an “Adult Pokemon Game” because of the themes that seem to run rampant in this new and upcoming project. So…lets talk about everything wrong with Palworld: And as mentioned above, I wasn’t the only gamer that was uncomfortable with this game despite having played much more violent and dark videogames. I couldn’t help but feel like Palworld was a game with some hidden agenda…that it was made for more than just the shock value, it didn’t even seem like a real game that someone would just come up with. And I’m not the only one that thinks this! And Palworld? Well, it’s like a PETA fever-dream. Now, this is gaming blog…so I won’t go into the fact that PETA is an atrocious organization and highly hypocritical…BUT, any sane person would know that what they do in making these games is sickening and just plain stupid. They are a mockery of beloved games trying to say that beneath the cute and cuddly fun, there are messages that it’s okay to abuse animals. It’s not the gore, it’s not the violence, it’s the message behind the game itself. It’s weird because, I like childhood games getting a creepy twist (like games modeled after Creepypastas), but the mockeries that PETA makes in order to shame and have certain games pulled from the shelves for extremist views…that’s where I draw the line. Have you ever played PETA games? They are horrible, grotesque, twisted versions of fan-favorite family games like Mario & Pokemon, wherein you play as a skinned Tanuki trying to get his fur back from Mario, or you’re abused Pokemon, fighting back against the trainers that used you for fight rings and lab experiments. Just from watching the trailer, the game was already rubbing me the wrong way, for many, MANY reasons! I love games with a little bit of dark humor and dark story- I even love games with all the gruesome hacking and slashing, blood and guts…but this? This is just wrong. Now, I am okay with some dark humor, and I’m even okay with violence in video games…I mean, I have played games like Borderlands, God of War, and Bayonetta and they aren’t exactly PG.
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But in between the cute and cuddly? There was guns everywhere! They even blew up a church! I’m not making this up! Sure, there were some moments of cute houses being built, and small farms coming together, even a moment where the player was petting a wolf-like creature. These “Pals” being kept in a factory where they are making Assault Rifles on an assembly line and looking absolutely miserable! Poor little money creatures, turning wheels and sweating out in the desert. What I got instead upon watching the trailer? It was a strange little nightmare…Ī human using an adorable sheep as a meat shield and then promptly throwing it away. It gave off a similar vibe that this was a fantasy world where humans and cute creatures work together to create a sort of community. Now, looking at the images I saw, I immediately thought that it was going to be likened to Pokemon. When I hopped on Twitter today, I was surprised to find that there was a new game (in development) that was swiftly gaining attention on my timeline.