Comment on Palworld confirms ‘disappointing’ game changes forced by Pokémon lawsuit
philophilsaurus@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoHonestly? I see more Totoro in there than Electabuzz.
Where does the line get drawn between inspiration and stealing? I’m not trying to be facetious, it’s just the kind of question that I think a lot of people will have vastly different answers to.
paraphrand@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The line? Usually you need to be doing something conceptually different. This knockoff electrabuzz wouldn’t have raised as many eyebrows if it was in a farming simulator, or a card game.
It’s like if you had a chainsaw gun in your game, and your game was set in a dark gritty sci-fi world where you are fighting subterranean monsters called the Focus Board.
philophilsaurus@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Pokémon TCG would probably make a stink about that too. I would agree that more needs to be done to differentiate them but the Guns and the art-style should do that pretty well.
Using balls to capture and store Pals was a big mistake though and they definitely should’ve made a few more drafts on some of those aspects before reveal.