Palworld Has Huge Weekend, Sells 5 Million and Overtakes Cyberpunk 2077 in Steam’s Most-Played Games List - IGN

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• moog@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ll play when it’s out of early access

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  • pacoboyd@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thier last game (released over three years ago) is still in Early Access and they already got thier pay day. This is why I hate modern gaming. Gamers can’t help but pre-maturely ejaculate over some new thing, so devs are able to keep shoveling eternal Early Access games. I vote with my wallet and don’t buy EA games, but my game group still does. I miss out on a lot of gaming sessions because of it.

    Personally I think gaming companies should not be allowed to charge for Early Access and basically just go back to free betas for testing. Or if they do have an Early Access, they should be forced to have a published release date or automatic refund if they miss. That will prevent devs from releasing half baked content and coasting on it for years.

    They can still provide content and fixes via standard updates.

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• hyorvenn@jlai.lu ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  People will really eat anything

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  • Kiosade@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s a legitimately good game. My brother was shitting on it too til he played it.

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  • Moira_Mayhem@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    After 4 decades of active video game play, the last year or so has been very empty for me.

    Nothing seemed to be satisfying, nothing captured my attention for long.

    Sure I got my Elden Ring character ready for the DLC, but not with enthusiasm.

    Sure I made it to diamond in Duel Masters finally, but it brought me no joy.

    I bought Palworld last night on a whim and it has been 15 hours and the only time I have stopped was to take care of basic needs.

    I am engaged, excited, and enthusiastic to game for the first time in a very, very long time. And the last time I liked a game this much it was Elden Ring at launch and I literally did nothing for 3 months than eat, sleep, work and Elden Ring.

    I feel that Palworld is heading in the same direction.

    Is there jank? Sure, but nothing that has broken my enjoyment yet.

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    • hyorvenn@jlai.lu ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I just cannot go past the bootleg aspect of everything they take inspiration from copied straight from other games. It just look like a soulless AI-generated game to me.

      But sure it didn’t sell for nothing, the game is surely enjoyable and I didn’t mean to take that from you in my (somewhat caustic) comment.

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