Palworld Hits Ridiculous Player Milestone In Just One Month On Xbox & PC

Now THIS is a success. Congratulations to Pocket Pair and Xbox!

Since I started following Pure Xbox the trolls just keep coming. There was a spider dude the other day, then the train guy, the racoon buddy and now the alien one. They create a new account and start commenting the same stuff in every article. Now it's time to read "Helldivers 2, blah blah blah" until their mamas call them to get out of the basement and they delete the account again.

I mean, I guess I am not surprised since it's basically the Pokemon game for original Pokemon fans who grew up.

Yes, I am aware this has more in common with something like Ark in terms of gameplay than Pokemon.

What I mean is an open world game with roaming anime animals that fight with you that also runs on more powerful hardware. I know the recent Pokemon games tried this open-world approach, but from my understanding were poorly optimized and didn't live up to expectations (not a Pokemon fan, so I don't know)

@Foxx_64740 Most of them are the same people (upvotes and all), but Pure Xbox is doing an excellent job moderating.

@themightyant well thanks for the information, I have never seen it until now. I'm definitely using it 😁

Glad to see Palworld is more than another "Twitch game of the week."

These are established IP numbers. 10 million alone on XB? Bananas.

Not my kind of game and have not played it, but the wife wants to play it some day. I would be suprised if there was a bigger suprise hit all year

Worst thing about this game is that it’s out when i’m still playing Infinite Wealth. But it’s actually really good. Really enjoying it in co-op. Congrats on 25 million, dayum.

@GamingFan4Lyf Lol, I'm a huge Pokemon fan and I love Violet/Scarlet alongside Palworld.

I think they both fill different kind of needs in the "Monster Catching" genre but together give what the Pokemon fan have always wanted. Growing up the original Pokemon games really emphasized a feeling of striking out on one's own in a coming of age kind of way. Palworld does this really well. But the other side of Pokemon is the community, the gym battles, the trading, and in the later games even the story. And Pokemon is still the best for that. I think for a lot of gamers, they can enjoy both without having to feel like they need to choose a winner.

@themightyant The game is funny and you build stuff. Similar to Grounded and other survival games. I guess the crafting/basebuilding/shipbuilding aspect of Starfield is another comparison. You have objectives, crafting materials to collect, unlockable technology, and captured pals that can work on your base.

The pals have different fighting and assistance abilities. They also have different personalities and suffer real world ailments and exhibit behaviors (slacking off at work, lazy, ulcers, stressed out). When assigned to a camp, they automatically help you out.

That's the hook. The "Fauxkemon" and what you can do to them is kind of funny. The player works on their base & improving combat effectiveness. Slowly you realize there are a lot of layers the devs put in. I've seen photos/clips of people who are way ahead of me, and it is surprising the things you can do.

Any word on another xbox update? I found version 0.1.0.0 or whatever (initial release) worked better than the current version with a 4 in it. It's virtually unplayable now, often crashing just after boot up and walking a short ways.

I previously enjoyed the game and hope I can again soon. Just needs some fixin'

@Tott I just started it and liking it so far. They just released a beta, so I bet they're continuously working on the game and breaking a few things in the process 😅. It hasn't crashed yet but as I said I just started playing. I also want to play Final Fantasy XIV on Series X, so I don't know what I'm going to do, as time is limited!