I would argue it’s not necessarily a need for cinematic presentation, but, instead, a need for engagement (Cinema being something that is highly engaging/emotionally investive when it is done well).

Immersion, engagement, and value.

It’s not bullying just because it’s a bigger company vs a smaller one. If the smaller one is in the wrong, then they’re in the wrong, end of story.

That’s the neat part - you don’t.

5.) Don’t do anything that will make their IP look bad or could otherwise impact their value.

Consoles:

This looks great.

Doesn’t matter. In the same way that “not actually naked, but it kind of looks like I am” is dealt with as nudity, regardless - the damage is still being done. It’s putting ideas/thoughts into people’s minds, it’s giving malleable children ideas.

This. Side note: It’s never too late to learn a trade/change paths

Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but this is one of those video games/franchises that is obsessed with showing you the things you like to see, but doesn’t actually pull of letting you feel like you’re actually these characters/like you’re actually existing in this world, right? I’m not big on this franchise, or comic…

I thought “leaning into nostalgia” was their goal to begin with. They wouldn’t shut up about “going back to the basics” or whatever, right?

I’ve been going around and saying just this: Palworld is just Craftopia, with pet battling shoehorned in.

Another reason why I want an Ally over a Steam Deck. As alluring as OLED and those glorious trackpads are, there’s just way too much benefit to having a good ol’ Windows install. So many launchers, indie projects, off-the-beaten-path games that I want to play and mess around with (Ultima/whatever PSO BB, for example),…

You’re spreading misinformation.

I fell off the starting area... in the wrong direction? Died, decided to spawn some other place the game let me spawn, turned out to be a terrible location for resources, thought I’d stick to it, ended up just dying again so I could retreat to the starting area.

It’s bad game design. Palworld isn’t a good game. Craftopia wasn’t a good game, either. And this is just Craftopia, with creature battling added in.

I mean, you get summons pretty early on in, like, every other Final Fantasy game, right? And you get to keep them, and use them basically all the time/however you want/in cool and strategic ways/or not at all if you choose to do so. And here, it was a major part of the marketing, and you start the game with it, and…

I don’t know why. It’s not that good. It’s Craftopia, with pets added in.

It’s Craftopia (their other game), with pets added. It’s not amazing. Nothing even close to a “Pokemon clone”. Creatures look the part, but Pokemon Company doesn’t own digital creatures. Digimon existed, right?

Fahey would have known this already.