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[–] MisterChief@lemmy.world 40 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Just got done playing about 3 hours via game pass and it is quite fun.

It is much more a survival game than pokemon. You put your pokemon (called 'Pals') to work on what is essentially your farm. It is much more a survival game as you are always looking for resources and crafting the next thing for your homestead. I have yet to shoot a gun, currently rocking a spear, bow and arrow, pick axe (for mining), and axe (for chopping wood).

I have ventured off my base twice and you do come across a wide variety of creatures once you venture far enough and there are small towns, people, many creatures, and more materials the further out you traverse. There appears to be 'bosses' as there are marked high level creatures and even gangs that will occasionally raid your base.

I could see myself sinking a lot of time into it as it does take a bit to get your base running smoothly to generate the needed materials without too much manual work on your part.

You have a party of 5 creatures but can only have one out at a time. You start with another creature at your base working and as you level gain more slots for more creatures to work for you. It's kinda funny because you basically beat the shit out of these creatures, capture them, and then put them to work at your base.

All in all I hope development continues to expand on this game as it's got a solid foundation and I'm not generally someone attracted to survival type games. I'm looking forward to continuing to level up and see what the game has to offer.

[–] JakenVeina@lemm.ee 24 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, "Pokemon with guns" is certainly grabbing attention, but it's a terrible pitch. This looks much more like "ARK with Pokemon".

[–] redeven@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's exactly what this is. It's ARK meets BotW plus pokemon, but the pokemon actively help around your base, you don't lose them permanently when they die, and you carry them in their pokeballs. And it doesn't run as dogshit as ARK proper, so that's something?

[–] Chailles@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

And it doesn’t run as dogshit as ARK proper

Or even Pokemon proper.

[–] Ringmasterincestuous@aussie.zone 6 points 9 months ago

Very kind of you to write that up 😍

Well wishes in your adventures today!

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 4 points 9 months ago

So you capture people who you classify as subhuman and then force them build, fight, and die?