WHY AND HOW DID PALWORLD BLOW UP WITH SUCCESS?
Channel: TheSlaY3R_
Date: 07/02/2024

My thoughts let out on the current state of gaming and the reasoning behind Palworld's insane success, first time doing a discussion video like this (well in 8 years), So hope you enjoy and I can improve! :)
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Outro Music by DepoOnDaBeat - https://www.youtube.com/c/Depobeats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewzzYJNTXVs

Background Music Soundtrack by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori
(Yes, I used Halo OST lol)

Timestamps/Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:13 Quick Disclaimer
00:45 The Success of Palworld
01:31 My Initial Thoughts
02:39 The State Gaming is In Right Now
04:32 Final Thoughts about the Game Industry Today
05:07 Conclusion: Palworld was created... FOR FUN
06:36 Outro - Subscribe! ;)

Game Description:
Palworld is an action-adventure, survival, and monster-taming game hybrid created and published by Japanese developer Pocket Pair. The game is set in an open world populated with animal-like creatures known as "Pals". The players can battle and capture Pals in order to use them for base building, traversal, and combat. Palworld can be played either solo, or online by up to 32 players on one server. Announced in 2021, it was launched via early access for Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S in January 2024.

The game's comedic premise, which involves using firearms and equipping Pals with them, earned it the nickname "Pokémon with guns". Other elements, such as using creatures for food or placing them to work in mines and factories, have also garnered attention. It was generally well received, with praise for its gameplay, content, and satirical premise, but criticism for its reliance on shock humor and use of unoriginal designs and mechanics.

Palworld sold eight million units in the first six days of early access and reached two million concurrent players on Steam, making it the second-highest played game of all time on the platform.

In Palworld, players control a customizable avatar from a third-person perspective with the goal of exploring the open-world Palpagos Islands and uncovering their secrets. Players need to manage their hunger level, craft basic tools, gather materials, and build bases that act as fast travel points. Unlocks through a technology tree allow the player to craft and use weapons, structures, and decorations.

The islands are inhabited by over 100 creatures known as Pals. Players directly engage in combat with Pals in order to weaken them and capture them using "Pal Spheres". Pals can also be bought on the black market through non-player characters or traded with other players. After obtaining Pals, they can be summoned to battle or stationed at the bases to assist with scavenging, crafting, cooking, etc., depending on their type. Each Pal has a Partner Skill, allowing further utility by using them as weapons or mounts.

The game's antagonists are various factions, such as the Rayne Syndicate, a Pal liberation movement, and a police-like island defense force, led by powerful Pal trainers who reside in Towers across the islands and act as the game's main boss battles. The factions have human NPCs who occasionally spawn in the world as well, either patrolling or battling each other, who are hostile to the player and can fight them with weapons. The game features a wanted level system, where if the player commits a crime (usually against humans, such as assault), other human NPCs will become hostile against them and defense force troopers will spawn to attack them, until the player is killed or they evade their pursuers.