Ever since Palworld’s release last week, developer Pocketpair has been receiving a lot of accusations regarding plagiarism and the use of AI art by several social media users online. While Palworld has its fair share of distinct and notable differences from the Pokemon series, net denizens have pointed out the game’s similarities to the series specifically between its Pals and Pokemon. Some have also pointed out Pocketpair CEO Takuro Mizobe’s history with AI, and his praise for the technology, and due to this, several have also claimed that Palworld uses AI technology to generate its pals but these claims have yet to be proven in any way. Following this, Mizobe recently took to Twitter to address the accusations and claims. While he didn’t address the comparisons, he claimed that the art team has been receiving online abuse and death threats and asks for it to stop. Palworld launched on January 19 and is available now for Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and PC via Steam and Microsoft Store. It is also available on Xbox Game Pass. The game also recently surpassed 1.5 million peak concurrent players on Steam making it the third highest concurrently played game of all time on the platform.
The CEO’s full translated message via VGC can be seen below:
“We are currently receiving abusive and defamatory comments against our artists, in addition to tweets that appear to be death threats. While we have received various opinions about Palworld, it is important to note that the supervision of all materials related to Palworld is conducted by a team, including myself. I bear the responsibility for the produced materials. I would appreciate it if these comments towards artists involved in Palworld would cease.”
The game’s details via the developer:
Palworld is a game about living a slow life with mysterious creatures “Pal” or throwing yourself into life-and-death battles with poachers.
You can make Pals fight, breed, help with farming, or work in factories. You can also sell them off or even slaughter them to eat! That however, is forbidden by law.
Key Features
Survival – This world is full of dangers such as food shortages, harsh weather, and illegal poachers. You must be prepared to do anything if you want to survive. You may even need to consume Pals sometimes…
Riding and exploration – Fly, swim, dig holes… you can explore all kinds of places on lands, the sea, and in the sky by riding Pals.
Building – Do you want to build a pyramid? You can have a large number of Pals work on the construction. Don’t worry; labor laws won’t be applied to Pals.
Life – Make your life more comfortable by collecting a variety of valuable Pals to light fires, generate power, and mine minerals.
Farming – Different Pals are good at different things such as sowing, watering, harvesting, or else. Create attractive farms and orchards with your Pals. There are also Pals that can duplicate themselves when they’re planted.
Factory and Automation – It is essential for automation to let Pals do the manual work. Build a factory and place Pals in it. They will work forever as long as they’re fed until the end of their lifetime.
Dungeon Exploration – With Pals, you’ll be safe in dangerous areas. If you are in danger, you use Pals to cover your escape! They’ll give their lives to protect you.
Breeding and Heredity – When you breed Pals, they inherit the parents’ characteristics. Mix rare species Pals to raise the strongest Pals!
Poaching and Crime – Endangered species Pals live in the hunting prohibited area. If you sneak in and catch them, you’ll get tons of money! It’s only illegal if you get caught.
Multiplayer – This game supports multiplayer. Invite your friends to go on an adventure together. Of course, you can battle and trade with other players!
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