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Pokémon With Guns Game So Popular The Servers Can’t Handle It (kotaku.com)
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This is what an open-world pokemon game should have been. Not the buggy disappointing mess GameFreak gave us for 2 generations.

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[–] 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Same question.

People rave so hard about any pokemon clone regardless of quality that it's really hard to figure out which ones are actually fun.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I think this is more of an Ark/MC clone than a Pokemon clone.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I'm familiar with Ark but MC?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    So, not really what I'm interested in. It's definitely not "what an open world Pokemon should have been" without the core turn based combat that defines Pokemon games.

    It does kind of look like it has potential despite not enjoying survival games, but it's weird to be calling it Pokemon when it doesn't have the mechanics and the similarity looks like just the fact that you have little monster friends.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah if you're going for a game that's mostly Pokemon-based, this ain't it.

    It's just ARK but pokemon instead of dinosaurs, and you don't lose them when they're killed, and it has some of that botw/genshin exploration/collectability sprinkled in. It's fun, but it's a survival first, mons are one of the gimmicks.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago

    It looks like it's almost ARPG-like combat with the Pals, and the Pals in factory building looks more interesting in terms of base building. There's mention of exploring dungeons, too. I could see giving it a shot down the road.

    It looks like it could catch me more than most survival stuff. I'm going to keep an eye on it and see how it evolves. But the traditional survival loop definitely isn't my thing, and all these articles calling it pokemon are super misleading.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Combat is real time, and you can't really choose which move your pal uses. You fight alongside them at the same time with your own weapons and need to dodge the flames/tornados/electricity as well.

    It's hardly even a survival game though, more just a crafting game. You don't need to worry much about food and thirst isn't a thing. I get so many berries that everyone can survive off that. Hunger almost shouldn't even be included as it's more of an annoyance than a thing someone needs to actually focus on and worry about.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Having tried it, there seems to be a lot of thought put into it from having the pals help grow crops to being a flamethrower in battle.

    It's very much a smoother Pixelmon experience (pokemon Minecraft mod).

    Feels like ark but possibly more polished? Hard to say since it's in early access.

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