You may be forced to hunt down Pal to feed yourself, and perhaps the Pal you are with. You'll also be dealing with food shortages and harsh weather. Pocket Pair says that poachers aren't the only threat to the world. Seeing gunfights like this in a game at first appears to be calm and peaceful is shocking to say the least. As it gets hit with bullets, its eyes fill with tears. In another shot, a sheep-like Pal is being used as a shield. A green critter that is sitting on the main character's head is also wielding a firearm.

If you look closely at some of the sequences in the trailer, you'll see that even the Pal can get in on the war. In a faq on Palworld's Steam page, Pocket Pair makes the combat sound optional: 'Palworld is a game about living a slow life with mysterious creatures 'Pal' or throwing yourself into life-and-death battles with poachers.' She's apparently mowing down Pal poachers. Tucked into these joyous shots are clips of the character running and gunning with an assault rifle. We also see Pal being used to water plants, blow fields, and light campfires. The trailer shows a human character petting a dog-like Pal in front of a cozy fireplace setting, and a few sequences of her running through the wilderness with it.

Comparisons to the Pokémon games are easy to make.until the guns come out. Developer by Pocket Pair, Palworld is slated to release in 2022, and is an open-world survival game with multiplayer, crafting, farming, and most important of all Pal collecting. The trailer for Palworld shows monster collecting and plenty of tender moments with them, and then things get super dark.

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