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ranmagender · 3 months

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I've been desperate for monster taming games and have tried out a bunch

I find palworld is actually the closest to what I actually wanted

The creatures in ark are less like creatures and more like tools, they don't get any sort of personality or care, and the gameplay itself is designed to be an agonizing slog for the sake of rust like pvp

Every other game leans too much into trying to be pokemon and are just turn based rpgs which are not fun at all for me

I like being able to pet and pamper my animals and I like traveling with them and how they help you; i love how the game isn't excessively grindy, so many aspects of the gameplay resolve tons of irritating issues I've had with the games they're inspired from! I love most of the designs, i am a fan of pokemon redesigns, fakemon, and fusions, and as an artist some are just better designs than the original pokemon they're ripping from. People don't even know that their art team is the largest part of their staff.

The game is ugly, buggy, derivative; i don't trust the company but neither do i trust any game company. It really does combine elements of games I have played in a smooth way that works out better than the original game

This is a long ask so imma number my points. The tone of this isnt argumentative im just responding as i read your ask c:

1) Like i said i dont care if people play it. I hope people get their 30 bucks worth of fun

2) Technically Pokemon itself was just a more streamlined version of Megami Tensei. so something being turn based is neither bad nor indicative of being a pokemon rip off altho thats likely what a lot of people know. Like Cassette Beasts like yeah im sure theres some pokemon flavor to it but i dont think its nearly as derivative as palworld imo. Again no beef just, like their whole thing is it being pokemon with guns.

3) One of the accusations was that they stole fakemon fanart from small artists which if true is not cool but some of the pals have been neat. I havent really delved too deep into every bit about the controversies

4) Im sure theres passionate folks working on it just like im sure devs at gamefreak give it their all

5) im a lifelong pokemon fan but i sold my copy of violet because like the characters are fun and all but i found it not enjoyable to play. I feel the environments should be more stylized. Also it kept crashing for me idk if theyve fixed that but the pokemon company has way too harsh time mandates for gamefreak like give them a year or two more for development.

6) the company is sketchy but i mean so is the pokemon company so...

Some monster tamer games I love and recommend in case you or anyone is curious

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Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince

Shin Megami Tensei V

World of Final Fantasy

Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance (i mean its sort of qualifies in the genre but i like it)

Cassette Beasts

Monster Hunter Stories

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But yeah hope youre having fun anon

#palworld #pokemon #anon

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tumblunni · 5 years

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Current feel: wanting to turn the old 1999 Pokemon Master Trainer board game into a tabletop rpg. The idea just hit me last week and its been festering in my brain and refusing to leave!

Aaaaa so many IDEAS for improving its flaws and expanding it to have more freedom and adding character sheets instead of Everyone Is Ash In Different Colours. What if you could even pick trainer classes that lean towards different gameplay styles? Like a battler gets exp for fighting as much as possible and a dex holder gets exp for catching lots and a pokemon breeder could have a 'my friends are my power' thing where every time their pokemon gains a level their trainer does too. Which could make them a good versatile mix between all the other styles, cos they could level up their mons by fighting or by catching loads of new mons, etc. And then i think each class would have a Class Square on the board that gives specific bonus events depending on what you picked. To help balance it out so that you still have opportunities to gain your class's specific exp even if you get a bunch of bad dice rolls. The breeder events could give ways to level up your pokemon without fighting, like cute pet affection moments that power them up with the power of love~! And of course an actual breeding mechanic where you can leave two of your pokemon at that space for a certain amount of turns and then you get a new pokemon. CHERISH IT! Oh and lol there could be a team rocket class that plays the same as the original game cos SERIOUSLY this board game is so broken and cutthroat, theres like a million cards to steal stuff from your friends and force them into ambush attacks and even LITERALLY STEAL THEIR TURN AND MAKE THEM DO IT AGAIN! There's a time machine card thats so poorly written that it lets you undo any turn whether its yours, your opponents or even the enemy pieces on the board! I hope i never mess up that bad in game design lol

And it could work so well as an episodic thing where in each session we have a smaller game board based on an individual area? Like in the original you just have one board thats all of kanto, and none of the landmarks are even really marked which sucks. It took until the second game to even add gym leaders as a gameplay mechanic! So i'm thinking if we wanted to make this a multi session game we could turn each leg of the journey into its own sub-board. Each one would contain one Route area for training and catching pokemon, and then one Town that contains the gym leader thats the final boss of this area. And maybe equivelant final goals for every trainer class? Like catching a rare pokemon or doing a pokemon contest? (I cant think of anything else for breeders except 'hatch a shiny pokemon' which would be way more difficult than everyone else's stuff! Either that or maybe just a goal of hatching a certain amount of eggs? So they could be the only class that doesnt need to get to the town to win? I dunno i'll work on it!!) ANYWAY what i mean is that each game session could be a mini battle to get to the goal, and then that carries over into the next one. You don't win the whole thing just for getting the Pewter City gym badge, but it means you get to draw a rare card and roll first next time. And you get an idea of who's in the lead at each moment, causing stuff to get more competitive (or more collaborative!) as you get close to the final stretch...

And and and i thought of a cool idea for the first board of the game! What if getting your starter pokemon was a minigame? Everyone rolls dice and it determines what order you get to pick in, cos you slept in like Ash from the first episode of the anime. And also similarly maybe player 4 doesnt get to pick and they get a randomized starter that wasnt on the list? Which could either be a great lucky pick or a huge disadvantage, so maybe you wanna try it on purpose just in case... and hmm I'd definately let players swap their starters if they all agreed on it, i mean this is supposed to be fun rather than uber competitive. But to keep the luck aspect i'd say you can only trade your randomized starter AS a randomized starter. I.e you trade it before you roll to find out what it is. Bargain away the potentially valuable luck of the draw! But if the luck fails then you're stuck with it!

Oh and also you totally get bonus exp for roleplaying, cos this is mostly a framework just for a monopoly esque thing and we need to turn it into more of an Experience. I was thinking replace the 'get a pokemon without battling' squares with 'get a pokemon IF you can write me a lil story about how you encountered and befriended it'. BONUS POINTS FOR HOW MANY TIMES THE GM SAYS DAWW

Man ive thought way too much about this...

Maybe even make up a new original region so i could balance the locations to fit the gameplay a bit better instead of being bound to kanto? Hmm... An excuse to make Cute Professor Grandma...

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