There’s just something about a cute, fluffy sheep operating a machine gun, an adorable cartoon dinosaur raining down missiles, and dozens of sad Pokémon-ish critters forced into labor camps to build weapons, all set to bright and cheery music. It always makes me wonder: Is this game okay?
This game is Palworld, an open world creature collecting game that’s also a third-person shooter. And humans aren’t the only ones with guns: the creatures themselves can spray the world with red-hot lead, too. As you can see in the new Palworld trailer above, it’s all pretty unhinged! But at the same time, I dunno, it also looks kinda fun.
We’ll find out if it’s fun in January of 2024, when Palworld enters early access. “Craft a cozy homestead, build a mighty base and a Pal-powered factory, or dive into dungeons with the assistance of Pals’ weapon-wielding special abilities,” says developer Pocketpair. “Embark on legendary monster hunts solo or invite friends for a multiplayer adventure.”
But that’s not all you can do with your Pal collection. “Capturing them, raising them, fighting with them, forcing them to work, selling them off, slaughtering them for …