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Details on Palia's Villagers, Romance, and Friendship, Plus a Look at the Past Few Months | MMORPG.c

SystemSystem Member UncommonPosts: 12,599
edited February 2023 in News & Features Discussion

imageDetails on Palia's Villagers, Romance, and Friendship, Plus a Look at the Past Few Months | MMORPG.com

 The Palia team has been reflecting on the past couple of months of updates, as well as looked at what's happening now and in the coming months.

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  • TillerTiller Member LegendaryPosts: 11,449
    IDK why but I get Free Realms vibes.
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  • VrikaVrika Member LegendaryPosts: 7,973
    Tiller said:
    IDK why but I get Free Realms vibes.
    I think it's about time for another Free Realms -like MMO. There's been enough tech development and game development innovations that it's time to try out making that kind of game again.
     
  • DigDuggyDigDuggy Member RarePosts: 694
    I'm looking forward to playing this. Something light, that I can just have a little 'low impact' fun. Of course, I'll also be playing something where I kill things, but I'll definitely take time to do some farming and meeting people and just chill a bit.
    Kyleran
  • DarkhawkeDarkhawke Member UncommonPosts: 212
    It's going to be interesting to see how Palia plays out with next to no combat.its intial sales should be very good , and I think kids will really enjoy it , but as they are modeling off of Free Realms I'm not very confident in long term retention rate .

    Free Realms failed for a lot of reasons, one of them was lack of combat.The demographic may have grown for this style of game since FR , but I still feel this will fall into a very small niche, and there is nothing wrong with that, as long as they have that in there sights in regard to resources and financially stable.
    ScotGentrifried_Chicken
  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,273
    We have seen games launch with little or no combat before, they rarely do well.
    Tokken
  • kitaradkitarad Member LegendaryPosts: 8,164
    edited February 2023
    Scot said:
    We have seen games launch with little or no combat before, they rarely do well.
    Really Animal Crossing has hardly any combat and it is tremendously popular. Also in Stardew Valley you can play the game without any combat at all.

    There is definitely a market for these games and it might be a very large one at that.

  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,273
    kitarad said:
    Scot said:
    We have seen games launch with little or no combat before, they rarely do well.
    Really Animal Crossing has hardly any combat and it is tremendously popular. Also in Stardew Valley you can play the game without any combat at all.

    There is definitely a market for these games and it might be a very large one at that.
    I agree, its the "rarely" I am arguing here, if they have a solid game it will work out for them.
  • DarkhawkeDarkhawke Member UncommonPosts: 212
    edited February 2023
    kitarad said:
    Scot said:
    We have seen games launch with little or no combat before, they rarely do well.
    Really Animal Crossing has hardly any combat and it is tremendously popular. Also in Stardew Valley you can play the game without any combat at all.

    There is definitely a market for these games and it might be a very large one at that.
    Well Palia aims to be an mmo ,  AC and SV  are not mmos. Hmph well actually looks like Palia is only coop also 5+ players .. Guess we wait and see..

    Unless 8 players is now an mmo , hard to tell these days, some people are describing online solitare communities as mmos.
  • IudiciumIudicium Member UncommonPosts: 19
    wow a mmo without combat so amazing. imagine playing red dead 2 without guns
    Scot
  • TillerTiller Member LegendaryPosts: 11,449
    edited February 2023
    kitarad said:
    Scot said:
    We have seen games launch with little or no combat before, they rarely do well.
    Really Animal Crossing has hardly any combat and it is tremendously popular. Also in Stardew Valley you can play the game without any combat at all.

    There is definitely a market for these games and it might be a very large one at that.

    As for MMOs A Tale in the Desert did pretty well in it's early days, it's still going, picked up during pandemic but mostly regulars now. Second Life has around 30-40k players on globally at almost any given time, though I would say 10-15k are worker bots ect.
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  • VrikaVrika Member LegendaryPosts: 7,973
    edited February 2023
    Darkhawke said:

    Well Palia aims to be an mmo ,  AC and SV  are not mmos. Hmph well actually looks like Palia is only coop also 5+ players .. Guess we wait and see..

    Unless 8 players is now an mmo , hard to tell these days, some people are describing online solitare communities as mmos.
    Source? A couple of screenshots on their websites showed 10-20 players in one place.
     
  • or1h1m3or1h1m3 Member UncommonPosts: 5
    One of the most ambiguous sentences on this portal:
    "there’s a roundup of some of what you might have missed that was posted in the game's Discord today, reviewing some of the happenings from the past few months, including reveals, and some of what’s coming soon."
  • DarkhawkeDarkhawke Member UncommonPosts: 212
    Vrika said:
    Darkhawke said:

    Well Palia aims to be an mmo ,  AC and SV  are not mmos. Hmph well actually looks like Palia is only coop also 5+ players .. Guess we wait and see..

    Unless 8 players is now an mmo , hard to tell these days, some people are describing online solitare communities as mmos.
    Source? A couple of screenshots on their websites showed 10-20 players in one place.
    It says 5+ on their site. Now obviously 5+ could be 20 , 5+5 =10 5+15 =20
  • VrikaVrika Member LegendaryPosts: 7,973
    edited February 2023
    Darkhawke said:
    Vrika said:
    Darkhawke said:

    Well Palia aims to be an mmo ,  AC and SV  are not mmos. Hmph well actually looks like Palia is only coop also 5+ players .. Guess we wait and see..

    Unless 8 players is now an mmo , hard to tell these days, some people are describing online solitare communities as mmos.
    Source? A couple of screenshots on their websites showed 10-20 players in one place.
    It says 5+ on their site. Now obviously 5+ could be 20 , 5+5 =10 5+15 =20
    Where on their website?



    The only thing I found on their website was: 

    "What will be the limit of friends you can play with simultaneously?

    There are multiple social grouping systems in Palia that are sized to suit their activities. For example, our party size is 4 because the activities we are planning for them have limited slots. However, your Community and each server can hold many more players simultaneously (we’re still trying to lock down the launch number and expect it to increase from early Alpha playtest numbers)"


    Also they had screenshots with a lot of people, like:


    Scot
     
  • OG_SolareusOG_Solareus Member RarePosts: 1,041
    feels very disney , even the music..
    F2P or DIE !
  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,273
    edited February 2023
    feels very disney , even the music..
    As long as I don't have to be Mickey Mouse I am alright with that. :)
    McSleazOG_SolareusSailorMom
  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,273
    edited February 2023
    Tiller said:
    kitarad said:
    Scot said:
    We have seen games launch with little or no combat before, they rarely do well.
    Really Animal Crossing has hardly any combat and it is tremendously popular. Also in Stardew Valley you can play the game without any combat at all.

    There is definitely a market for these games and it might be a very large one at that.

    As for MMOs A Tale in the Desert did pretty well in it's early days, it's still going, picked up during pandemic but mostly regulars now. Second Life has around 30-40k players on globally at almost any given time, though I would say 10-15k are worker bots ect.
    Two great mentions there, but I would call SL more a online social experience than a MMO, also those are ages old, like I said it can be done but its rare. Minecraft does not have to have combat, they are out there but they rarely become major hits. 
  • DigDuggyDigDuggy Member RarePosts: 694

    Scot said:

    We have seen games launch with little or no combat before, they rarely do well.



    We've also seen a lot of combat games launch that don't do well. Of course more combat games get thrown against the wall, so more will stick. I think this will be a success if they do it right. It's gonna be more of a gamification of a social platform. I'm gonna give it a go. I like farming and stuff, so I'm gonna just farm and see how it goes.
    McSleaz
  • SabbythSabbyth Member UncommonPosts: 53

    Darkhawke said:

    It's going to be interesting to see how Palia plays out with next to no combat.its intial sales should be very good , and I think kids will really enjoy it , but as they are modeling off of Free Realms I'm not very confident in long term retention rate .

    Free Realms failed for a lot of reasons, one of them was lack of combat.The demographic may have grown for this style of game since FR , but I still feel this will fall into a very small niche, and there is nothing wrong with that, as long as they have that in there sights in regard to resources and financially stable.



    Seeing as Animal Crossing New Horizons is just shy of 40 million copies sold I believe the niche is big enough without combat. :)
    Scot
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  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,273
    Sabbyth said:

    Darkhawke said:

    It's going to be interesting to see how Palia plays out with next to no combat.its intial sales should be very good , and I think kids will really enjoy it , but as they are modeling off of Free Realms I'm not very confident in long term retention rate .

    Free Realms failed for a lot of reasons, one of them was lack of combat.The demographic may have grown for this style of game since FR , but I still feel this will fall into a very small niche, and there is nothing wrong with that, as long as they have that in there sights in regard to resources and financially stable.



    Seeing as Animal Crossing New Horizons is just shy of 40 million copies sold I believe the niche is big enough without combat. :)
    It depends on how close to that style of game it is, I have not really looked into Palia, does romance and friendship sell well? I am not sure where they are pitching the game, we shall see.
  • VrikaVrika Member LegendaryPosts: 7,973
    edited February 2023
    Scot said:
    Sabbyth said:

    Darkhawke said:

    It's going to be interesting to see how Palia plays out with next to no combat.its intial sales should be very good , and I think kids will really enjoy it , but as they are modeling off of Free Realms I'm not very confident in long term retention rate .

    Free Realms failed for a lot of reasons, one of them was lack of combat.The demographic may have grown for this style of game since FR , but I still feel this will fall into a very small niche, and there is nothing wrong with that, as long as they have that in there sights in regard to resources and financially stable.



    Seeing as Animal Crossing New Horizons is just shy of 40 million copies sold I believe the niche is big enough without combat. :)
    It depends on how close to that style of game it is, I have not really looked into Palia, does romance and friendship sell well? I am not sure where they are pitching the game, we shall see.
    I don't think Palia will be a game that focuses on romancing or befriending those characters. It's just standard trope for these kinds of games that instead of the usual quests and tasks to kill stuff you'll get quests and tasks to help NPCs, and instead of becoming the one who saved the world you'll just become friends with characters you're helping.
     
  • DigDuggyDigDuggy Member RarePosts: 694
    Scot said:
    Sabbyth said:

    Darkhawke said:

    It's going to be interesting to see how Palia plays out with next to no combat.its intial sales should be very good , and I think kids will really enjoy it , but as they are modeling off of Free Realms I'm not very confident in long term retention rate .

    Free Realms failed for a lot of reasons, one of them was lack of combat.The demographic may have grown for this style of game since FR , but I still feel this will fall into a very small niche, and there is nothing wrong with that, as long as they have that in there sights in regard to resources and financially stable.



    Seeing as Animal Crossing New Horizons is just shy of 40 million copies sold I believe the niche is big enough without combat. :)
    It depends on how close to that style of game it is, I have not really looked into Palia, does romance and friendship sell well? I am not sure where they are pitching the game, we shall see.
    Ha, judging by how many x rated games get launched on Steam, maybe.  I am surprised at how many of these games launch.  It's kinda crazy to me.  
    Scot
  • Professor78Professor78 Member UncommonPosts: 611
    These sort of games are good for a change of pace, bring it on.

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  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 43,975
    kitarad said:
    Scot said:
    We have seen games launch with little or no combat before, they rarely do well.
    Really Animal Crossing has hardly any combat and it is tremendously popular. Also in Stardew Valley you can play the game without any combat at all.

    There is definitely a market for these games and it might be a very large one at that.
    On a Switch sure, but on more adult platforms, not so much .


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  • nursonurso Member UncommonPosts: 327
    Is the game F2P? If so, I will most likely skip it..
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