Why do gamers HATE this cozy new game Palia?!

As someone who plays and loves MMOs, this is not an MMO

It is a good game, I have been loving it so far, it's very cute and casual. But it's not an MMO

Palia is more like Harvest Moon with the ability to see other players in the overworld (and somewhat less farming mechanics)

It sucks cus its constanly lagging and skipping.

Just now found this video. Anyone watching this should know that this information is way outdated. Much of the information is incorrect, and for that reason, personally, I think this video should be taken down. Just sayin' ... For example, you can now interact with most furniture, the home lots have been expanded, tons of content has been added, including npcs, holiday events, creatures, and much more. When this video was made, the game had just come out. The developer said from the beginning that many features would be added along the way. This beta is an actual development beta. It's not an early access thing, and I think that's what many people expected. I do agree with what's said about it not being what people expect from an mmo. I mean technically it is an mmo. But I think when many people think mmo, they think of games like FFXIV, for an example. But Palia is not that kind of game and it never claimed to be. It's attempting to change the genre, and I think that's great. The gaming industry needs to try new things. But the reality is that the haters just wanted something to hate on. Thank goodness many of them have moved on to hate on other stuff. But, I love the game so far. It's given me a no stress place to hang out and take a break from the chaos of the mainstream mmos. And yes, it is well worth checking out =)

I don't understand why people say Palia is not an MMO (Masive Multiplayer Online)
Just because other games have pvp and dungeons and this one doesn't doesn't make it less of an MMO. It still has multiple people playing together online, it's just different than the rest. It's almost like everyone hates it because it's different, weren't people supposed to be "inclusive". If you don't like it, you don't play it. And you can also try it for free at any time.
We are all waiting patiently for more features to play as a group, but untill then us who like the cozyness of the game are ok with it as it is.
Also this game is really attracting a hole new type of community, a community that previously didn't like the pvp/boss killing aspects of the other MMO's.

Dude the game is NOT an MMO.

Game is extremely lonely people don’t even wanna fish next to me lol

It's too safe

Great vid.
My gf and I take a Ghost Recon approach to hunting, using one with makeshift ammo and one standard we do 'synchronised' shots.
As long as makeshift arrow hits slightly before, then we're sorted 😁

You are right the MMO community is so toxic it's basically not worth doing a MMO game they demand so much content every month and so many updates like no others so for devs it's much easier to create a single player experience where it's out its finished not having to deal with huge demands every week

I’m older I like Palia.

It's an mmo with nothing but side content. No combat, no dungeons, no gearing system, no level progression. You farm, fish, craft, gather, build, and hunt. That's it. You don't even share living spaces with other ppl. Your house is instanced.

That’s really sad that there’s no enemies…

I joined this game mostly it feels like the sims laid back no stress when it comes to pvp where I don’t have to punch my screen

if i want to harvest vegetables i can just get a pot and plants and do it in real life

I dont hate the game but JESUS they need to fix the bugs... I have this weird bug that if i change location my interatc button just stop work and the only way to fix is exiting the game and re opening but some times even that dont fix and with my reserch i founded that this bug was report 2 MONTHS ago... 2 MONTHS for bug that literaly make the game unplayble and they not fixed yet =( .

Nice video !

i do enjoy this

Its a game I didn't know I wanted, I have 10 hours plus in and I just enjoy it. I just wish people would let game devs build the game they want and either play it or not. I've been watching reviews of people just wanting it to be WOW or Albion, we don't need them they already exist. To me its a hit and I'm finding myself being in a que line which means I'm not the only one.

my opinion is that it would be better if the game let everyone know what it can't or doesn't do .... tell what it isn't ....

People need to stop trying to compare this game to WoW or other MMORPG and understand that it's not meant to be like those games. It's really aiming more for an MMO Stardew Valley kinda experience. It's like complaining because your screwdriver is terrible at hammering...

lol almost 8 minutes of shilling and defending the developers. Should rename your channel to SausageRider.
The main reason most people have a problem with it is the clear greed the developers have with their monetization something you completely ignored in your "review". That's what they're using their game for: extorting their small community to try and milk as much money as they can. Good job. Better luck next time I guess.
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Edit: Comfy Commando did a much better explanation on that ...something you pretended doesn't exist.

It may sound cringe but this would make an amazing adult game. Like fleshed out Animal Crossing + in depth sim dating.

Even with NPCs and people running around the game feels empty and lonely. You can't call this game an MMO and expect people not to compare it to other titles. There's potential in the game, and I do hope the devs continue expanding upon on it.

Why does everyone keep using the word Cozy with this game?

Didn't know that Palia is been dislike so much ): Is really too bad this is such a great game. Is basically Stardew Valley but with a bigger multiplayer. This is the exact game me and my friends where looking for. I don't believe there is any issues with the game identity. It looks like people expecting it to be a action adventure game? Though I do agree the social interaction part of the game need to be better. I wasn't even with my friends half the time and other players just running around doing their own things. Take the game Sky: Children of the Light as a example. You don't even talk in the game and it still have a feeling of community. This game would be such a hit if they work on the social mechanics. Fighting mechanics won't be a bad thing to add but it gotta be like a secondary things like in Stardew Valley. Something you can do to go explore and forage resources with friends. I love how they did it in Rune Factory where you can tame the monsters as your barn animal. I'm hopeful in the future developments of the game 🤞

This game just need big quest board for weekly or monthly massive project
And monthly project for the entire player base
Like gather or cook what for unimaginable amount as community project

It’s actually a game meant to be played with friends, alone it feels a bit empty after a few hours of playing. The fact that tools can break and down grade if broken after using up the tool is lame, a tool should not downgrade it should just be unable to be used. There are definitely some things that should be different and I hope the devs fix it.

I am this games target audience, I miss playing MMORPGs all day and night but I do not anymore. In comes this genre. The MMOFS Massive Multiplayer Online Farming Sim

i love this game i play it almost every day the ppl that don't like this game most likely are violent in nature and take it out in aggressive game and are looking for pvp and constant danger i love how if i need to i can walk away for a min and then come back and no mobs or ppl have killed me and now i have lost all my stuff

i think this is great that people that dont want the pve or pvp crap of mmorpg and want to just play the casual play at your own pace game. so mmo hard core guys and girls go play something else.

Oh dear, so endgame Palia is just ...... housing ? And thats it ? That's a real turn off.

why the clickbait title?

I've been enjoying this game but I'm hoping on full release Sifuu will teach us to be monster hunters. It certainly feels like it needs some PvE

The game is just flat out boring once you build a house and decorate it that is it that is all it has to offer there is no community chat is dead you see the occasional person running around but other than that this might as well be a single player game.

I am an old timer here. I have been playing video games since the Atari days (and some of you probably weren't even born yet) when my daughter was 10 yrs old, now she's 49 and I'm still playing video games. I have played all sorts mmorpg games, mmo games and solo player games. I was a long time player of WoW and Diablo when they first hit the market, as well as LOTR, Guild Wars, Archage, Neverwinter, Warhammer, Ultima Online and so many others that I can't even begin to remember. I've done all that killing of monsters, running raids through all those dungeons and etc. But Palia is different, I love the soothing atmosphere and not have to worry about how high I have to have my toon lvl'd in order to participate with guilds to join those raids.

I love the crafting aspect of the game, I love interacting with all the other players who are enjoying Palia as much as I am. Singularity 6 has finally made an mmo for us older ppl who, an younger too, just want a nice relaxing game where you don't have to worry about when is the next raid or what guild is fighting who in pvp.

Maybe it was because I had zero expectations because I didn't know this game existed until now - I absolutely love and adore it and find it super engaging and cozy. I'm really surprised to hear the gaming community is hating on it, but I guess I really wasn't going into it expecting an MMORPG. This is more of a lobby based mmo type thing.

It is just what I was looking for. No longer kill 35 of this and got to this and that dungeon to slay 99 more before meeting some Boss. No one telling you what is best in slot to enter any raidgroup.
Just building my own place, with windows you actually look through and having my own Garden to tend for.
I can see that it is not for adrenaline-junkies, but that is exactly why it is perfect for me and hundred of thousands others. We will get other areas and places once the beta has cleared all major bugs, lags and more. You can spot such areas already on pics they used on their homepage. I love it, it is just what I wanted.

That is on the people who didn't look into what the game was before jumping in.

- soloing most of the time
- rare resources takes so much time to respawn if another player chopped a tree or took a node from you also you maybe want to restart your game searching for another server that have no one in which will take some time as well
- limited server players at 25 persons
- building your plot for no reason and decorating it for no reason
- you should buy several times new plots to unlock the windmill and gazebo for no reason
- limited in game coins as 300k
- only one multiplayer aspect of the game right now is considered under pvp whic is the chappa chase event fun but for some its not
- in game chat,if someone need to team up you will have to send him a friend request so he can invite you to his server which is most of the time full and you both will suffer being in the same server hoping for someone to shutdown his game leaving the server your friend in
- cake parties is so boring and it takes so much time
- nerfing several corps and potato preserves lately they are forcing people to do cake parties because its the only way to have so much money right now
- tons of bugs and glitches without no fixes updates after updates and they don't look into the known issues
- people are getting banned from discord for telling the truth about the updates and the game
- reddit posts getting deleting from the moderators for the negative thoughts and opinions about the game
- yeah about the one plot that people are at the same plot i mean your house in the game in the same location like the rest of the players in the server when you leave your house you will find yourself between a lot of other players in the same location flapping your wings lagging till you finally get out from your crowded spawn area
- some recipes in the game are not obtainable after reaching specific level of fishing skill like the sushi recipe so if you are 15+/16+ you will never get it
... what ever this game will die before the fully release if they kept on ignoring the community thoughts

This game is nothing more than a glorified farming simulator with an online chat box. It’s 10 steps backwards from an MMO, will never be forward. It will die out eventually. The horrifically monetized premium shop will not save it unless content is churned out and limited time — feeding off FOMO. Sadly, that’s ALSO not a positive trait to add to any game.

Surprised so many people enjoy mindlessly farming and dating fake NPC profiles pre-programmed to give the same response to every player. If it was a newly innovative romance AI that could think for itself, that would be one thing… these are just stock characters with stereotypical personalities in ridiculous costumes.

I already do enough manual labor IRL. I already have a romantic relationship. This game fulfills nothing. I wasn’t even 20 minutes into the game and was already running into clarity issues either — the most anticipated event: building your house. The woodplanks wouldn’t register they were in my inventory so I absolutely could not build my house. LMAO. Logged out and deleted.

The game is too safe, can't die, zero immersion - no sense of survival and no combat. Good game if you're 10<

It's more than "the MMO crowd" who have an issue with Palia. I'm not an MMO person. I'm a cozy-gamer and Simmer. If your game has PvP I have zero interest. This game should be up my alley. However, the world is way too empty. Some things like harvesting the special purple-energy trees can't be done without others. I don't want to need to find someone to team up with just to cut down a dang tree. But what really turned me off from Palia was their immediate focus on not only having a cash shop, but having an overpriced cash shop they push HARD. Then the first new feature they add? Paywalled. Very bad form.

i like palia but need refinement and not fan of how they have done there cash store i understand the need for it in a free game and its only comedic witch is good but its very costly not being able to die isnt big deal to me not having a finished story was sad for me.

Pay wall. Unfinished. Uncustomizability. Not available for portable players.

The grind got old once the nerfs started. Its not fun at all and most of the time i cant get the resources im looking for. No thanks

Ok I have been playing games since the 80's and I will say this. Not every one of us are desperate for friends... Most of us want to play on our own and just to enjoy the games period! The rest of you who have no friends to wah wah on the game! I am glad the game have the option of being by yourself or with others is great to most of us... So stop with this whole I want to be with others wah wah because it is annoying at how pathetic it sounds when grown adults are still having the mentality of wanting friends so badly... For many years it had got on many nerves to have no option to play by ourself and to be forced to join up just to do quest and to move on has gotten to the point not many people want this anymore. I know for certain since I played Palia for a while that everyone would complain about the whole have to come together just to cut the Flow Tree... Do you think none of us notice in the chat when people complain about it. Lets not forget the more friends you get these days would mostly be full of hackers to mess with you game.

Hate is a strong word, its more thay the game isnt finished.

Maybe they should have not used the word "MMO", instead using the expression "Social and Cozy multiplayer game" :)
For the social part, I went to Twitch, found a small streamer that streamed Palia, chatted a bit, and when I felt if the streamer was nice I asked if I could join their community :)

the MMO crowd can go elsewhere then - very simple. Leave Palia as it is - its a great anti-stress game and I for one am really looking forward to seeing where it goes (and hope it doesn't go down the dungeon/raid/bullying path)