Should Your Boyfriend Play Palworld? 

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"save it for the bedroom"

Holy crap, that Ash impression was legitimately great.

"If they're anywhere near as incompetent as the people who make the games at Game Freak, then Palworld will be just fine" couldn't have said it better myself

The Ash impression came without a warning and it was amazing.

Shelby: imitates Ash. Matt: "Save it for the bedroom." DEAR CHRIST.

I hated cooking and crafting things, but what I learned is you have to have Pals do that for you. Keep them fed, keep them bed, tell your base pals to craft while you go do more exploring, then come back to your stuff already made

"Palworld is like 2 in the pink, one in the stink" Well that's sure one way to put it.

When I saw Deprsso mining for the first time, I can hear We all lift together started playing.

The best comment about gamefreak and Palworld I saw was, “Imagine owning the Vaporeon IP for 20+ years and not making a dating simulator”.

Your experience is entirely different from my girlfriend and I's experience. We were going out of our way to make sure those cute little pals were not stressed out while they kept the base running. Hottubs and fluffy beds, swapping them out as much as possible. Not to mention that there's so much excess food you get from berry and wheat farms that I literally never once had to butcher a pal for food. The ranch was basically just a palsphere, arrow, gold, and flame organ farm because vixy, flamebelle, and mau would just constantly produce it while chilling in there. I did end up catching a syndicate thug just because all the people who talk about this game rant and rave about "catching people and forcing them to work" but I immediately realized just how utterly trash the people are in this game both in terms of combat capabilities and in terms of work ability. And I literally never had the desire to go around catching people again. Most of my time was spent exploring, catching new Pals, and building a grandiose base. This game was no where near as "Dark and edgy" as pretty much every youtube creator makes it out to be. You have the capacity to be an absolute monster if you choose to, but lots of games allow that and we don't cause an uproar over those.

the syndicate death sounds is the best part of the game hands down.

This game feels like Pokemon, ARK, Monster Hunter, and Animal Crossing, all had one giant fever dream baby.

6:04 "Your dentist's name is Krentist? Sounds a lot like dentist..."

2:46 Ah yes, Shelter 69. My favourite Pokemon clone XD

I played solo and it was an impressively stable experience for early access. (Again, in the *single player* version of the game.) I played about 60 hours and had a lot of fun with it and I'll probably play again when they stabilize the multiplayer. Definitely worth $30, though. I only had a couple problems. Pal pathing was wonky and I would have pals escape my base and have themselves locked outside, where they would starve and develop mental health disorders. Or they'd trap themselves on top of things, where they would starve and develop mental health disorders. It was pretty easy to avoid once I started looking for the starving pal icon by calling them back to the pal box. My primary base stopped getting raided after I beat the first tower and my secondary/tertiary bases were on mountains, so when they were raided the enemy NPCs were never able to reach the base and just despawned. This basically made it so I never had to replace the wooden walls around my base or the stone I made the base out of, removing any need for the building progression tier. Finally on one occasion, I teleported to an NPC town and several of the NPCs spawned in floating high above the ground. They subsequently fell to their death and I was murdered by angry city guards for the crime of being a witness. Nothing else of note happened to me. I actually felt confident enough in the game to install a few mods, like the one that lets you remove stamina cost for flying and another that doubles the amount of technology points you get per level up, so you'll actually unlock all the available technology when you reach maximum level. (Instead of having to farm out the skill books.)

Depresso: "mine rocks for 16 hours and what do ya get?"

None of the other Pokemon-likes plays remotely anything like Palworld does: most of them rely on Pokemon's tried and tested turn-based battle format with capturing and raising. Palworld does all of that in a fully real-time world: you're not waiting your opponent to make their move, then you having to do the same out of menus, you see your Pals attack and move around in in real time while you're also contributing to the fight via your firearms. As many people point out, it's more of an Ark clone than a Pokemon clone, just replace the dinosaurs with cute cartoony creatures.

We need a Helldivers 2 video, pleeease. I think you both will love it. It's one of the most fun games that i have played in a looong time, proper "rule of cool" fun.

We need to talk about how you not only know what a Rolodex is, you have one as a prop. 🤯

My first base was set up on the exact same place as yours, and my raid experiences were all the same as well AHAHA with every invader getting stuck on that little slope. Great video as always, guys

I REALLY enjoyed this video. Don't get me wrong, Matt's multiple-day edits are amazing, but it's just as fun to see you guys chatting and joking with each other in a setting like this. And if that means you can stress out a little less while doing it, that's even better! Now let me watch that ad-read again so y'all can get paid the big bucks.

I love these kinds sit down reviews and you guys kinda riffing and making each other laugh. More duo reviews!

Shelby's Ash impression caught me. She will really catch them all.😂

Save it for the bedroom is the funniest line ever. I’m stealing it

Loved your oldie where you reviewed the indie games that struck that special chord in your heart (except for Dead Cells bc of all the diarrhea Christmas lights). Do some more indie reviews like Cocoon, Pocket Beasts, and Dave the Diver.

"two in the pink, one in the stink" absolutely perfect summary

Most fun gaming related channel I've seen in years. Keep up the good work!!!

I hope someone at Gamefreak and Nintendo watch the videos of the fans of pokemon, listen to what we all like and want, and make a game we all can enjoy

"two in the pink, one in the stink", not even 10 seconds prior to the ad-read was wild.

0:47 😂 That impression! 😂👏

the funny part is that Palworld is still in early access and yet it is fun ass hell compared to AAA games nowadays.

X in the pink, y in the stink sounds like a great way of rating games in the future. Similar to the moist meter.

It seems like a lot of the main complaints are lag (and the AI) related. Traversal is much better when not playing on a server. One of the big positives that they mentioned without realising is the world settings. I like a bit of the collection and crafting loop, but it is amazing they gave players they way to adjust the game to what they want from it right off the bat.

I love you two, your videos are so much fun. I am glad I found you.

Thankyou. After the weekend when Pal hit 5mill. I have been waiting for your review.

What is the name of the guitar music they put in the beginning of the video?

10:05 I never connected Shelby to Molly Shannon before this exact moment, and now it's all I can think about.

Honestly. Your channel is the most authentic reviews of games out there. And I appreciate honesty. Thanks.

My favorite off brand product I have seen was at a state fair, and it was off brand permanent markets. Skerples, they were amazing.

Pokemon + Beeg Guns + Indentured Servitude = Stonks

I love you guys so much, and I love this new format for your videos too with both of you reviewing it from your different perspectives! :)

I was waiting for that "They're the same picture" moment

I’ve been waiting for this!

The ash was sooooooo clean 😭😭😭😭

babe wake up! new GFR video dropped

I am thumbs up 👍 for Shelby's Ash impression!!

nothing to do with the review in fact im not even a full minute into the video but doing an impression of anime Ash so well and then immediately replying with 'save it for the bedroom' immaculate content guys pls keep it up

Forget to mention its not even 1month out and its still in Early Access And its still performance and bug wise much stable than scarlet and violet after 1 year xD (and all other switch poke games)

This game is great, the exploration is top notch, they just need to fix the AI, its rage inducing how dumb your pals are at base, whenever you build something slightly narrow, or at the edge of your base, they can and WILL get stuck and starve, and good luck making them help you on your assembly line.

what a video! , loved it as always! , but gota be honest here, that cookunity thing looks greaaat D:

Interesting video format. Is it just for this video because you played it together? Or is this something you're thinking about transitioning into? Or is this how you're going to cover games you played together? I like the way you usually review games, but I'm also excited to see you try new things. I liked the video.

“Are you talkin’ ‘bout your cat bus?” - HOW HAS NOBODY MADE THAT CONNECTION UNTIL NOW

Matt coming in hot with the zingers 😂 Fantastic video as always! Love you both!!

Grappling hooks have been the best thing in gaming ever since Bionic Commando came out for the NES way back in 1988.

Its wild seeing all the glitches you guys are getting. I wonder if its more common from the multiplayer aspect (Oh hey, something else they ahem borrowed from Pokemon). I never had single crash or stutter before installing mods, weird how the experience can be so different.

Those thighs plus Ash's voice DAYUM

You guys are awesome! I do miss your initial style of editing humor, lots of references and quick witty asides and such. But it's always a pleasure. Be well 🤟🏻

On top of being a fun game, here in Brazil there is one thing that makes Palworld even funnier e famous: the word 'pal' has the exact sound as the word 'pau', which is one of our many words used for 'd*ck'. Needless to say, there is a lot of memes and stream clips revolving around this.

I love that most of the gripes you had on this game can be easily fixed, since it's still in Early Access

"save it for the bedroom" haha-.....wait WHAT?!

Play Helldivers 2 together :D... Matt will need a new arm after deploying stratagems and firing while reviving Shelby.

Fun fact: in portugueses "Pal" sounds like "Dick", so we all hear "Dick World" when someone is talking about this game.

Where is should your boyfriend play Helldivers?? I need it now!!!

I'm not your pal, guy

Breeding is it'd whole other mini game especially because you can use random Pals like a Beakon and a Carprity to get a god damned Anubis. And Anubis is like the best Pal to have for mining and crafting and building. I stick like 3 Anubii at each of my bases and they take care of all the Pal Gear, all the production lines, and they even repair walls after raids 😂

Now do Helldivers 2 next! I would LOVE to see your take on that one with your humour. Love the vids keep it up!

Should've mentioned its in early access when discussing the bugs/jankiness

Its in Early Access, I wanna see another video once its fully released ❤❤

this ninja said save it for the bedroom xddddd MY GUY

Shelby: why are you so mean to the chicken. Me: because it’s not Zelda 😂😂

There are definitely some pals that look like pokemon but the ones that are brought up the most are just generic animals. The ones they brought up were just a beige fox, green monkey and, blue penguin.

For a lot of the problems you describe there is a solution implemented in the game. I used my pals to craft my items. Travelsel is way easier with mounts, so it was fine for me the moment i unlocked one. Yeah pals sleep, because they are tired. Just do smt different in the meantime or go to bed yourself ... The only real problem for me is jank, but its an Early Access title and the core gameplay loop feels good. So not a major problem to me...

Palworld only is so great because Nintendo made us believe that a Pokémon game with half of that features wuold be impossible.

Shelby's fake laugh got me 🤣

The edge of Pokemon has over Palworld is that Pokemon has in depth mechanic like what kind of moves your pokemon potentially has and more strategy overall, Palworld is just mostly action game, but when they add PvP there will be a massive spike increase on Pal World player

Pokemon Breath of the Wild. Come on Nintendo, WE'RE WAITING

That save it for the bedroom line almost killed me

You guys are so wholesome and funny keep it up!

"Early Access" - You can literally change any setting you don't like to make it less grindy and the pals are supposed to be crafting for you, not you standing there. Get an Anubis he makes 8million arrows an hour!

At the end of the day it's a somewhat decent, properly open-world monster catching game. I think that's the real appeal for it. Well, that and you can catch humans with pal spheres (that's not a bug, that's intentional).

You guys are going to be the cool grandparents that people wish they had. Keep staying strong guys! My girlfriend and I love your videos!

Ok Al Pacacino is legit THE greatest name someone could give to an alpaca.

Pokemon with guns

Wow I didn't expect you guys to be one of the many people just comparing this to Pokemon, and completeling missing why this game is so good: the gameplay loops.

Considering how good this game is in early access i honestly can't wait to see how it improves when the devs are done with all their roadmap stuff

Shelby your ash voice is on point.

This game got boring really fast. I hope they add more on the final release version.

enjoyed the format for this review. palworld is certainly something 😂

Your Ash impression is spot-on!

I love love love that purple Pokemon jumper Shelby is wearing.

Thanks for the review. I didn't have that issue with raids. I guess everyone's experience is different.

You two are so funny, such a sweet couple! (By the way, if your Pal is exhausted it won't work, it will go to sleep. That is why that pal kept going to bed when you were trying to get it to craft for you.)

Couldn’t care less about palworld. I’m here for your commentary and interaction with each other! Your content is awesome!

Why do i get Major Kira Nerys vibes from Shelby? They don't look similar but there's something about her that's giving me the vibes.

I had to turn up the brightness on my screen with the all shade that Matt was throwing at Game Freak

That Sarah impressions was so on the money!!

You guys are so funny even after graduating from girlfriend to marriage status.😂 Keep up the good work.🎉

It very well may be the thick thighs, because I did not have nearly as many issues with traversing and climbing! I also was on game pass and not steam, so not sure what differences were there. I love this vid and you two!

Oooh I’ve really been anticipating this one 😁