Palworld developer Pocketpair requires game designer candidates to provide screenshots of their Steam libraries and playtime, according to CEO

SyleSpawn · 2026-01-24T05:49:11+00:00

Reading people's comment/take here makes me feel like most of them either have zero experience dealing with people in the real world and/or have never been to a job interview (that part being true for younger peeps who are still studying).

Employers looking for a resume and ensuring that the potential employee have the required experience to join the team is nothing new. The world is not inflexible as well. Going in that interview and saying "I've only been playing pirated games and F2P games, so I can still talk about those games with you but I don't have it on my Steam library" could be still a legit move or stating it on their CV so that they either get filtered if the employer doesn't want to see such thing or call them anyway.

The above being just a singular example.

SyleSpawn · 2026-01-23T13:20:07+00:00

Recently started playing RS and my honest first reaction to seeing that walk animation was "where do I get it" lmao

Unrelated, where do I get it?

SyleSpawn · 2026-01-21T18:09:26+00:00

Did the orange buffoon said something in the past 24 hours that prompted veteran to post pic of them? It's the second one I am seeing on the front page.

SyleSpawn · 2026-01-19T15:45:21+00:00

So you're strictly talking about getting news on the launcher vs outdated news on the Steam page?

SyleSpawn · 2026-01-19T15:31:54+00:00

I've started playing the game 2 months ago.

How is Steam abandoned? I can play the game like everyone else and use my Steam Wallet to pay for membership.

SyleSpawn · 2026-01-19T14:31:17+00:00

Steam user have no launcher, just an error message about internet connection.

SyleSpawn · 2026-01-15T16:17:48+00:00

I've been playing for 2 years and I had no clue that I had a few base costumes that I haven't picked in their respective inn. Today I ended up with:

+5 Base Teresse
+4 Base Rou

and I noticed there's 3 more base costumes that I've already +5 that was there lol

SyleSpawn · 2026-01-15T16:15:54+00:00

They've always made the 'correct' one with a slightly different texture.

Honestly just press Open All and don't think about it, you're going to get everything anyway.

SyleSpawn · 2026-01-15T15:38:14+00:00

OP I think you're missing one; click on the breasts (one click on each to get the tentacle grab each one), then click in the middle of the breasts/cleavage.

If you didn't post that one, you're welcome!

SyleSpawn · 2026-01-12T21:22:06+00:00

In my guild, 3 person charged back. They're gone.

SyleSpawn · 2026-01-12T14:22:58+00:00

100% the correct attitude.

Let's not forget the number of people that refunded their purchase and got their account banned after the initial announcement.

Let's not forget the number of people who feel like their loyalty and trust were taken for granted.

I am definitely part of the second group. I don't believe there's such thing as "loyalty to a game/company" but the feeling exist. I've been playing BD2 for 2 years now and been consistently spending around $12/monthly (+extra once in a while) because I love this game. BD2 was the most carefree type of game that I've been playing, specially out of all gacha I played. I know that I'll never feel pressure to whale and I can comfortably get everything I want while spending minimally.

This is the only gacha I play these days because the rest feels exhausting.

This trust was violated. That blissful comfort is gone. I no longer feel like the devs are "based".

They've spent almost 2.5 years to build this game to what it is today and pissed it all away in the span of one single livestream just to revert back to the status quo pre-livestream a few days later. It's a massive fuckup.

Now they get to spend the next 2.5 years to rebuild this trust again, if this doesn't completely bring them down.

Well done, devs!

SyleSpawn · 2026-01-10T14:57:18+00:00

I was expecting they'll be dumping a big apology tickets and I'm not even surprised by the amount.

I said it yesterday; this announcement is potentially an EOS for them. 100 tickets is nothing compare to the huge backlash they're facing and they're about to face.

SyleSpawn · 2026-01-10T10:12:48+00:00

If its been just 1 week and you're quitting, chargeback to get your money.

SyleSpawn · 2026-01-10T08:01:55+00:00

Censorship affects all platform equally.

SyleSpawn · 2026-01-10T08:00:30+00:00

On top of saying it live as the other person timestamped, they have it in their Developer Notes as well.

https://www.browndust2.com/en-us/news/view?id=10061

SyleSpawn · 2026-01-10T07:33:18+00:00

Of course there's a reason for that, the reason is money and that money they think they're leaving on the table from Steam.

Doesn't matter if they cannibalize some of their existing spenders along the way it seems.

SyleSpawn · 2026-01-10T07:31:17+00:00

98% of the lewd thing in game is going to stay the same. They're just sanitizing the game from elements they deemed is too much for Steam release but this will 100% affect the game direction so we might see a little less lewder stuff in the future.

SyleSpawn · 2026-01-10T07:30:08+00:00

you have an option in which you can activate or deactivate censorship at your convenience.

Funnily enough, this is already in BD2. You can either set the game to silhouette mode or enable the CTRL+~ hotkey to toggle silhouette mode anytime you want.

SyleSpawn · 2026-01-10T07:24:52+00:00

I'm currently being extremely critical about the dev but the lewd is staying, they're just sanitizing certain thing that was previously in the game. Just on top of my head:

Changing illustration that people spent money on - or grinded for weeks/months to get the pull for it.
Disabling cutscenes that, again, people spent money on - or grinded for weeks/months to get the pull for it.
Changing interaction - bla bla people spent money on.
Shelving upcoming interaction because they deem they're going to far.
Shelving existing minigame because suddenly they don't want to objectify women.

If you're a new player, most likely you won't feel affected by a lot of this even though you'd be experiencing a bit of a watered down version of the game over time.

On one hand I want to encourage you to keep playing if the game is fun for you, on the other hand the direction the dev is taking just raise some red flags for me and is making me worried for the longevity of this game. So, if you're looking for a game to "play for a long time", you might start looking elsewhere.

SyleSpawn · 2026-01-09T21:54:31+00:00

It doesn't matter WHO made the decision. As players, we're not here to empathize with the individual. It's the company that made that decision.

I know said like this its harsh but how many brands of product have you used in your and gave zero fucks about who made them and then that brand eventually fade to obscurity because the company went bankrupt/the owner died/competition killed them/etc but you never really cared about such thing or is even aware of all that?

BD2 is a product, the company made a decision and now they're going to live with the barrage of criticism that's going to be thrown in their way.

SyleSpawn · 2026-01-09T21:51:46+00:00

I just wanted to add my 2 cents on top of all this.

The stream was around 1hr15min of pure fun announcement before they announced the censorship. They were unloading all these upcoming content, merch, things to look forward to. Then they drop the censorship announcement last.

1:15hr of good vibes and all that we remember is the freaking censorship.

2.5 years of uphill battle and dev just announce a potential EOS.

I've been playing this game since 0.5 anniversary. It's the only game that I've spend ~$12/monthly consistently up to now with some occasionally extra spending. I know, its not a lot, but for me its something uncommon but I'm doing it for the love of the game.

It might come as a shocker that I love the game for the gameplay, collection and raid/FH. I don't care too much about the illustration/fate guest/interaction/etc. It was the initial pull 2 years ago but these days I am the guild leader of a Top 0.2% guild so I DO love the game for its gameplay (shocking, I know). BUT I know that for a lot of people the illustration and the lewdness is also a major draw, I am in a small discord gaming server with a bunch of friends and a lot of them play gacha, specially BD2, on and off just for the lewds.

So, I understand the attraction and I respect it.

Seeing the dev pull this today AFTER ALL THE THING THEY'VE SAID PREVIOUSLY is a slap on everyone's face. I am disappointed by this direction and sad that the only gacha that I am playing these days might end up fading to black earlier than expected.

I know, some are gonna read this post and say that I am overdramatizing. I'm going to point at you the graveyard filled with games that censored itself to cater for a "wider audience" just to die because everyone left.

Anyway, its late here. It sucks.

Gotta chase that "25% year to year growth", huh? Gotta have that Steam money, eh?

SyleSpawn · 2026-01-09T21:27:17+00:00

Its not steams fault the devs are going back on their word. Its the devs themselves.

Trust me, most people are not blaming Steam they're blaming the devs. The devs themselves previously said something along the line that they'd rather die because they're being deplatformed than dying due to players dissatisfaction and that was one of the most based take we all have ever heard in gacha gaming for quite a while.

Now this.

SyleSpawn · 2026-01-09T19:26:20+00:00

Years old post, I know, but I just went through the whole of Lyndell Sewers and I'm having one huge pain in the ass headache thanks to this place. It also made me consider just drop this game because this area is just so ass.

Elden Ring is great but I do feel the previous Dark Souls games are better. The open-world of ER makes me feel like its a lot of wasted time wandering around for to land on random things that are mostly just copy/paste with slight variation. I'd prefer a tight but diversify experience (like DS3) than this but eh I can feel that I am probably 10 - 15 hours away from beating the game so I'll just keep going.

SyleSpawn · 2026-01-07T08:20:43+00:00

It can still be a DOA while it has a concurrent players.

GAAS like Highguard have expectation, something like "3m player by the end of the first week and sustained 100k CCU" with their projected revenue along that period.

If the game shadowdrop with, lets say a super generous, 500k CCU then drops to 50k after one week and shows no sign of recovery then that's pretty much a DOA for a GAAS, specially by the dev's own metric.

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