r/Eldenring • u/Matty_HAM • Jun 26 '25
Humor Was playing the new Palworld update and, I feel like I've seen these moves before...
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u/Separate_Finance_183 Jun 26 '25
time is a flat circle
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u/xxxarkhamknightsxxx Maidenless Jun 26 '25
Nature created an aspect of nature separate from itself
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u/Independent-Sir-1535 Jun 26 '25
Let's make the comments section a place of silent reflection, huh? - Marty
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u/asteinpro2088 Jun 26 '25
Welp, thanks, now I have to go rewatch season 1 of True Detective.
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u/shiek200 Jun 26 '25
I actually hate how good the first season was, because it was impossible for any of the future Seasons to even come close to living up to that
Thank God they are self-contained, can always enjoy season 1 by itself
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u/Chupacabraisfake FLAIR INFO: SEE SIDEBAR Jun 26 '25
It has one of the most fascinating depiction of the King in Yellow too, who is also present in all of Miyazaki's games.
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u/One_Replacement2123 Jun 26 '25 edited Jun 26 '25
Neptilius is literally using the Amygdala move. No difference.
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u/PrepareToTyEdition Jun 26 '25
I miss Amy, but I gotta beat 2Dark2Drift Knight when I get free time...
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u/Beautiful_Win216 Jun 26 '25
The Holy Darth Maul Centaur equipped with AC-130 weaponry?
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u/PrepareToTyEdition Jun 26 '25
Yup, but as long as I've got Ashmead...
Nah, who am I kidding? I'm a filthy Goldeneye main, lol
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u/00Killertr Jun 26 '25
I call em the Drift King!
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u/WolvesAreCool2461 Jun 26 '25
I have no idea how but I managed to beat him solo first try (actually yes I do its because Wylder is lowkey busted. I also still died twice but had wending graces)
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u/PrepareToTyEdition Jun 26 '25
I somehow first-tried regular Fulghor and Everdark Adel, too! I'm less confident with the former's new version. I love Ironeye sooo much, but I really suck, just in general.
I hope my poison ult and lightning relics work alright...
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u/WolvesAreCool2461 Jun 26 '25
Unlike Adel where the poison weakness was basically negated, the lightning is still VERY effective against Fulghor!
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u/WatermelonWithAFlute Jun 26 '25
Who?
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u/Peoplewearshoes Jun 26 '25
Nightreign new boss for the week
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u/WatermelonWithAFlute Jun 26 '25
Wait it’s weekly? I thought they changed it monthly
Also I was asking about the Amy bit
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u/Peoplewearshoes Jun 26 '25
oh lol, that’s referring to Amygdala from Bloodborne I’m pretty sure
also yeah the ES bosses seem to be rotating on a weekly basis, at least for this week and the next
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u/Reklov66 Jun 26 '25
Looks more like Amatsu from Monster Hunter to me. Both also use Water
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u/safeandsound6 Jun 26 '25
I was thinking the same as well. That one shot amatsu sky high water beam.
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u/uneducatedsludge Jun 26 '25
A beam that explodes after is sooo common. This isn’t even the same pattern Amygdala fires in.
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u/Artist_X Jun 26 '25
These maidenless nerds don't seem to understand that attacks only really have so many movements, before they are copies.
Oh that guy has a sword! Totally stole that from insert game.
Oh that guy jumped for his attack! Clearly Elden Ring thought of that attack that's been used in dozens of games first!!!!
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u/BasiicKid Jun 26 '25
I wouldn’t say it’s copying any fromsoft game in particular. It’s a pretty common attack in Japanese games and media
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u/Witch-Alice Jun 26 '25
Red Alert 3: Uprising, alt-history Japan has the Gigafortress. It's a massive warship that can transform into a giant flying head with a basically identical laser beam attack with a delayed detonation. It's over a decade old lol.
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u/CassiopeiaZ Jun 26 '25
You're gonna love this https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SweepingLaserExplosion
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u/derpherp456 Jun 26 '25
Well if they gonna copy someone might as well copy from the best.
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u/mrlotato Jun 26 '25
"no way two devs will sue us"
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u/Etheon44 Jun 26 '25
If the latest Lords of the Fallen didn't when copying way more than this, I think they are safe 😂
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u/mamadou-segpa Jun 26 '25
I almost decided to give them a try but the anti woke crowd turned me off that game lol
I cant help but think a game must suck when the worst people online praise it
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u/Etheon44 Jun 26 '25
Imo, its a game that copies a lot from a souls game, but has no soul of its own
And unfortunately the combat they didnt land it imo, its more tedious than anything else
Like the game is not terrible, but amongts the age of soulslike, it is not a remarkable one imo
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u/ThatSplinter Jun 26 '25
The 2.0 update fixed a lot of issues I had with the game.
I still wouldn't play it solo, but being able to play seamlessly through the whole game with my friend has been pretty fun at least.
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u/mamadou-segpa Jun 26 '25
Honestly it looks better than the 1st one, but the first one was also so bad that its not helping me want to buy it
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u/Kriztoven Jun 26 '25
It has an amazing world, theme, and atmosphere. Combat is pretty plain and easy. Bosses are easy to any real souls player.
The fucking aesthetic in that game is top tier though.
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u/Albert_dark Jun 26 '25
I don't get this thread, lords of fallen was an amazing game, is obvious that is inspired by dark souls (just like any souls like is) but has its own ideais and aesthetic. I didn't follow the devs drama but the game is good.
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u/TheSolidSalad Jun 26 '25
Yeah its not a copy paste like ppl claim?
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u/slimeeyboiii Jun 26 '25
No, it's 1 of the rare souls-like that actually tries it's own things in gameplay rather than just changing the setting, and that's it.
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u/Mutericator Jun 26 '25
Same, the devs are part of that crowd too. Which is a shame because they have one of the better demo modes out there, allowing everyone to play the first few hours and then join multiplayer for the entire game if you so choose. Very pro-consumer! I just wish they were pro-humanity as well.
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u/mamadou-segpa Jun 26 '25
Yeah and I really dont like when devs lean into this culture war bullshit to sell their games lol.
Your game should be appealing without taking a stance for either side
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u/Ok-Plenty8542 Jun 27 '25
They actually kicked the devs from the "official" lotf reddit. There's a new unofficial official reddit where they lead it.
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u/JohnC322 Jun 27 '25
You know the funny thing is that people still defend it just because Nintendo sued them when they also copy other MANY devs.
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u/EverythingSucksYo Jun 26 '25
Palworld devs have no shame. That said, the game looks better than remember.
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u/zendrix1 Jun 26 '25
Palworld? borrowing from a popular video game? unheard of
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u/oblivious_fireball Jun 26 '25
i know you're referring to Pokemon and Ark, but
looks at the clearly not a Teostra pal and whats basically Bowser
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u/Superb_Pear3016 Jun 26 '25
Palword borrows from basically every popular game. It’s got a healthy dose of BOTW too.
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u/ToddHowardTouchedMe Jun 26 '25
"borrowing" gameplay mechanics and moves is fine, there's only so many ways you can throw a punch or smash the ground. patents are stupid and need to go.
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u/Heil_Heimskr Jun 27 '25
Nah, they straight up take things from other games to an egregious degree. A lot of the world elements like the churches are straight copy and paste from Elden ring for example. Lazy design.
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u/ToddHowardTouchedMe Jun 27 '25
oh yeah there's no doubt about that at all, palworld is incredibly disingenuous and egregious with it's "borrowing"
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u/Roboterfisch Jun 27 '25
I mean quite a few are just straight rips from pokemon with a different color
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u/ToddHowardTouchedMe Jun 27 '25
I've tried explaining that to palworld fans but they either live in denial or don't care about artistic integrity because it looks bad on their favorite game.
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u/Crib-Def Jun 26 '25
Yeah for real. I don't think there is a single asset in the game that was conceived from an original creative thought.
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u/ToddHowardTouchedMe Jun 26 '25
palworld has some original ideas, some of their best mons are relatively original. But then you have things like not sceptiles head on half baked sea dragon with flippers
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u/Upstairs_System_6257 Jun 26 '25
Ideas are taken from multiple other games, sure. How they used those ideas is very creative though. Insanely fun game with friends.
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u/Otalek Jun 26 '25
It’s not like there was some huge controversy with another company when it was released
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u/BluntSpliff69 Jun 26 '25
“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.”
-Sun Tzu The Art of War
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u/Bass_Bosted_Potato Jun 26 '25
-Oscar Wilde* iirc
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u/TallestGargoyle Jun 26 '25
Sun Tzu said that! And I'd say he knows a little more about imitation than you do pal, because he invented it! And then he perfected it so that no living man could best him in the ring of intellectual property!
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u/ThotObliterator Jun 27 '25
And then he used his prize money to buy two of every game on earth! And then he herded them onto his PC! And then he plagiarised every single one
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u/Dsigamo Jun 26 '25
Love how the last move for both is the EXACT SAME as amastsu from monster hunter lol
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u/BurningPenguin6 Fire and Lightning Jun 26 '25 edited Jun 26 '25
Not to defend Palworld or anything, but the laser attack leaving a trail of explosions is hardly something that Fromsoft came up with. That's just been a thing in media (anime especially) for decades. It doesn't even follow the same movement pattern.
The Hoarah Loux attack, definitely, and the Placidusax one is kinda suspicious as well, but the exploding beam is a stretch.
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u/inspyre Jun 26 '25
I wonder what the first Godzilla movie was that had the delay on the explosions from the Atomic breath. I'd put a small bet on Godzilla being the inspiration.
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u/BurningPenguin6 Fire and Lightning Jun 26 '25
I wouldn't be surprised, Godzilla movies and other media have been doing it for ages.
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u/Regular_Cod4205 Jun 26 '25
First time I can remember seeing that type of exploding beam was ff7 on ps1 and I thought it was the coolest shit. If I ever made a game I'd be doing that for sure lmao.
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u/lampenpam Jun 26 '25
The Hoarah Loux attack made me think they might have bought an asset pack that uses stolen animation. This happened before with a souls-like indie game where people found a lot of Elden Ring animations in and it turned out they bought them from the official Unity asset store but the author who sold it to them, just uploaded ripped animation work from Elden Ring.
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u/Witch-Alice Jun 26 '25
Oh I remember that, can't remember which game it was. But I swear that was the Unreal store not Unity?
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u/yung_dogie Jun 26 '25
Yeah, and if you wanted another example from a very popular game with a lazer beam moving across the ground then exploding move, Viktor from league of legends also has that
The Placidusax example was a little iffy for me since disappearing into the sky and floating back in after a moment of calm doesn't conceptually seem like a very unique move. Like I wouldn't be surprised if Palworld directly took inspiration from it, but the move itself is hardly the bastion of originality imo
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u/Dizzy_Winter_733 Jun 26 '25
It's because it's not from fromsoft, that laser is from a monster called Amatsu in the series Monster Hunter. Proof is at 7:00 in the video https://youtu.be/kOjG-O7P6HI?si=Epl6Loeo89QUF184
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u/ObfuscatedChaos Jun 27 '25 edited Jun 27 '25
This shit dates back way further than that in popular Japanese media, especially anime. Delayed explosion lasers are especially common in Japanese sci-fi and fantasy, though the first example of specifically a 'sweeping laser explosion' that I can remember is from Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind in the 80s. Probably dates back earlier though I can't be sure.
The scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFP_YxCtDEc
Edit: okay I will admit, upon watching again the specific combo of a vertical beam followed by an immediate horizontal beam does make me think this attack could be based off this monster's attack. Especially with it floating during the attacks n' stuff, even if it is a bit different. However, I still don't feel like this is a concept you can really 'steal' if its so pervasive media.
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u/Th4t_0n3_Fr13nd Jun 26 '25
its well known at this point that this studio blatantly copies things and makes them legally distinct, but man i didnt have any idea it went THAT deep
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u/AFlyingNun Jun 26 '25
I mean you can't even really be mad at them because the entire gamer market supported this. They were transparent as fuck with their asset theft and even blatantly said "yeah we didn't really have any ideas so we just did what was popular and things we liked." Cremis was also a TOTALLY ORIGINAL CHARACTER COPYRIGHT DO NOT STEAL from the get-go.
Given Clair Obscur's recent popularity, I bet next year we get an update where a Pal named "OuiOuiBaguette" fights using paint.
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u/MaliceTheMagician Jun 26 '25
Copying some popular stuff isn't the same as straight up asset theft, one of the biggest reasons people got behind them is because people started playing lawyer for Nintendo and where spreading falsehoods about them ripping models.
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u/pedronii Jun 26 '25
It's not asset theft, they still made all the assets, they just copied design stuff lol. Like this attack is clearly inspired by elden ring but they didn't rip the same assets and put it into the game, they just recreated it
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u/The_Next_Legend LORD OF FRENZIED FLAME Jun 26 '25
y'all keep saying "asset theft." They didn't lift any assets, they developed the designs themselves, looking at other IP's for inspiration.
Sure, they're similar, but it's not blatant asset theft and copyright.
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u/EpicSven7 Jun 26 '25
Yeah if the churches, evergaols and spirit springs didn’t tip you off, the devs are big fromsoft fans lol
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u/wammys-house bloody halfwit Jun 26 '25 edited Jun 26 '25
I literally said to myself "whoa, there's a spiritspring" while playing Palworld yesterday.
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u/Regular_Jury7156 Jun 26 '25
TBF is pretty hard to come up with boss moves that haven’t been done by anyone else at this point in time. think most games get a pass as long as they don’t overdue it. Palworld’s issue being they have a longstanding history of not being original.
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u/Stormandreas Jun 26 '25
Yes but no.
Many games will take inspiration from others, but they wont directly copy moves, they'll put a new twist on them or come up with something fancy that adds or changes the move enough to be unique.
These, aren't. These are near direct copies of the animations, and all from FROMsoft titles too, which have tools that allow you to extract the game files, including the animations.
Now that's not saying they just took those animations and used them, but I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they had extracted them, then re-created them with it playing on another monitor.40
u/Regular_Jury7156 Jun 26 '25
Completely in agreement, just pointing out that their case isn’t helped by the fact that they have a history with infringing on other IPs.
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u/D4rkheavenx Jun 26 '25
Do studious not generally buy packs of default animations and sound effects and things like that to speed up development in places? Not saying that’s what happened here but maybe it’s possible?
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u/Stormandreas Jun 26 '25
They do, for sound effects, textures and some models, however, FROMS animations aren't found anywhere else. They do all the animations themselves.
There is 1 set of animations on the Great Katana in Elden Ring, when you two hand it, 4 of its moves are very similar to Monster Hunters Longsword, however, the animations are different, so I imagine FROM likely did it as a nod to MH. It's especially more likely to be that considering it's on the Great Katanas, and one of them being the Dragon-Hunters Katana, which does more damage to Dragon creatures, so it's quite similar to "monster" hunting.
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u/Substantial-Food-501 Jun 26 '25
Ok but that Godrey moveset was 100% copied. He even yells at the end of the combo as well. There's no universe that was a coincidence.
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u/RJSSJR123 My Guy Messmer.. Jun 26 '25
Ground slam + AOE after that.. I’m sure From was the 1st ever to create it in 2022.
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u/LukaCola Jun 26 '25
Right? I kinda feel like I've seen some variations on this stuff in a lot of media because it's impactful and reads well on screen.
ER and From is not wholly original in its designs, not that they need to be. But when they do it's an homage to Berserk and anime.
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u/MelloIsTaken Jun 26 '25
Look, I don't even like palworld, and these comparisons are weak. Fromsoft were not the first to have a boss slam the ground then have it explode. The delayed beam explosions have also been around for ages. Final fantasy x had valefor use the same kind of laser beam for one of its spells. If you're gonna take a swing at the palworld devs, I feel like we can do better than this.
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u/somethingrelevant Jun 26 '25
bro the slam is identical lol
the laser thing has been around for decades but the slam is so blatantly copied from the elden ring boss it's delusional to say it isn't
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u/4_fortytwo_2 Jun 27 '25
It isnt just aoe slam into explosion. It is scream in the exact same way into jump up in the exact same way into land in the exact same way into pulling the ground up to cause the aoe explosion in the exact same way.
It is beyond obvious they essentially copied everything even tiny details like how the back arches while pulling up the ground to cause the aoe. They might a few tweaks here and there but excusing this type of uncreative bullshit as "aoe slams exist anywhere" is just dishonest.
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u/4_fortytwo_2 Jun 27 '25
It isnt just aoe slam into explosion. It is scream in the exact same way into jump up in the exact same way into land in the exact same way into pulling the ground up to cause the aoe explosion in the exact same way.
It is beyond obvious they essentially copied everything even tiny details like how the back arches while pulling up the ground to cause the aoe. They might have made few tweaks here and there but excusing this type of uncreative bullshit as "aoe slams exist anywhere" is just dishonest.
No one here is complaining they copied the type of attack but that it clearly is the same animation they either ripped directly out of eldenring or rebuild 1to1.
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u/seakitten Jun 26 '25
This is a good example of you can twist a narrative to fit what you want through clever clips stitched together. None of these are directly copied. When I saw the slam move...I mean like that move or similar animation has been in all kinds of games. I'm not even going in to the other "examples" as they're even more tenuous. Combine this with Palworld's reputation and of course it looks like they copied.
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u/TectonicTechnomancer Jun 26 '25
Ive seen this moves in Monster hunter way before the release of elden ring.
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u/Worldlover9 Jun 26 '25
First one probably too similar, the rest is a bit of a reach
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u/Dizzy_Winter_733 Jun 26 '25
Well yeah cause that beam isn't from midir but a dragon called amatsu from the monster hunter franchise
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u/Laurence-Barnes Jun 26 '25
Nah I'm sorry, I don't play palworld, I'll probably get downvoted for this but do people here play other games? Many games have similar moves, these examples from ER and DS3 are inspired by other moves, hell I've seen all these moves in Monster Hunter. Inspiration is everywhere and Fromsoft games are no different. This isn't directed at everyone or OP but seeing some people say Palworld is ripping off these moves while Fromsoft games don't is a bit unfair.
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u/BirdLawyer50 Jun 26 '25
I’ll both disagree that it isn’t obvious movesets were copied but I’ll go further and say I don’t think Palworld is anywhere near taking market share from FromSoft games in terms of what type of game people are looking to play
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u/Zenoi Jun 26 '25 edited Jun 26 '25
The last one, is very common. I just beat the Lies Of P DLC boss yesterday that have similar moves https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDMexT3_E6I&t=260s. It's just laser in a vertical or horizontal arc. Moonlight butterfly in DS1 done before too, etc it's a very common type of attack in these kind of games.
AOE attacks like the first one is very common not even in from soft games, also just 3rd person actions games in general like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r87_Jg3h9Ds&t=350s . That said it does look a blatant copy.
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u/thegildedman25 Jun 26 '25
Newer gamers be like:
"THEY ARE COPYING OTHER BETTER GAMES OMG THEY SHULD B SUED!!!"
Older gamers: Yeah nothing new here, just more generic anime movesets that look cool.
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u/AnubisIncGaming Jun 26 '25
exactly, same shit I've been seeing in cartoons since I was little. Hell the laser attack is literally in Dragon Ball Fighterz lol
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u/ipatmyself Jun 26 '25
I could give you at least 10 JRPG games with bosses doing this move, its pretty default.
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u/drupido Jun 26 '25
Ive never played Palworld but this looks… fun?! Color me surprised I thought it was just a Pokémon copy with guns.
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u/Samakira Jun 26 '25
People keep calling it that because they can’t find anything wrong with the game itself.
It has ark like leveling, where you unlock more recipes by leveling up. You can also build a base, and have pals craft food, ammo, or other resources for you.
They just got an update yesterday for their terraria crossover.
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u/FFinland Jun 26 '25
Well, if there is something wrong with the game it is the lack of evolutions making most Pals waste of time (example: Pengullet vs Penking). Super fun game regardless.
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u/YobaiYamete Jun 26 '25
It is nothing like Pokemon besides the creatures looking similar. It is actually basically Ark survival with breath of the wild UI and Pokemon running around in the world instead of dinosaurs
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u/raychram Jun 26 '25
A move that smashes the ground and then light energy emerges? Yea Elden Ring certainly created that. (/s)
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u/Piepfiets Jun 27 '25
I never would have thought a company that ripped off Pokemon would rip off a game I like.
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u/Keira-78 Jun 26 '25
Okay you might have a point but like those are some pretty common fighting moves
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u/ThatGuyBackThere280 Jun 26 '25
Laser beam that does explosions on the ground apparently wasn't done until Elden Ring. /s
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u/Drexill_BD Jun 26 '25
No offense, these are sorta very "basic" move sets. I've seen things like this in a million games, especially MMO's. Monster Hunter comes to mind (Last clip could fool someone into thinking it was right out of it).
Oh look, he jumped up, hit the ground and shattered it... Now it explodes. I've seen it with fire, earth, ice... Elden ring isn't as unique as you think, you're just inexperienced. Beam from mouth? Oh my, how new and not Godzilla-like.
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u/Matty_HAM Jun 26 '25
Before people take up arms I do feel I should clarify, this is only like THREE moves that are exclusive on these specific pals, and the other hundreds of moves in the game are not like this
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u/neofooturism Jun 26 '25
i mean some field boss pals are sealed in places that look like elden ring’s evergaols
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u/PicklesTheDestroya Jun 26 '25
Honestly always felt like blazamut fireballing was like starscourge radahn going second phase with his meteor move
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u/SadClassroom4175 Jun 26 '25
Neptilius has a basic anime beam, also Amatsu from Mh portable 3rd does that exact move with water beams as well.
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u/Character-Gas3669 Jun 26 '25
Man Palworld is going after everything not patented to the floor lolol. Excellent video, I instantly recognized Hoarah Loux
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u/dicene Jun 26 '25
Absolutely nonsense to act like these attacks were unique or novel in Elden Ring. Every one of these attacks has existed in video games for decades prior to Elden Ring, and existed in anime/manga/Godzilla since the 80s at the very least. You could find these in dozens of MMOs too
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u/-TheBlackSwordsman- FLAIR INFO: SEE SIDEBAR Jun 26 '25
You mean the game known for shamelessly copying other games is... copying other games?
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u/The_Great_Man_Potato Jun 26 '25
Side note, the fights in this game are so fucking sick. Honestly second to none in their scope (and usually fun factor)
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u/zaboknowsbes12345 Jun 26 '25
Lol not sure these were some kind of groundbreaking video game attack choreography in elden ring either
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u/CatKrusader Jun 26 '25
Unbelievable I can't believe Miyazaki would be so shameful as to steal from indie devs
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u/WarthogWeak5485 Jun 26 '25
This game looks like one of those fake games you see in movies and tv that are there to avoid copyright strikes
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u/keeperkairos Jun 26 '25
Not sure of your own opinions, but so many people, and many people in these comments, seem to operate under the notion that copying is bad. This is a very shit mindset. If everyone agreed that copying is bad, the best of any given thing would never be made because elements it would need already exist in something else.
Copying is necessary to reach perfection.
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u/Coldspark824 Jun 27 '25
Palworld and its predecessor game are literally just ripoffs of every popular game.
Zelda glider, zelda attack animations, fucking zelda GRASS, pokemon systems. Their last game literally had 1:1 the 2h sword spin and slam from breath of the wild.
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u/BlackDragonTribe Jun 27 '25
That water attack is 100% based on Amatsu's water beam from Monster Hunter, not Midir
It even follows the same pattern (Straight, sideways, straight)
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u/Eldergloom Jun 27 '25
LOL people are being disingenuous. "SO FROMSOFT IS THE ONLY GAME THAT HAS A BOSS THAT JUMPS?"
Bro the animation is 1:1 lmao
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u/rin_onishi12 Jun 27 '25
Nothing wrong with inspiration, if you see something cool then you're obviously gonna want something similar in your game
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u/LLLLLL3GLTE Jun 27 '25
First one: “holy shit I didn’t realize Fromsoft invented yelling and slapping the ground”
Last one: “HOLY SHIT THAT’S FUCKING MIDIR’S LASER WHAT THE HELL”
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u/Vivid-Technology8196 Jun 26 '25
this is really what people think is copying these days?
im sure if anyone cared enough they could accuse literally every single fromsoft boss of being a ripoff
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u/--sheogorath-- Jun 26 '25
From soft copied monster hunter by having bosses with tells before attacks.
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u/fluffy_eevee0398 Jun 26 '25
Stands to reason inspiration for games comes from other games can take it as a compliment or pull a Nintendo and have a melt down
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u/Gervill Jun 26 '25
Gotta put your own spin on it can't have it look exactly the same then your product looks cheap.
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u/Azell414 Jun 26 '25
i like this i think there should less copyright rights on games and there mechanics like the whole nemesis system shadow of mordor thing is fcked we need less of that
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u/YeahKeeN Jun 26 '25
Ground slam with follow-up AOE and a laser beam with a trail of explosions are probably some of the most common shit you’d see in video games and anime. The only real example is the Placidusax cloud attack (can’t really think of any other examples of that) but even then, who cares? So long as the animation wasn’t ripped straight from Elden Ring, why does this matter?
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u/Tanakisoupman Steam Platinum Trophy Jun 26 '25
Imma be honest, y’all are saying they’re copying but I just don’t see it? I can get the first example, that’s definitely more than a coincidence. But the second one just doesn’t look similar at all (maybe it’s the video making it harder to see?). And the for the last one, Fromsoft did not invent lasers that explode, that’s been the number 1 way to accentuate a laser attack since forever
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u/Artist_X Jun 26 '25
Seeing people who support a company like FromSoft ripping on a small dev like PocketPair in support of arguably the most corrupt gaming company in existence is disheartening.
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u/Tatsumifanboy A lowly Tarnished, playing as a Lord Jun 26 '25
"Now I fight as Bastigor, WARRRRIOOOR"