Steam changed review display to prioritize scores in the viewer's language rather than a global "all reviews" score. The change raised Palworld's English rating from Very Positive to Overwhelmingly Positive. Palworld faced controversy over alleged copying of Pokemon and a patent lawsuit from Nintendo, yet it achieved very high player counts in its first month. Pocketpair's communications director John "Bucky" Buckley celebrated the English milestone and noted that other languages do not rate the game particularly low, but that English happens to rate it higher. English reviews are the most numerous, with Simplified Chinese second and rating Very Positive.
Palworld has been the source of some controversy since it first came to the public's attention, with some claiming the monster-collecting title is a direct rip-off of Pokemon--an opinion that seems to be shared by Nintendo, who eventually sued developer Pocketpair for patent infringement. The game has still proven popular with players, reaching huge player numbers in its first month of release.
While Palworld used to show an all-time review rating of Very Positive on Steam, the reviews update has given the game a small boost in English, granting it the coveted Overwhelmingly Positive rating. The upgrade was celebrated by Pocketpair's communications director and publishing manager John "Bucky" Buckley, who posted to X about the milestone. Bucky clarified in the comments that Palworld isn't rated particularly low in any language--it "just happens to be higher in English," he said in a reply.
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