Singularity6's new game, Palia, looks to bring players a community-based experience with a refreshing take on both MMO and cozygame staples.
Cozy games have become quite the staple in the industry over the last few years, with titles like Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing: New Horizons offering players the chance to create their own slice-of-life adventures. But there’s always room for new games in the emerging genre, especially as more and more players look for games that offer intimate and light-hearted experiences.
A healthy dose of cozy vibes Palia is described as a ”cozy world made for you” right on the game’s website and I found that descriptor to be very true during my time playing — from creating my first character all the way through exploring the world.
You can expect to see cinematics in the beginning that help to establish a little bit of lore, particularly when you are talking with Jina and Hekla early on and when you are completing some quests. For example, you eventually venture further into the ruins where you first arrive. There’s an accompanying cinematic that you cut away to that reveals a part of the ruins that have been hidden away from the area where you meet Jina.
Familiar but fresh Both cozy games and MMOs have gameplay mechanics that we’re all familiar with. The cozy genre tends to lean heavily into a more chill playstyle with an emphasis on things like farming, crafting, fishing, and foraging while many traditional MMOs center around a character-progression system based on combat and social features that encourage collaborative gameplay.
For example, when I went to craft items, I didn’t need to dig through my chest to make sure I had the exact materials on my person. This is a relatively small detail, but it made for an intuitive system that I can really appreciate after having to go through all manner of storage chests in other cozy sims to hunt down the right materials.
One thing that particularly stood out during my time playing was how collaborative and fun cooking was. Cooking in many other cozy games tends to be pretty straightforward. You gather ingredients, just click a button or two over a fire or stove, and are given a finished meal. But in Palia, cooking is a little more involved. There are different stations to be found in the kitchen, such as a chopping and pan station , that encourage players to cook with friends.
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