"Phantom Parlu" has become a topic that every player is discussing at the beginning of 2024. The sales volume of the game has exceeded 6 million units, and the online peak has exceeded 1.7 million. However, this success is always accompanied by the inseparable problem of "plagiarism". A Naughty Dog developer believes that the development method of "Pallu" is very evil and is cheating to some extent.
DelWalker, a senior artist at Naughty Dog, tweeted: "My intuition tells me that the way "Palu" was made is evil. I just have no evidence, just my intuition as a developer." Later, another developer Nina Klos (SumoDigital technical artist) also agreed with Del's statement.
Del later added: "It's very difficult to develop a game. In a sense, they cheated. I just don't know how to point it out."
In addition, an X user pointed out that "Eidolon Pallu" seems to use models from the "Pokémon" game.
The controversy surrounding Pallu has become so intense that the game's artists have now received death threats.