One of the best open world building/automation/survival games ever made. It takes that "gotta collect them all" style appeal and fleshes it out to make not only the things you are collecting matter more mechanically but to be far more endearing to you personally. The pals matter, they have personality, they have good uses, and they have really good visuals and a wide variety of combat mechanics. All put in a world that feels fairly lived in and authentic to the lore.

Lots of smart design, quality of life editions, little innovations, and carefully polished and refined gameplay lops.

This is not a copy of anything Pokemon. Pokemon is a very very narrow experience that has alot of issues they've never fixed and has gotten more stale over time. Palworld takes alot of the spirit Pokemon has as jut one of the many ingredients of the game and world it makes. Pokemon honestly wishes it could be as good and fully realized at doing the very different kind of games they do. I WISH Pokemon put this much love and care and polish into its games. They'd be so much better at the different experience they offer.

Seeing Nintendo, a company I've greatly supported for 2+ decades, go after Palworld so hard rather than simply make their own product proper quality honestly saddens me. It's against everything Nintendo is supposed to be and stand for. They used to be the company with THE seal of quality. The Nintendo Seal of Quality. They pushed innovation consistently across generations when other consoles just concentrated mainly on better graphics. They stayed committed to fun and being player first creating games like Smash Brothers because fighting games were miserable for non-fighting game people so they made a fighting game everyone could love. THAT was the Nintendo I loved. They've been slowly transitioning into an arrogant bully though. And I think its high time they got reminded that Nintendo isn't in its own bubble anymore. This is free market competition.

The Switch released between console generations with zero competition for the portable experience it offered and it took them two generations to get that right. The Wii U was a miserable failure and their handhelds kept them afloat through that failure. Today is not the same. The Switch 2 is not gonna have the same advantages. Nintendos name is marred compared to the Switches launch from many things. I think Nintendo might just learn hard lessons this next generation.

I for one will be doing my part. The lawsuit vs PocketPair was the last straw for me. Nintendo burned too many bridges. I will not purchase another Nintendo product until they change their ways. They have the talent for games still. But I'm willing to miss good games to hold them accountable for their anti-consumer behavior, their legal bullying, and all the failings we've given them a pass for like terrible online experiences and hardware defects like joycon drift.

One of the best open world building/automation/survival games ever made. It takes that "gotta collect them all" style appeal and fleshes it out to make not only the things you are collecting matter more mechanically but to be far more endearing to you personally. The pals matter, they have personality, they have good uses, and they have really good visuals and a wide variety of combat mechanics. All put in a world that feels fairly lived in and authentic to the lore. Lots of smart design, quality of life editions, little innovations, and carefully polished and refined gameplay lops. This is not a copy of anything Pokemon. Pokemon is a very very narrow experience that has alot of issues they've never fixed and has gotten more stale over time. Palworld takes alot of the spirit Pokemon has as jut one of the many ingredients of the game and world it makes. Pokemon honestly wishes it could be as good and fully realized at doing the very different kind of games they do. I WISH Pokemon put this much love and care and polish into its games. They'd be so much better at the different experience they offer. Seeing Nintendo, a company I've greatly supported for 2+ decades, go after Palworld so hard rather than simply make their own product proper quality honestly saddens me. It's against everything Nintendo is supposed to be and stand for. They used to be the company with THE seal of quality. The Nintendo Seal of Quality. They pushed innovation consistently across generations when other consoles just concentrated mainly on better graphics. They stayed committed to fun and being player first creating games like Smash Brothers because fighting games were miserable for non-fighting game people so they made a fighting game everyone could love. THAT was the Nintendo I loved. They've been slowly transitioning into an arrogant bully though. And I think its high time they got reminded that Nintendo isn't in its own bubble anymore. This is free market competition. The Switch released between console generations with zero competition for the portable experience it offered and it took them two generations to get that right. The Wii U was a miserable failure and their handhelds kept them afloat through that failure. Today is not the same. The Switch 2 is not gonna have the same advantages. Nintendos name is marred compared to the Switches launch from many things. I think Nintendo might just learn hard lessons this next generation. I for one will be doing my part. The lawsuit vs PocketPair was the last straw for me. Nintendo burned too many bridges. I will not purchase another Nintendo product until they change their ways. They have the talent for games still. But I'm willing to miss good games to hold them accountable for their anti-consumer behavior, their legal bullying, and all the failings we've given them a pass for like terrible online experiences and hardware defects like joycon drift.