palworld is the most soulless thing to come out of this decade. It's every early access piece of shit on steam mashed into a single game, the environments are all over the place looking like xenoblade, or sonic frontiers, or generic survival crafting shit. The creature designs are all rip-offs of something that was dwindling in quality in the first place. The guns and every gameplay mechanic is just tacked on with no thought to the overall experience or flow. I think if everyone who bought it died tomorrow, the first world would suddenly rise 20 iq points average. And I'm not a butthurt pokemon fan, I've loathed their lack of progress since Gen 5. Palworld isn't progress, it's like a seven course frozen TV dinner.