Summary Palworld's base-building restriction limits creativity and organic progression, hampering the overall gameplay experience. The base limit applies to guilds in multiplayer, making cooperation frustrating and hindering newcomers' creativity. The three-base limit discourages experimentation with bases and locations, diminishing the sense of progress and making gameplay repetitive. Palworld tosses a lot of mechanics into one package, but one core feature feels underdeveloped in a way that can make the entire experience disappointing. The game's storm of hype was largely kickstarted by obvious Pokémon comparisons, but Palworld draws a lot of its core gameplay elements from survival crafting games like Ark: Survival Ascended and Valheim. Regardless of how much fun can be found in collecting, breeding, and battling with the diverse creatures known as Pals, any failure to implement the core tenets of survival crafting well ultimately lets Palworld down. Although it can take a while to...
