It might seem odd to hear my cries for fewer guns in a game that's been all but monikered 'Pokemon with guns', but to me, everything about Palworld is screaming for a pacificist mode. That's not just because I'm a known Pokemon lover either, it's the fact that its focus on brutality feels so at odds with everything else that Palworld has going for it. And hey look, I get it. The pitch for a Pokemon game with guns and other weaponry is certainly a selling hook, particularly as it feels like such a dichotomy. But I don't know how well that works when that same feeling also extends to the gameplay.
Although Palworld's Pokemon Gym-esque challenges do form a part of the gameplay, the majority of my time in this world has been spent building a base. Pals play an intrinsic role in this too, with so much of the buswork and tasks that you'll want to carry out in your base able to be completed by them. Some screenshots suggest that this means your base will quickly turn into some kind of sweatshop for Pals chained to workbenches, but in reality it's a throbbing ecosystem where you've got to work hard to make sure your Pals are looked after.
