Palworld Embraces One Feature Other Games Actively Avoid

might be widely recognized for the elements that it borrows from other games, but there's at least one key area where it's trying to take its own path. As a survival crafting game that tosses the basics of the franchise into a world with base-building, guns, and criminal opportunities, seems to have scratched an itch for millions of players. The tough part comes in maintaining that spike of popularity, and it's interesting to see how developer Pocketpair is approaching updating the game and fostering a community.

As an early access title, is still in somewhat rough shape, with a variety of bugs and undercooked features dragging down its better elements. Nonetheless, it launched in a more complete form than many early access games do, and a steady pace for updates so far is promising for its future. Pocketpair is putting in work to address the biggest sticking points and most common frustrations that crop up when playing , but that doesn't mean that the studio is going to overhaul everything that's currently imperfect in the game.

Although the negative aspects of buggy games tend to get the most publicity, it's not all that uncommon for poorly implemented features or unusual glitches to be more memorable and engaging than a more polished experience would have been. has been a great example of this so far, as the community has unearthed a wide variety of interesting exploits and unintended strategies that provide alternate ways to tackle the game's challenges. While some might prefer to stick to the proper methods of doing things, others have found excitement in pushing limits and breaking boundaries.

Interestingly, it seems that Pocketpair is willing to play ball with this concept, as indicated by a post from the official account on X (formerly Twitter) that offers an apology for "" The comment is in reference to an exploit that made it possible to capture bosses in the game, which could make for exceptionally powerful but unintended allies. Although the statement