Palworld

It has a lot of interesting pokemon-like creatures and a lot of game mechanics overall, but the pacing is meh. Popping-out creatures of nowhere (game doesn't respawn them in time, don't even remembers if there's a lot of creatures or not, it just spawn and de-spawn creatures in the certain radius from the player) making the world feel empty and non-immersive. A lot of mechanics lacks QoL features. Game feels overly grindy, tedious, unimmersive and boring - Full Review

Pokemon without the G rating that leans heavily into the exploitation angle.

Hodge podge of ideas. Fun for a bit, and compelling in that standard open world crafting survival kind of way, with the twist of collectible creatures that lend themselves to some very basic idle/automation mechanics. Iterrupted by a decent amount of jank. Feels relatively empty, both in character and the actual overly large, barren, seemingly AI generated world

The first 15 hours are a lot more fun than the next 15. The game is a melting pot of random game ideas that wasn't really fully thought out in terms of balance or progression, but it's fun for a while, especially with friends. I just think it falls apart more and more the further you get into it.