Recent reviews by 'Jake'

Following Palworld for the last 3 years I knew it was going to be a success, but not be this big. The creature collecting and base building blend very well with each other, but the progression you'd expect in this type of game is what makes it shine imo. It can be tedious harvesting a node a thousand times, but you can just set a pal to do it and just go explore. The world is massive, some areas feel a little more developed then others, but for EA I think it is in a great state.

Obviously it's only going to get better with time and updates, if Nintendo allows it. To me it shows just how much Nintendo and Gamefreak have dropped the ball on the Pokemon series. Arceus is a clear example. I am worried Nintendo will now come harder at PP after being so successful.

A beautifully crafted world ruined by mediocre platforming, uneventful combat, tedious goop suckage, and the most basic of upgrade systems. Even the puzzles require almost no creativity. Hard for me to not get value out of a bundle game, but an all white 1000 pc puzzle might bring me more excitement.

Enjoy this game very much. It has a great balance of realism / simplified material building that starts off semi-tedious, but the upgrade system let's you start placing and completing chunks at a time. There is a good variety of houses to build in different regions. Can't wait to see what they have planned for post-release content / dlc

Forget about gameplay, graphics, progression, sound, etc.

Has a Slurm flag easter egg.
11/10

As others have said, it is too basic and lacking in quality to be called Animal Crossing, Stardew Valley, or anything of the sort. I understand some people want chill games instead of super competitive pvp with learning curves, but this is toddler level amusement...

A visually stunning chill exploring and farming game with city upgrading elements? Sign me up!
Unfortunately, you soon realize that everything is so very, very basic and repetitive that you do not want to do the tedium of upkeeping your personal tree, day after day after day, cycling through the same 6 tools for what seems like will be an eternity before you unlock the next biome. Even after being bundled, I feel this was a waste of time and money on my part.

Pleasantly surprised by this mixed ARPG. At 70% off, this was a no-brainer. It offered quite a bit of depth with some unique features: duplicating skills up to 2 times, a spinning path of exile lite skill tree, a post game city building / repairing production system, and some great detailed armors with full transmogrification and dyeing capability.

Have been enthusiastically playing even though I believe the upcoming patch is going to introduce seasons and reset all characters to level 40 as I understand.

You know the genre.
You know the type of game.
Just do yourself a favor and get it already. If not, try the demo.



Very promising up and coming bullet hell action rpg survive-a-thon. So far seems to have a good variety of melee/ranged enemies, map tilesets, boss mechanics, and most importantly, cards/abilities/upgrades/build diversity. Lots of unlocks and tier progression as well.

Update: Still getting regular updates and kicking!

Reported bugs still persisting after a year such as death loop animations. Achievements not working. Most menus have terrible layouts. Tutorial prompts often get stuck. On top of all of that, the game design is just meh. No interesting upgrades, very limited variety of monsters, and a very slow progression curve.

One of the better card battlers imo due to unique classes with varying builds and the mechanic of your deck being your health. Lots of replayability, however grinding to rank 10 on each class may become a little tedious.