Beat all the tower bosses and collected all the pals in singleplayer, rarely touched the multiplayer side. With a LOT of polish, this could genuinely be a great and respected survival game on its own merit unrelated to the drama surrounding its release. The gameplay loop is addicting and I loved optimizing my base with better and better pals. I felt a closer connection to my bootleg Pokemon than any real pokemon game, which goes to show how far Pokemon has fallen. The pals are integrated not just into battling, but exploration and construction. However it has a grind at the end to collect ore and repeat boring dungeons that brings the game's captivating loop to a screeching halt. Despite this, Palworld has TONS of replay value due to its very flexible custom difficulty settings, which I recommend tweaking liberally for keeping the game interesting when it reaches an undeniable grind towards the endgame (only really applicable in solo of course). It's in early access, so hopefully things are ironed out in the future, but for now I'm satisfied with what I've done and can confidently put it down until major content patches are out. I much rather have my fun with a game and never touch it again than play mindless live service garbage, so this isn't a complaint at all. I hope this game going forward gets the love and attention it needs.