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There's such a vanishingly small amount of things that are truly "new" in the 21st century. I'd say just about everything ever made in the last few hundred years hardly counts as "new" - it's just synthesis of things that came before, probably from nature if you go back far enough.
Novelty truly comes from combining existing things in ways that haven't been done before. In this regard, palworld has done BRILLIANTLY, taking the best parts of some other games, putting them together far better than those other games, and getting something that's way more than the sum of parts.
Palworlds real failing at the moment is simply that it's early access. The game is fantastic until you hit a middle point where content just falls flat. But, again, it's early access. If there's ever a thing to be written off during early access, it's not all the content being done.
You know what? I agree with that.
I was taking my personal opinion and applying that at large, and forgot it was early access. A bit short sighted of me.
I hope the game has a bright future, even if it may not appeal to me.