I urge you to reconsider. That review hurts Arrowhead way more than Sony... which is unfair to the team that put their heart and soul into the game.
It is very clear that the CEO cares a lot about this game, and I'm sure many, if not all of the devs that worked on it care a lot about it... And that to me means a lot more that trying to "stick it to Sony". Yes, the CEO knew about the account linking but he wasn't aware of all the limitations that come with it (i.e. the country limitations). SONY is also responsible for the countries the game is being sold in.
Oh, I use both, I was just poking fun. That being said, I unfortunately I don't feel comfortable trying to get my parents on Linux... or even friends.
Most people just want things to work and won't do any sort of troubleshooting themselves. "It just works" is worth the intrusiveness that comes with Windows.
And that made it fun. I played Ark, didn't like it. I played Craftopia, wasn't a fan. But I have way too many hours in Palworld already. They took a bunch of game mechanics and executed them well together.
The uniformed virtue signaling is strong with this one...
All of the "butchering" is optional. Believe me, the game makes it much easier to set up a berry patch that auto-feeds everything in your base, rather than manually butchering everything.
And... Normal Pokemon is enslaving as well. You're literally catching them and forcing them to fight each other to the brink of death. Just to recycle the rhetoric of the crazies 20-25 years ago. It's akin to dog fighting. You're also a child in Pokemon..
FWIW, I tried to like Craftopia and it didn't click, but I'm really enjoying Palworld. If you enjoy Pokemon you should be able to get your money's worth.
And even with that.. I gave it a shot for a while... But unfortunately, it is nowhere near as good as Google's swipe/glide typing. I was constantly having to fix words or just not use the swipe typing at all.
Signed the contract 6-7 years ago. PSN requirement was added 6 months before release...