It's been a while since the open beta started, I haven't tried the game myself but if you did, do you recommend it? I would love to hear your thoughts about it in general, I'm interested in the game but haven't seen many reviews yet

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I've actually been really enjoying it. My wife and I have been playing almost daily since the beta opened, and we've been having lots of fun.

So that said, I have some pretty serious concerns with the game. It boils down to this: it may as well be a singleplayer game.

There is no trading system, besides a very limited (4 items/day or something iirc?) afterthought of a "gift" system. So no player economy whatsoever, which is personally my favorite part of an mmo.

Nearly all actions can be done alone, too. The only exception I can think of is chopping down high-level trees. You also get a nebulous "bonus" for fishing near another player, but I couldn't even tell you what it does.

Besides that, the only difference between this and a fully single player game is seeing other players running around on the map, and having a chat box.

So I'm really torn, because as an MMO, it's honestly terrible in its current state. However, as a free game to hang out virtually with your friends, it's actually pretty great. After work, I'll go into a Discord voice chat, boot up Palia, and just go fishing for a while.

Overall though, I say give it a shot. Plus, if it's successful, I'm sure more player interaction stuff will be added later on to make it even better.