What keeps me motivated (to keep playing)?

[ZeldaFreak]

I'm at Level 21 with 12 hours playtime (normal difficulty, Offline World). I have the question what keeps my character motivated? Why should I continue playing?

My current objectives are getting Levels to unlock more tech, find and clear all towers and defeat bosses. Fighting so far is the same. Throw a pal that fits for the situation, shoot and doge. The only difference is my pal and my gear.

When I take some parallels to other games that are similar, they do offer more. For the base building aspect we have Minecraft. There the base building is not limited and the options are bigger, especially when I think about modded Minecraft. Minecraft keeps someone motivated because of the mods (SP and MP). In games like FO76 or other survival games with limited base space, bases are just a small part. With Factory games like Satisfactory, its the factory part, that Palworld does not fit.

Then there is Pokemon. Pokemon has a story. The biggest part is leveling, catching and taking arenas. Lets Go and Legends Arecus might be the closest but both where not top. I thin Arecus might be more close and that had more depth but still was not so good.

I've looked into the roadmap, after all, this games is still Early Access, so its to be expected that content might get added later. The only things that I see that would expand the gameplay would be PVP, Raid Bosses, Pal Arena, new Islands, Pals, Bosses and Tech.

PVP is something I'm not interested. It makes servers less interesting, because of people keeping weaker players from getting further. Maybe even getting nerved to a point where its PVE with optional PVP, most are not interested, because they loose stuff.
Pal Arena might be interesting for MP servers.
Bosses, Island, Pals and Tech is not getting my motivation. Its just doing the same stuff but now with more variety.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not hating the game, I find it quite interesting but it lacks something. Exploring the land to see a different ground and other pals is not keeping me entertain. I want a story that is interesting, that keeps me doing stuff. I want a goal. Something in that direction.

[Sacred Myths]

sounds like you need to drop the game till more updates come. Luckily for me we still booming 100+ hours all solo ez dubs

[Schlumpsha]

The only resemblance of story are diary entries you can stumble across. Nothing else. If you want an actual plot to follow then this is clearly not the game for you. Or at least not in its current iteration. For starters, the Big Tree end game zone isn't available yet.

I enjoy Palworld as a sandbox game. I do explore, build bases in interesting and challenging environments, craft and do some breeding. Catching alpha pals now and then is fine too. The towers I have largely ignored and only beaten around 2 as a level 41 character.

[Chocbomb]

Systems log, stradate 2024,29.

• I have the urge to start keeping a diary and not use any formatting options like bbcodes, so that i can show it off to people as a wall of text.
  
• I assume that everyone wants to hear my thoughts and opinions so ill write it in a way that has me showing contempt for my own inner monologue.
  
• One day i hope my notes inspire the next generation of DEVS to copy paste more ARK stuff before it gets so boring that dinosaurs no longer become cool and vin-diesel becomes a weird looking CGI character riding a T-rex to show off his manlyness that drives cars into space for family.
  
• P.S. Hopefully Nintendo doesnt sue me and doesnt become the "other N word".

[Jamsalad]

why do you need someone to convince you? I have almost 100 hours and plenty of other people are still having fun well beyond the point you are burning out at . Stop playing and play again later? Why do you feel forced to play ior like you should be convinced to?

[Butcher]

Originally posted by ZeldaFreak:

I have the question what keeps my character motivated?

I have an answer. The desire to catch em all. Hope you found my answer satisfactory.

[Justinyl]

Nexus Mods.

I'm using a 100% chance to catch human enemies.
Made a new hard mode run where my base is only filled with human slaves and merchants. Only can buy pals, not catch them. But can sell both humans and pals to slavers / merchants.
Basically roleplaying as the rayne syndicate.

[Dtothe3]

Originally posted by Butcher:

Originally posted by ZeldaFreak:

I have the question what keeps my character motivated?

I have an answer. The desire to catch em all. Hope you found my answer satisfactory.

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Now I'm gonna have my childhood on repeat in my head for five hours.

[BoogieWoogie]

Imagine having a lot of fun with Minecraft for single-player.

Palworld does have single-player, but it is better with friends/family/communtity play if you can manage to find a good enough server that doesn't have a seizure playing on it.

[kentuckyfriedjihadi]

This game is going to need PVP to be good if it wants to survive long term, but it's still good for now imo

[Rhomak]

I mean if you need "motivation" to play something means you don't fully like it so why even bother? I play because I like the game so much that I'm addicted I sit down lets say 7pm to play a little and then is like 12 midnight I haven't done any of the things I wanted to do

the game being popular doesn't make it for everyone, for me it happened with baldurs gate 3 the game is boring as hell so obviously I didn't even tried it even do was the most popular 2023 game

[Uugly]

PvE arena similar to PvP.
More interesting hostile NPC that can summon pals to fight alone side in the open world.
I think that might motivate people more into the game.

[Baphled]

Because you want to be the very best.
Like no one every was
To catch them is your real test
To train them is your cause

You will travel across the land
Searching far and wide
Teach these pals to understand
The power that's inside