Instead of not finishing the game, I downloaded a mod in Palworld that lets you craft without resources. I regret nothing. I didn't appreciate what this game was until this weekend and it's not a small thing to dive into. It expects you to commit hundreds of hours to grinding out everything like an MMO. Not my thing but I have more respect for it now for what it is as a product and I had a lot of fun with it.

The world feels too much like BOTW for my liking so if somebody attempts another game like this in the future, I hope they'll make a better effort to make the towns feel like something you'd expect from Pokemon when it was good but adapted for today. It could be something incredible. Also take the timers off of the boss fights. There's no reason for that to be a thing.