I think the crafting aspect helps make a world of (let's call it what it is) Pokemon much more realistic and lived-in, rather than just being some dumbass kid sent out with these dangerous animals that can kill you 5,000 different ways and being unscathed despite these dangers, and having systems in...

I've beaten the game pre and post release and I only have 45o hours in it over about five playthroughs, and with a lot of fucking around on a friend's home-hosted server. It's really not that long of a game, all things considered. Also, it's not Pokemon w/ guns, it's Ark with Pokemon. When you loo...