Palworld Lets You Capture Humans And Treat Them Like Pals

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Palworld doesn't just let you capture Pals, it also lets you trap human characters in tiny balls and then treat them like mind-controlled pets, something Pokemon has never allowed you to do.

Ever since it was first revealed, Palworld has had a very clear influence in mind - Pokemon. That means that you'll be doing a lot of the same things in Palworld that you'd expect to do in Nintendo's flagship series, from capturing Pals in balls to make them your pets to making them fight in battle.

Of course, while Palworld does copy a lot of Pokemon's homework (which is part of the charm), that doesn't mean that it doesn't have a few interesting twists on the formula, like Pals having the ability to use guns. Everyone knows about that one by now since it's been such a big part of the game's marketing, but there's one more twist that no one had any idea about.

As it turns out, Pal Spheres (Palworld's take on Pokeballs) aren't just good for capturing Pals and turning them into your pocket monsters - they can actually be used on human characters as well. Throughout your journey in the game, you'll come across human enemies that you'll have to battle known as Syndicate Thugs.

If you whittle a Syndicate Thug's health down and throw a Pal Sphere at them, you can actually capture them like you would any other Pal in the game and then make them fight for you. Not only that, but you can also treat them like you would one of your pets, which includes being able to feed them and even pet them, likely saying "Who's a good thug" over and over as you do.

After capturing a human thug, a message will pop up saying, "A captured human. On Palpargos Island capturing humans in Palspheres is considered inhumane."

Moral quandaries about capturing and controlling a human aside, it seems like sending out captured Syndicate Thugs to battle isn't the most effective strategy, as they have a pretty hard time chasing down Pals and attacking them with simple weapon swings. Even so, it's a very unique