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I watched the trailer and read the steam description. I don't like how it treats and lets you treat the pals. My 8yo was very excited to see a pokemon clone game, and asked me to stop the trailer 30 seconds in because of them beating up the pals and using them as slaves.
It definitely takes the "Pokémon are slaves" thing and runs with it. You can kill and eat the pals. Some of them are very "human". You basically stop short of actually whipping them, though I'm sure they'd add that in.
Edit: maybe I'll clarify, the Syndicate is a group against the mistreatment of pals. You can capture them and force them to work for you. The player is very much the bad guy here.
The Syndicate isn't against the mistreatment of pals. It's the team rocket here. They keep pals in metal cages, which you release.
The pal liberation front is what you're describing instead.
Oh sorry. My bad. I guess I don't feel bad about enslaving those guys.
Well, yes I do, but they're darn handy.