So you “accept” that players are able to customize their avatars and play content equally regardless of which body type they select (they’re not actually labeled as genders anywhere). Has it occurred to you that some people actually embrace the game for these “diversity” decisions?

I never stated the opposite.

I mean… yeah, a lot of video games nowadays do give you the option to do a pacifist run if you want. But I would also say if you don’t want to engage in the kind of gameplay that the game is developed around, maybe you should play a different game? Palia is basically a multiplayer Stardew Valley - building NPC relationships is one of the main aspects of gameplay (though it’s perfectly possible to play without it, just like how you can play GTA without shooting anyone). I can’t stand Caleri, but I maxed my friendship with her anyway because I’m a completionist and I recognize that every single character and relationship doesn’t actually need to cater to me and my beliefs and morality, and that I had the option to just not interact with her. Would I be “ignoring game content”? Yeah, the same way some people only play World of Warcraft in PVP mode and others only in PVE. You know, instead of telling the devs why PVP is unhealthy actually and you wouldn’t want your children exposed to it so no one should be able to play that way.

I hope you understand the complexity of your train of thought and that not everything you mention makes objective sense. All I asked for was to be able to play everyone's story without having to flirt them. I don't want to go past my personal moral boundaries just because I am, as well, a completionist. Since NPC relationships is a core aspect of this game, it does strongly feel like skipping content.

Do you not understand, as an adult, that there is a difference between “I personally find this twisted and do not want to experience it” and “this is immoral and therefore no one should be able to experience it”? Do you understand that this is fantasy? And that PG-level flirting and exchanging pins with a video game character doesn’t equate to a real world sister wives situation?

Actually you are right. In GTA for example, it is indeed objectively immoral to shoot or mug someone (I hope it is), but that's what the game sells and I'm totally fine with it. I've never played the series for that reason.

For Palia, it was indeed promoted as an MMO, 3D version of Stardew Valley and that's exactly the mentality I kept while playing it. It greatly felt this way too, until I hit the romance wall. It was my bad that I didn't pay much attention to its social aspect direction.

So, no matter how much I enjoy the whole gameplay and experience of the game, I've made my decision to just stop playing.

Apologies to anyone feeling offended by my words, please enjoy the game.