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frontpage Posted by doublehelixx | Staff • Last Tuesday
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Valheim (PC Digital Download)
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Strongly recommend... I have 450 hours in it, and I am certain we'll play more once True North is released. Hell, we are all playing Enshrouded right now trying to scratch the same/similar itch this game provided for so long.
This is one of those games that will be dead before it leaves early access. That's not to say the game is bad. I really enjoyed it. I'm not big into the genre and hate grinding but I had a lot of fun playing with friends. Worth $10 for sure.
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I've played through it 3 times, but I'm waiting for an honest-to-goodness 1.0 for my next playthrough.
There's a pretty active modding community, too. I've barely messed around there.
It is worth $100.
It's even better on a co-op server with a friend
But then on top of that.. there is an amazing amount of mods and many community servers (some with over 100+ players online at a time, pretty much more akin to an MMO with guilds and all sorts of stuff) that the amount of time you can spend on it is crazy. I think I'm getting close to 4,000 hours now and I'm still looking forward to it going 1.0 and the updates to come, but also having a great time on a community server that has resets about 2 times a year to keep things fresh.
You really can't go wrong with Valheim.
If you're considering this but don't have a lot of time or a group to play with, you should know that they added game modifiers to make it much easier (or harder) if you want. You can change combat difficulty, increase resource gather rates and remove fast travel restrictions. You can even remove the cost to build items once you've unlocked the recipe.
You can also have a bunch of different worlds each with their own settings if you want to try different gameplay styles.
Nope.
They made over a $100mil 4 years ago and are still pushing updates.
Unfortunately, the updates have been SLOW. They do seem close to the finish line now. I run this on a dedicated server and some of my friends play this game exclusively; too bad the engine isn't optimized. The frame rates can really tank, and my server isn't exactly a slouch. I think this time next year the game will finally see full release
I do want to add that some of my friends do not like this game. It can be incredibly unforgiving at times. But if you have friends that are okay with dying, losing their equipment, and losing their experience levels, then it can provide an unbelievable experience, especially with a large group of friends scouring your generated world looking for resources and hunting down sea monsters on ships.
another fantastic game is Grounded. that is a more curated experience, so it has some advantages and disadvantages. i would put these two games as must plays for survival craft games.
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