An early access game worth playing!

Reminds me of the whole "what if a game combined the open-world base-building of Minecraft and the adventure/progression of Terraria" question that entered the minds of every person who ever played those games.

Valheim simply gets a lot of things right, even this early on. It's low-poly, but immersion into the world with its lighting/weather/music is just spot on. Fights feel rewarding, some part Dark Souls-esque in nature, and the grind of resource collection and upgrading/progression seems to strike the right balance. You don't always feels safe, nor also always feel in danger, which rather adds to the atmosphere. Having it be based in Viking mythology was a bit of a genius move for theme/content/lore too tbh.

There are a couple of issues - such as the pathing of enemies (skeletons take a particular dislike of door frames for example), and player position sync on servers can sometimes be a bit out of wack... but that's about all the negatives I can think of right now. Small things which I can imagine are on their list to fix.

As of this review, I'm gunning for the second boss (which I probably could've done much earlier), and viewing other players' content I can imagine the late-game once all bosses completed could get rather stale, but from what I hear, there's plans to add more to do at various stages of the game, so hopefully that will become less of an issue long-term as the game heads towards full release and beyond.

My only warning about Valheim would be that you can spend "half an hour" in-game, and it actually be anywhere from 1-3 hours later.

An early access game worth playing! Reminds me of the whole "what if a game combined the open-world base-building of Minecraft and the adventure/progression of Terraria" question that entered the minds of every person who ever played those games. Valheim simply gets a lot of things right, even this early on. It's low-poly, but immersion into the world with its lighting/weather/music is just spot on. Fights feel rewarding, some part Dark Souls-esque in nature, and the grind of resource collection and upgrading/progression seems to strike the right balance. You don't always feels safe, nor also always feel in danger, which rather adds to the atmosphere. Having it be based in Viking mythology was a bit of a genius move for theme/content/lore too tbh. There are a couple of issues - such as the pathing of enemies (skeletons take a particular dislike of door frames for example), and player position sync on servers can sometimes be a bit out of wack... but that's about all the negatives I can think of right now. Small things which I can imagine are on their list to fix. As of this review, I'm gunning for the second boss (which I probably could've done much earlier), and viewing other players' content I can imagine the late-game once all bosses completed could get rather stale, but from what I hear, there's plans to add more to do at various stages of the game, so hopefully that will become less of an issue long-term as the game heads towards full release and beyond. My only warning about Valheim would be that you can spend "half an hour" in-game, and it actually be anywhere from 1-3 hours later.