Valheim

I have done several playthroughs of this game both co-op and solo (PRE 1.0 RELEASE). Several of these playthroughs concluded at the Mountains and one concluded at the Plains. Note I did not finish this game as I simply did not wish to work a 9 to 5 through the Valheim corporation for the rest of my life. [b][u]FOOD SYSTEM (6/10)[/u][/b]: I admit, the way food works makes Valheim unique, and in my opinion is one of the sole mechanics that stand out to me whenever I think about this game. That being said, unique does not necessarily mean exemplary. The food system allows you to eat three different foods for various amounts of health regeneration, health, and stamina. Once consumed, these foods buff the player for a set amount of time. Furthermore, the idea of bukeperries to quickly switch out foods is rather ingenious, and quite useful when preparing for a major battle. My issue with this is the fact these foods do not provide the entirety of the buff for the duration they are active, but rather the health and stamina provided to you tick down as the foods active time diminishes. Additionally, it feels like these food timers are ticking down so rapidly you need to down your entire stock of food just so you can have enough stamina to farm more food. This ladies and gentlemen perfectly symbolizes capitalist America! My biggest issue is when you die and have to get your loot. Since food is the main mechanic of the game, if you had all your food on you, each corpse run gets progressively harder as you move farther through the game. It essentially resets you to new player stats just until you get your stuff back which SUCKS! [b][u]COMBAT (6/10)[/u][/b]: Nothing that revolutionary here, standard dodge roll + parry formula that has been slapped into countless games nowadays. I do not find this formula bad, but it needs something to diversify itself from other games to make it extraordinary. Valheim simply does nothing to add to a combat style I have seen countless times across countless titles, which is why it receives a mediocre score for a lack of originality. One thing that rather irks me is the fact you have to be blocking to dodge roll, which is not the end of the world, but at the same time makes combat feel a tad less fluid. I do appreciate the idea of recuperating stamina for successful dodge rolls. Another issue with the parry system is that you can only parry stronger attacks if you have enough health, which requires one to shovel health foods down their throat. This limits stamina and slows down combat quite a bit. Yes I know what you're thinking, pop stamina food and "git gud". However stamina food denies the parrying of stronger attacks and requires the incorporation of dodge rolling, which is rewarded far less than simply parrying in several ways (stamina preservation, adrenaline gain, staggering enemies). It is this observation that leads one to realize the game is meant to be played a specific way, and other ways of playing the game are simply less rewarding. In my opinion, the ability to parry should be independent of ones health. [b][u]FARMING/GRINDING (1/10)[/u][/b]: Tell your boss that promotion will have to wait and that you put in PTO for the next month! Farming in particular is one the most grueling tasks you will undergo in any game you ever play! [b][u]BOSSES (3/10)[/u][/b]: I will start by saying I watched videos of the three bosses I have not fought, and have found my conclusion has not changed. First off, bosses only offer a mandatory item required to progress throughout the game. They DO NOT provide unique loot/gear that the player can farm for. Admittedly this also can be a good thing as the player does not need to waste their time gathering boss summon materials and waste food/meads to repeat boss encounters. I will be brusque and state the boss designs are boring ([spoiler]Yagluth[/spoiler] is an exception to this). There is really nothing that interesting about the bosses other than knowing which damage type they are weak to and what damage type can they put out. From there each boss has a 3 move cycle that is quite rhythmic once you notice it. It's this lack of move variety that simply trivializes fights into a game of "avoid move do damage". When done right, this formula produces an elegant dance between the player and the boss, a duet between two powerful beings! It should feel like a race for survival where your success is based on your proficiency in the games combat system and understanding the bosses repertoire while managing stamina. In this game, it is just a matter of spam health foods, spam meads, and prepare to parry/dodge/weave the same set of moves for GUARANTEED damage windows. Again my problem isn't necessarily the fact the boss uses their moves more than once, my problem is the monotonous cycling of identical + predictable move sets. To further support this argument, I have not seen any enemy/boss use a combo that exceeds two moves. To me boss fights feel like a game of pong against a computer, where the ball is moving nice and slow so you have time to make a sandwich before you prepare your next parry/riposte sequence. A dishonorable mention to the lackluster boss fight themes which make the fight all the more monotonous. Recalling the metaphor of the boss fight being a dance between two skilled opponents, a ballet performance is rather awkward with the local SoundCloud rapper performing as an alternative to classical music that is more appropriate for the performance. [b][u]MUSIC (6/10)[/u][/b]: The soundtracks are okay, but none that really stood out to me as "begging to go on a playlist". The biome music just felt like background noise from a TV left on in another room, and most boss themes were forgettable and made boss fights feel less epic. Overall not much to say here, just an overabundance of mediocracy. [b][u]TRAVELING (5/10)[/u][/b]: Sailing is not so bad, until you realize its all you will be doing as metals can't be teleported. My solution for you, make a second world full of chests and transport your metals like this. [b][u]BUILDING (9/10)[/u][/b]: The building system in this game is really nice. It incorporates the idea of structural integrity which requires the player to make all builds "obey the laws of physics". Admittedly you can do some cheesy things to make structures more sound but I find this quite comical, especially when playing with friends. The player starts with wooden structures and is then able to advance to stone so they may construct more impervious fortresses. My only issue is the leveling of ground can be a tad clunky which leaves landscapes looking rather unsightly. [b][u]DIFFICULTY (3/10)[/u][/b]: Difficulty is simply a matter of enemies having massive health pools and doing high damage as you progress. Move sets for enemies/bosses never gets more complex, but rather the consequence for mistakes simply becomes larger. Don't die at sea or your 300 hour run is toast (no I didn't have this happen but I think it is way too punishing)! Overall, this game is too easy yet WAYYYY too punishing. [b][u]SKILLS (5/10)[/u][/b]: My rationale behind the half score deduction is simple, I think the allotment of skills, what they affect, and how they are improved is sufficient. However I have a major issue when these skills are diminished each time the player is felled. Yes the "no skill drain" and "corpse run" buffs help prevent this problem from cascading, but this should simply not be an issue in the first place. It feels far too punishing to have the skills you farmed countless hours for wiped away in mere moments. Honorable mention to the fact you lose more levels the higher you have leveled yourself. In my opinion, an appropriate fix to this would be the removal of skill drain all together with the consequence of requiring a longer time to farm to max level. [b][u]OVERALL SCORE: (4.9/10) [/u][/b] VERDICT: Full Time Employment

Yanlış yapmışsınız nefes almak enerji tüketmiyor nasıl atlarsınız bunu ya. Bu kadar övülen bir oyuna zorla kendimi ısındırmaya çalıştım ama nafile. İnşa modundayken yapıları yıkma işlemi neden enerji tüketiyor hocam bu hangi arzın talebi acaba? 5 senedir geliştirilen bir oyunda bu kadar tonla QOL eksikliği daha hayatımda görmedim. Türün benzerleri en az 30 gömlek fark atmıştır QOL anlamında. Hayal kırıklığı resmen, 5 senedir yapılmayan şeylerin "1.0"da yapılacağını da pek sanmam. Eşyalar oto stacklenmiyor bile, yani envanter sortlama yok filan saymakla bitmez. Dedim ki bir ok üreteyim uzaktan geyik avlayayım, yahu 3 tane çeşit yemek yemişim her şeyim full, uykumdan kalmışım dinlenme buffı var ama geyiğe nişan alana kadar enerji bitti oku sıkamadım bile, gerisini siz düşünün :D 5 senedir ne yapıyorsunuz abi siz.

This game takes you and throws you into a very interesting world at the cost of your sanity. Not only does this game expect you to wander around a swamp biome with literally hundreds of enemies that can ones shot you, but they place iron, one of the basic resources in the hardest biomes. maybe the game would be possible with 5 people on at all times. disgusting

As a female in my 60"s I really enjoy this game. When I tire of adventuring I spend time creating and building. Better than TV and I can play with my family online, we chat and have a great time. I highly recommend. It's challenging with every new advancement. Never gets boring.

Смотря на количество положительных отзывов и на свой опыт, у меня складывается впечатление что мне подсунули какую-то другую игру. В ней плохо почти всё Плохо: 1. Куча гринда в каждом биоме и ладно ещё бы гринд отличался, но это буквально собери руду-переплавь её и так каждый раз 2. Боссы это просто нечто, целых 3 атаки у всех и они без КД, т.е. нет окон атаки совсем и ладно ещё если атака не размашистая или не по площади, так умные разрабы ещё решили что пусть босс периодически зовет своих пососов, так ведь интереснее 3. Нельзя таскать руду через порталы, т.к. это "Портит изначальную задумку", а задумка была в том, чтобы по часу плыть обратно на базу по пустому океану с 0 активностей? Загадка 4. Боевка вроде хорошая, но если противников больше 2, у мобов всех одинаковое, они тупо бегут тебе на лицо при видит тебя, при чем сбегаются такое чувство, что все с локации. Особенно здорово на болотах, когда выползает мерзость и вся локация сбегается отпинать тебя, пока ты застреваешь в камнях 5. Оружие и все что связано с ним. Тут прям подпункты, нужны. Во-первых зачем делать уязвимости мобам, если они вообще мало у кого есть, на ум приходят разве что скелеты и слизни? Наверное лучше накинуть мобам резистов, ведь так гораздо интереснее. Во-вторых, качая оружие вообще хоть что-то меняется? Скрафтив новую пушку, ну моб улетает не с 6, а с 5 ударов, "круто", стоило того, чтобы час долбить камень. 6. Гигантская карта, которую я не знаю зачем вообще исследовать, руины, раскиданные по карте нужны видать чтобы ты в них запутался и помер, похоронив все свое снаряжение. Да тут просто хромает смысл, вот у вас есть биомы, они и так обширны и из 2-3 отделённых друг от друга биомов уже можно нафармить все нужное, зачем делать целую гигантскую карту? Хорошо в этом поделии, пожалуй, только строительство и первые две локи, они хоть не вызывают бугурта, ведь цена за ошибку не настолько высока и мобы не стараются убить тебя с одного взгляда и толпой зарашить, нанося по 30-40 урона Люди ставящие положительные отзывы, вы вообще дальше черного леса ушли? Советую вам поиграть во что-то другое, помимо вальхельма и три в ряд, чтобы было с чем сравнивать. Тут просто разрабы альфу выкатили и дурачки радуются. Ей богу, заходишь почитать что людям понравилось и там чисто картина маслом "Мухи и Колеты"

This is a solo player review. Gonna be honest, I don't think I like it. As a survival crafting type game, it feels very simple and very slow paced. The longer you play it, the more tedious it feels to get anything done. There are large areas to explore and gather resources, but there really isn't much to find as you explore except for the same resources as everywhere else or little pockets of mobs to fight. The combat is not particularly good or enjoyable and in fact is somewhat janky. It's especially annoying if you're playing solo, because you just end up in situations where you have 8 to 10 enemies swarming you, for which there is no real combat solution, and if you try to kite them, the entire mob just chases you across the entire world map. It feels like it's going for a soulslike thing, but the combat isn't very good, enemy AI is dumber, and it really seems intended for you to have a friend or two with you ideally. It gives vibes of one of those games that you can play solo "if you really want to" but it clearly expects you to be co-op. Even if you try to manipulate server settings to make the game more playable and balanced for a solo player (or even to just make it easier if that's your preference), you'll run into headaches here, too. While the settings do allow you to mitigate item drop on death, the devs of this game do not allow you to COMPLETELY remove item on drop on death. You can reduce skill point loss on death, but you can't COMPLETELY remove skill point loss on death. You can reduce the damage enemies deal to you significantly, but this doesn't solve the problem that one of the issues is enemies overwhelming you with numbers, which can actually still be a problem even if their strength is reduced and is one of the primary ways this game is not especially solo friendly. But even if you push through all of that and wander into a dungeon with those settings, you won't have a light source, because it's impossible for one player to hold a torch and a weapon at the same time. Moreover, your weapon will rapidly degrade with the number of enemies inside the dungeon, so you won't make it through even a fifth of the dungeon before you have to leave and run all the way home to repair your weapon, and the map is huge, so it takes FOREVER to run home, unless you want to build a new house outside of every dungeon. Or you could carry like 4 or 5 spears into the dungeon with you to alleviate the issue. The point is, it's made for co-op Not only that, but if you try to change any of these server settings to customize the game to your preferred experience, the devs tsk tsk you for "not playing the game right". Losing skill points on death is ass frankly. You already drop inventory. Why drop skill points? I'm a working adult and this adds nothing to the experience besides extra grind. Grinding up skills like "jumping" by hopping up and down isn't fun in the first place. This isn't "punishing difficulty" ; This is wasting my time. It's got some pretty silly rules around workbenches and beds, like being unable to use your workbench if it doesn't have a roof over it (like an actual roof piece; you can't just have it under any old type of covering). Your bed doesn't work unless it is near a campfire, but a campfire can only be placed on dirt. You can't sleep in your bed unless the campfire is burning, but if it rains, your campfire goes out, so now you can't sleep, so if you wanted to wait for morning, just alt tab and go make a sandwich I guess. This all feels so much more convoluted than is really necessary and makes you rearrange your furniture in silly ways to try and accommodate it. It doesn't really add anything to the experience other than making you wonder why it's like this. I've only played for 10 hours and it's possible it gets better, but just compared to other survival crafting experiences I've played like Grounded or Abiotic Factor or Enshrouded or Raft or Subnautica, this just felt very mediocre as a survival/crafting game and tedious as an RPG. I was listening to podcasts while I played because I was getting bored. Maybe it gets better, but I can't wait 30 hours for it to get better. Possibly it's better if you're playing in a group of 3 to 5 people. I'll defer to the co-op players on that. Otherwise, I don't really see the hype. At least as a solo player stuck in the first biome for 10 hours. If you're a primarily solo player looking for a good survival-crafting RPG experience, I think there are much better solo-friendly options. If you're looking for one specifically with a soulslike feel to it, then Enshrouded would be a much better choice in my opinion.

Peak When you play w your brother or your friends

Played this game for a very long time now. Every content release seems less and less like it belongs in the game. Gets further and further from the original theme of the game. Got a release roadmap way back in the day. Good portion of that never saw any follow through and is extremely late. Feels like a long term rug pull. Id love to recommend but they have made so many bad choices that I cant really say I recommend it anymore.