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Ya I guess I'm an NPC, I prefer enshrouded. You are about to hate everything I'm gonna say.
I really can't spend endless time on a game. And the basic mechanics of Valheim are just not that interesting to me. It's smack things and avoid being smacked for combat. Or slowly run away while reloading a bow or crossbow.
The resource gathering has nothing interesting going on. At most it requires entering certain combat zones or dungeons to gather a particular resource, but that just brings it back to the standard fight mechanics.
The sailing is boring. I used cheat engine speed hack and literally sped up the game by 5x to take care of long sailing journeys. Even then I felt like I was barely paying attention and still easily avoiding stuff or going the direction I wanted.
Gear and food is the entirety of your progression. The default settings have you lose both on death and then make a corpse run. I fucking hate corpse runs. But fair enough that makes me not want to die. But that leads me to playing cautious and ultra boring all the time. I am absolutely not gonna risk a 50 minute meal count down on a risky and aggressive strategy. I turned the setting on so I at least kept my equipped gear, but I doubt you do that.
Finding specific locations on the massive sprawling map would take forever even if you are using portals and the in game map. Playing without them seems like insanity. I instead found an online tool that took my map gen key and revealed the whole thing locations and all.
Basically I'm shamelessly "cheating" at this game and barely finding my time worth it. I can see how someone with nearly unlimited time could enjoy the slow grind of this game. But that's not me. The combat just doesn't interest me, and the base building mechanics are strict. Resources don't go far in building, and height restrictions for all but the best materials kick in so fast that you always feel like you are making a crappy temporary base.
It’s an interesting discussion none the less.
It’s not a function of having time or not having time. I have 3 young kids and a demanding job. I have 2-3 hours of “me time” most days that I will sink into a good game. I’d rather spend 2 months making my way through Valheim than crossing new releases off my play list. Frankly, so few good and interesting games are released that I generally have a playlist of like 5-10 games I go back to. Very few of them are new releases.
I suppose it comes down to why you are playing video games. Seriously, why are you even playing Valheim? To cross it off a list? I’m sincerely asking.
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Yes. There are consequences to death. And with no map, it’s much more likely your corpse and inventory is not getting recovered. But maybe if you remember where you were you can pull it off. You described combat as boring. It’s definitely not boring with those stakes. And playing defensively is typically a mistake. That’s what makes it interesting. It’s fully engaging. That’s why I think it’s a best in class. Literally the polar opposite of those new release slop games that play themself.
I am having fun despite all my complaints. It's not just crossing it off a list.
Exploring the dungeons in the deep north has been fun. Sieging the forts in the Ashlands has been fun. Kiting bosses while they absolutely obliterate the environment around me is fun for thirty minutes, just not an hour or two.
The progression is always something I'm addicted to. I wish it was more tied to the character itself rather than just the gear and meals.
The building is fun at my super base once I had a huge backlog of stone or other raw material.
I like the size of the world but I just wish there was a faster way to traverse it. I'd love if there was an end game air ship. And a mid game ship with way more speed. Possibly some resource burning option for a flat boost to speed. So you would still want the wind for top speed, but aren't completely stuck dead in the water when you get a headwind in a narrow channel.
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