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Valheim celebrates another one (million)
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Can someone explain what makes this game more fun than others of the same genre? Hearing a lot about it and I'm curious.
Hitting a sweet spot in a lot of aspects of the genre, I'd say.
It has a sense of progression and some old school grindy feel to it. Not sure what but it feels comfy to play when you got a lot of time. It's also 20 buck too.
Pretty fun game. I had to run it at 720p Lowest settings on my 8 year old PC, but I'm nearly 20 hours in and enjoying it a lot so far (playing co-op with my brother).
In particular, its refreshing to not need to deal with a shitty tethering system after playing Conan Exiles and ARK.
In particular, its refreshing to not need to deal with a shitty tethering system after playing Conan Exiles and ARK.
I can't believe how little play this game is getting on ResetEra. This has been the most gripping title I've played in a long time
It's a PC only title, always happens. Wait till it hits consoles.
I feel like this is a game where if I dropped the $20 on it I would start trying to build a place to live/base/house and after 30 minutes throw my hands up and say "Nope." I am not afraid to admit I don't have the attention span I used to for these type of games.
Has the dev released a timeline of what they are looking to add/improve upon as the game keeps going?
Has the dev released a timeline of what they are looking to add/improve upon as the game keeps going?
Shit I'd love to give it more play time but the game crashes every time you turn around lol!
Game crashes after 20-30 minutes of play no matter what I do. Judging from what Ive read on the steam forums its a common problem. The devs know about it and have no clue as to what the deal is.
Serious props for these sales milestones. After getting a dedicated server up and running for our friend group, our playtime has pretty much exploded. I'm really impressed with the system depth despite being early access.
Awesome. Devs earned them millions. This game could be the next Stardew Valley or NMS. So many possibilities.
Yeah same, though my PC is ultra beefy. Worst thing I've had happen are just microstutters occasionally on autosaves (though not all the time).
You got two hours to try it on steam. Admittedly though two hours may not be enough to sell it.
This game keeps pretty much the best bits from survival and builder games and removes a fair bit of tedium. Worth a shot.
i just started playing it but it seems to hit a bunch of things right including survival, the mechanics and just the feeling of the game. They also hit the price right for where they are.
I've always ignored games like this for these exact reasons. Never played much Minecraft, tried Ark, Stardew Valley & Subnautica and stopped after a few hours.
I have to be approaching 30 hours played already and I bought it a little over a week ago. The game simplifies or gets rid of so many tedious tasks while maintaining the addiction to keep pushing through. Also a great balance between building+exploring if you get sick of one or the other.
Should give it a shot for for those 2 hours and see if it hits you as hard as it hits me! I haven't even been playing other games recently. The addiction is that bad...
ResetERA by and large doesn't care about PC centric titles. It's why Disco Elysium didn't blow up here and I'm just waiting for the console ports to see people discussing what I wanted to see two years ago.
But yeah this train ain't stopping! I'll stop by in the post for 5 Million Sales too soon.
I agree but it's getting better, way more PC threads than when this place started. Could be all the new hardware though.
I'm not sure either.
I gave Valheim few hours and I can't spot a single thing that Conan Exiles didn't do better. Sometimes even by a significant margin.
Clear, Conan Exiles is older at this point so people are growing tired of it. But that's none of my business since I got into it just a couple of months ago, so the comparison is fresh in my mind.
P.S. Note for context that I played both exclusively as single player titles.
Conan Exile is much more expensive tho. Especially with the DLC.
Haven't really played either(and probably won't), but it is a very small download, less demanding, and costs less.
Yes. As others have said it isn't your typical survival game. You aren't going to starve or die of thirst. Biggest threat to survival is mobs of enemies out of nowhere.
Well, I didn't buy a single DLC so far and the only reason I had the game in my library to begin with is that I got it for pennies in an old Humble Bundle.
Sounds more a bunch of logistic advantages (incidentally, ones I really don't care about) than a merit of the actual game.
I've seen other people on reddit cheerfully mention this stuff as a big merit and I'm honestly sure why.
Worrying about having enough resources to make it through while going through a desert or a dungeon is precisely part of the appeal while exploring in CE.
I know some people seem to embrace that type of mindset, but I'm vehemently against the notion that everything that is more convenient to the player in the short term makes a game better.
Experiencing thirst, hunger, environmental hazards (cold, heat, poison gasses, etc) and the inconvenience of not having any form of fast travel until way later into the game does make for a better game in Conan.
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I'd give it a shot, especially at $20. No one on my dedicated server is really into survival games and we're all having an absolute blast. Managing the survival aspects is super easy and in a lot of ways is just an optional bonus