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Valheim Early Access [OT] Nord Man's Sky
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Decided to buy it and wow, this game is gorgeous. The thunderstorms are something else, along with the early morning sunrise over a hazy river. I can see myself putting a lot of hours into this, even though I'm rubbish at designing buildings.
I can't believe it was around 550Mb in size.
I can't believe it was around 550Mb in size.
Well, I'm prepared now.
So, maybe I finally go explore now. Reached Day 10 and got a new message in the sleeping screen, hope I'm not wasting too much time. :D
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Wish I could get it over 40fps, at least it hovers between 30 and 40 now which is acceptable, but reading that other people with the same specs or worse can get better performance is weird. :/
Phil, Xbox Preview Program, now!
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Dang that's a pretty. Also anyone feel free to make a proper OT if anyone wants.Well, I'm prepared now.
So, maybe I finally go explore now. Reached Day 10 and got a new message in the sleeping screen, hope I'm not wasting too much time. :D
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Wish I could get it over 40fps, at least it hovers between 30 and 40 now which is acceptable, but reading that other people with the same specs or worse can get better performance is weird. :/
Phil, Xbox Preview Program, now!
Valheim |OT| A Disturbance in the Norse
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Doesn't need PvP to have a steady playerbase. As long as they keep adding interesting new content, players will come back.
Would love to see them add a dragon or an ice giant in the future.
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Oh I just meant on Twitch. No doubt this game will keep a healthy playerbase. Especially with so many comparisons to Terraria being made.
This game is damn good. I just started sailing and I can't believe how big the world is. I haven't even explored the whole starting island and it just seems like a drop.
It really doesn't "deserve" the "survival" moniker cause it makes it seem like it's one of those "you are constantly starving, dieing of thirst and your nutrients are low" games which it totally isn't. You literally can not die from hunger in this, there is no thirst and you don't die from some slight cold night air but only from an actual freezing ice mountain biome (unless you wear warm clothes).
The game is so damn CHILL about its systems, it is so very very refreshing to play a game that respects the player for once.
Like repairing items not costing resources is just....god it is SO GOOD. It doesn't treat the players time and energy like shit.
The game is so damn CHILL about its systems, it is so very very refreshing to play a game that respects the player for once.
Like repairing items not costing resources is just....god it is SO GOOD. It doesn't treat the players time and energy like shit.
Yeah i said this earlier to the people i was playing with. The combat is super simple but also super engaging.
It has PARRIES! It has POISE BREAK! It has BACKSTABS! There is SKYRIM STYLE STEALTH COMPLETE WITH THE LITTLE EYE ICON!
Like WHAT?
Don't expect a ton of bugs and missing features. This is just like Killing Floor 2 Early Access.
Was already gaining interest but this might be the final push, mind elaborating on this?
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I guess its the fact that progress is gated through bossfights, survival elements are pretty minimal compared to other games. You won't die of hunger for instance and is more of a co-op game.
Yes and I believe anything you have on his inventory.
Of course, this is the only game I have trouble streaming to my laptop via Steam! I just want to play in the living room, dammit.
Fantastic game--really loving it so far.
Having no cost to repair is a great move, although it does make me wonder why even have tool/weapon wear-n-tear if repairs are just button clicks with no other impact to the gameplay or ecosystem. Not that I want a cost to repairs but--why not just remove that element if it's barely a mechanic?
Regardless, removing barriers like this encourages the player to try more and do more, which feels really fresh. The game has such a calm kind of demeanor to it. The music is a big part of this--it's beautiful! I didn't understand the BOTW comparisons before I started playing, but I get it now.
The physics in the game can lead to some fun emergent situations. We don't have the tools to chop up birch trees, so we cut down beech trees and roll the trunks into the birch over and over until they collapse. Takes a little while but it's nice to have access to more wood!
It would be nice to be able to build or set up traps.
Fantastic game--really loving it so far.
Having no cost to repair is a great move, although it does make me wonder why even have tool/weapon wear-n-tear if repairs are just button clicks with no other impact to the gameplay or ecosystem. Not that I want a cost to repairs but--why not just remove that element if it's barely a mechanic?
Regardless, removing barriers like this encourages the player to try more and do more, which feels really fresh. The game has such a calm kind of demeanor to it. The music is a big part of this--it's beautiful! I didn't understand the BOTW comparisons before I started playing, but I get it now.
The physics in the game can lead to some fun emergent situations. We don't have the tools to chop up birch trees, so we cut down beech trees and roll the trunks into the birch over and over until they collapse. Takes a little while but it's nice to have access to more wood!
It would be nice to be able to build or set up traps.
That fixed my constant stuttering on my 3070!
Thanks for the tip. I knew it was some crazy Unity engine quirk that was doing it.
I can run everything on high at 1440p now.
There still is a lot of stutter, but it's all streaming and weird unoptimized code stuff that will most likely be ironed out through early access.
The stutter I had before was crazy... every 2-3 seconds it would drop to 40 when even just rotating the camera
Once youstart mining veins you'll understand why the wear is in there.
You also need upgraded benches to repair higher end gear so you'll need to build up your outposts more.
I had pretty bad lag in combat once, wasn't fun.
It's not like it's a twitchy action game though, it's kinda like lagging in an MMO. Solid chance to survive at least.
I wouldn't say it's cohesive but hopefully they can tighten that aspect of it up as they go.
Been enjoying it so far. Having trouble finding more of the
. Found one Burial Chamber and got 5 of them so I have my smelter going, but need 5 more for the kiln. All the other caves I've found so far are Troll lairs. At least I have a full set of Troll armor now :P
Surtling Cores
Yes characters are stored locally, you can enter ANY game with your character and its inventory.
Beat the first boss. Felt good.
Now I can finally loot stones.
I have to find the other bosses right? I can't mark them automatically to my map like the first?
Now I can finally loot stones.
I have to find the other bosses right? I can't mark them automatically to my map like the first?
You will either find their altars by chance or find the same red glowing glyphs that mark them for you.
Just picked this up and have no friends on PC. Love these sorts of games. Anyone want to invite a late-20's EST based dude to their server?
Would probably need multiple servers seeing how max concurrent players is 10
Sure, but the good thing is once one person goes offline another one can join it, just 10 concurrent doesn't mean 10 in total and there will be more than enough times where it won't be completely full, like our Minecraft server here (if this one is even still a thing anymore, idk 😅).
2 would be a good start I think. 🤔