What made Valheim great...

[St0nemender]

...the thing that set Valheim apart from all of the other open world survival games and contributed hugely to my long term motivation was:

Not limiting building to square shapes and to snap nodes.

Being able to have at least some semblance of freedom in designing your building makes a huge difference for long term motivation and immersion :-) please try to think of that when finalizing your game.

PS: Yes, i know, that is just my opinion. :-)

[lonewolf_z]

Agreed! :) This could lead to some obvious jank, but fun jank! :D

[UncleRabb]

It's Voxel based crafting and terraforming. So I wouldn't get my hopes up. Just saying.

[Spryte]

For me, the thing that REALLY made Valheim FUN was all of the "little" things that happened like: 1) Chopping down trees that started a domino effect falling into one another (and many times unexpectedly killed the player) 2) "The bees are "happy" 3) Sailing home on the high seas in a violent Thunderstorm with a full load of Ore & spotting 1, 2 or more gigantic sea monsters tailing you - the thought of the boat being sunk and losing all of your precious Ore - inspired terror. I really loved the Ocean effects with the huge waves in Valheim 4) through the use of "seeds" - every world (server) created was Unique 5) Though I usually tend to like graphics in games that are much more realistic - I liked the graphics in Valheim. I also liked that you had to work to increase various skills like running, jumping, swimming, weapon skills, etc. 6) You could sleep through the night - if everyone on the server went to bed at the same time. I haven't played since the game first came out - and haven't done Mistlands yet - but my friends and I plan on going back to do another play through. Re: Valheim - We all felt it could have used more building tiers & pieces, and decorative things for housing Especially decorative flower bushes/plants/vines for the outside of the house -wreaths for doors, etc - But we all consider Valheim to be one of the best games we've ever played.

[St0nemender]

Originally posted by Spryte:

For me, the thing that REALLY made Valheim FUN was all of the "little" things that happened like.

Well i do kinda agree with all of that, especially with bringing home your precious cargo of painfully mined ore over the vast oceans... and our group went back when Mistlands came out and it was also great the second time.

Still, much of that is at least partially realized in other and similar games too. The building style is the one thing that is absolutely unique to Valheim and i completely agree, i would have loved to have even more options.

At the moment i would say that this is the best multiplayer experience i ever had.

PS: Flowers are kinda already present. If you use the raising tool to make some earth inside you home and plant some onion or turnip seeds, you can make some surprisingly beautiful flower beds.

[DJM]

Procedural world gen as well. Would be great if they could add it a a mode down the line, though it would be a big undertaking.

[St0nemender]

Originally posted by DJM:

Procedural world gen as well. Would be great if they could add it a a mode down the line, though it would be a big undertaking.

Wait... the world is not procedural? A survival game with a fixed world is not a survival game at all?!

[Jaap]

The fact that its is a world built by hand is a bit off-putting for me, everything else looks really amazing mechanics wise. The combat looks interesting, the setting, magic and all that too, there are more reasons to build such as NPCs to house and such things. Worst part about it all is a non-procedural world, it kind of kills the replayability value, for me at least. Snice the game won't be focused on PvP survival like for example Conan, my guess is that people will find the most meta spots to build a house or settlement, and this will just narrow down the fun of it.

That's one of the charms with Valheim and Minecraft, there are always a better or worse place to build stuff, though it is random every time (unless you use seeds, of course). Though Valheim does not really give you an incentive to build cool or bigger stuff except for it to stand there and "be cool". In Minecraft you can at least build stuff for villagers or to serve other points. But that's just my takes..

[DJM]

No, it's fixed. What they've shown so far seems to be more of a coop open world RPG. Really need procedural for long term survival mode replayability.

[Rope]

Originally posted by DJM:

No, it's fixed. What they've shown so far seems to be more of a coop open world RPG. Really need procedural for long term survival mode replayability.

Ah its not procedural? What's the point of voxel then? Disappointing.

[Embar]

I hope you can die to falling trees.

[McSamwich]

The thing that madew valhiem great is the 17 mods I have installed

[-Jay-]

I only need good gameplay and lots of fun.

[Rimfy]

Never understood Valheim, launched it and played it, then straight up uninstalled it. It was boring from the start, the graphics didn't make it any easier to swallow it (especially in this era of gaming). If I wanted to play a poor graphic game, I'd play Morrowind or any of the old bethesda games. Hopefully this won't be a flop, so far every game has been.

Edit: Forgot to mention, Valheim is literally just one of those games you'd play online in the computer lab at school back in the day but with a price tag. Here's what comes to mind https://www.maidmarian.com/SherwoodLanding.htm (remember this?)

[Dwarflord]

Originally posted by Rimfy:

Never understood Valheim, launched it and played it, then straight up uninstalled it. It was boring from the start, the graphics didn't make it any easier to swallow it (especially in this era of gaming). If I wanted to play a poor graphic game, I'd play Morrowind or any of the old bethesda games. Hopefully this won't be a flop, so far every game has been.

Edit: Forgot to mention, Valheim is literally just one of those games you'd play online in the computer lab at school back in the day but with a price tag. Here's what comes to mind https://www.maidmarian.com/SherwoodLanding.htm (remember this?)

Millions of gamers apparently disagree with you, but to each their own.

[Weffi]

Valheim is nice, though the endgame now, mistlands is quite annoying for me atleast.