Is this game a mixture of Minecraft and Dark Souls and are there any objectives in-game?

[PROPHET]

I'm a souls-like Veteran, so I'm kinda seeking souls-like games..boss fights and stuffs. I'm not much into building and crafting but I can manage if there's some boss fights, souls like feature going. So, is this a mixture of Minecraft+Dark Souls and are there any main mission objectives type things, or it's just..do whatever you like, and there's no missions or anything?

[letsTPKothers]

No, this game is not like dark souls or minecraft.
There are mild combat tactics in place, nothing more currently.
All of which can thwarted with a shield btw.
There are no cool building mechanics utilizing pulleys or ropes, redstone, or even traps.
Basic construction which utilizes some mild gravity-like physics.
So structural integrity is a thing-
There isnt much in the game currently and everything you do revolves around mining, which is extremely grindy, if your into that kind of thing.

Valheim is in a very early state
I highly recommend waiting at least a few months. More like a year to be honest.

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198010672112/recommended/

[Cockroach]

Its just a survival game. Its pretty cool the way they have made it though.
Put it this way .. it took 140 hour of gameplay for me to start slightly getting bored of it and I get bored easily with games.

[c0Zm1c]

While the Souls influence in the combat is quite obvious this game is significantly less challenging than those games and for overall structure it's very much Minecraft rather than Dark Souls. There isn't any mission objectives: like Minecraft, the game leaves you mostly to your own devices. There are boss fights but, like with all other enemies in the game, they have very basic AI and attack patterns and are only challenging if you're careless. Improvements to combat are on the developer's roadmap so things might change in that respect in the future but at this point it doesn't really fit with what you're looking for.

[Ashley]

Not even close to souls like. I mean I suck at souls games and usually don't get far so don't quote me on that. But they're more handcrafted from my experience like putting enemies above you that you can't see or to the side that instantly one shot you. Game doesn't really have that nothing like that because it's randomly generated for one