Nordic Theme or Viking Theme?

[D.A.R.K.]

And don't say they are the same, they aren't.

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[D.A.R.K.]

I'm asking that because I don't feel Viking vibes from this game, and I only see Nordic theme from lore and not game play. The game play doesn't feel Nordic nor Viking, and the lore is Nordic... So, the character is a Viking, only that?

[D.A.R.K.]

Originally posted by ᛁᚾᛏᛁᛘᚬᚱᛁᚾᛁ:

Originally posted by HoD:

Grinding theme...trash game.

You bought a survival game and didn't expect some grind? That's pretty stupid.

Shhhh, we don't call "grind" in survival game, we call "gather material".

[Average AMD neanderthal]

Originally posted by D.A.R.K.:

I'm asking that because I don't feel Viking vibes from this game, and I only see Nordic theme from lore and not game play. The game play doesn't feel Nordic nor Viking, and the lore is more Nordic than Viking... So, the character is a Viking, only that?

just so you know, 'viking' was more of a job description rather than one big scandinavian culture. as such, it would be weird to assume that its either 100% A, or 100% B. plus, this is mythical nordic fantasy.

[Lovecraft's Cat]

Norse. Viking is more of a lifestyle.

[Valdyr]

Originally posted by D.A.R.K.:

I'm asking that because I don't feel Viking vibes from this game, and I only see Nordic theme from lore and not game play. The game play doesn't feel Nordic nor Viking, and the lore is more Nordic than Viking... So, the character is a Viking, only that?

If you are asking if you "go a viking" and raid villages, not as such. This game doesn't take place in Midgard, there are no villages to raid. Instead it has more of a Dark Souls feel in that you are alone (if playing solo) or with a small group in the afterlife fighting the enemies of Odin. It has a lot of themes from the Asatru faith, with passages from the Havamal peppered throughout the game, and is focused on the flavor of the Old Norse epic poems rather than historical context (though the game does have a lot of historical references, especially in the art style).

[Augustus Gloop]

Originally posted by ᛁᚾᛏᛁᛘᚬᚱᛁᚾᛁ:

Originally posted by HoD:

Grinding theme...trash game.

You bought a survival game and didn't expect some grind? That's pretty stupid.

Odin approves of this message.

[Mharr]

I mean there are no other countries to raid, you're just taming a tiny bit of this supernatural wilderness and teaming up with your mates to kill some demigod bosses. Pure Norse mythology.

I guess you could organise raids on other servers, but they'd have to send an invite :D

[forth]

They are Same-san, Shark themed

[Dregora]

Isn't viking just a part of Nordic theme in general?

[FÆROÜS]

Originally posted by D.A.R.K.:

I'm asking that because I don't feel Viking vibes from this game, and I only see Nordic theme from lore and not game play. The game play doesn't feel Nordic nor Viking, and the lore is Nordic... So, the character is a Viking, only that?

define "nordic gameplay"

[DarkEternal]

Both.

Originally posted by ᛁᚾᛏᛁᛘᚬᚱᛁᚾᛁ:

Originally posted by HoD:

Grinding theme...trash game.

You bought a survival game and didn't expect some grind? That's pretty stupid.

Clearly, clicker games are more their speed.

[Lovecraft's Cat]

Originally posted by Dregora:

Isn't viking just a part of Nordic theme in general?

Yes, but that part is not in the game. Maybe they'll add villages in the future, so we can land our longboat, raid and plunder, and then sail away. That's Viking.

[Mononymouse]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin

Looks like Norse to me.

[Jaunitta 🌸]

Viking in modern-day terms would be the Danish, Norwegians, Swedish, and Icelandic people. I'm a Dane and I know this. Born Copenhagen. Denmark and the Viking is in my ancestary and this game is accurate to Viking and Norse.
Is what attracted me to it. But the hak and slash in this game is not realistic to the true Viking/Nordic with the represenation of these demons. It should rather be conquests against another civilization. Conquest of land.
Devs have brought Odin which takes us in a different direction for the game ethics.
The Tree
Yggdrasil is an immense ash tree that is center to the cosmos and considered very holy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yggdrasil
A bit of history.
There were a people of mixed Gaelic and Norse ancestry and culture. There emerged in the Viking the Norse–Gaels, originated in Viking colonies of Ireland and Scotland, the descendants of intermarriage between Norse immigrants and the Gaels.
As early as the 9th century, many colonists (except the Norse who settled in Cumbria) intermarried with native Gaels and adopted the Gaelic language as well as many Gaelic customs.

[D.A.R.K.]

Originally posted by FÆROÜS:

Originally posted by D.A.R.K.:

I'm asking that because I don't feel Viking vibes from this game, and I only see Nordic theme from lore and not game play. The game play doesn't feel Nordic nor Viking, and the lore is Nordic... So, the character is a Viking, only that?

define "nordic gameplay"

I imagine our stuff would be more Nordic instead of simply common as usual. Structures, buildings, furniture, weapons, tools, (armors are good-looking Viking), but everything is kinda numb as a Nordic theme.

If you take a look into a medieval, or cyberpunk, modern, futuristic, sci-fi, alien themes, you can see and feel each of those aspects represent the theme, but in Valheim they don't, I feel I'm playing in a medieval theme game, mostly. As I told, besides the lore, everything else don't feel like Nordic or Viking, at all.