Is Valheim worth buying now?

[Hollywood]

I want to buy Valheim, but I hear about Mistlands DLC coming out. Is it worth buying Valheim now or wait? Also, is the DLC free or paid?

[blprice61]

Yes. It is worth the price and more at its current state even if not another hour of development was put into it. I might be biased, have over 1000 hours of play time with Valheim and I still play it.

[Marshal]

I'd say it's worth it.

[kestmobthe]

NO, still no as of right now in early access... the development pace is atrocious... the game is really good but i would consider waiting for full release in maybe 3 to 5 years from now. you could try it in eventually refund it within the 2 hours limit

[Polonius Ulf]

When Valheim is finished it won't cost $14.00. Try $60.00. I think IG should raise the price to at least $25.00 as soon as Mistlands drops.

The claim that the devs are slacking off comes from narrow authoritarian minds. It is what they would do. And when they say Valheim has no content, you'd better find out what they mean by "content." Some people only see boss fighting. That's all that exists for them. I don't know why they aren't playing "Monster Hunter."

Valheim has a chance to become huge. The devs would be insane not to be working as hard as they can. People who know nothing about it pull GANTT charts out of the same place they keep their heads and cast aspersions.

[NiceGuy]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από raz:

No, the game is not worth buying until the devs prove they are actually going to finish it by the end of this decade. Look at the update history for yourself and you will see how slow development is. Put it on your wishlist and forget about it for a year, check back then and see how many updates have happened.

Yes it's still ea, and not "finished", but only in the term of, the defs still want to add stuff and tweak a bit BUT...

1. what you get right now it's worth many hours of gameplay and way more worth than the bargain price they ask. Which will for sure rise in the future.

2. What you can play now (single and multiplayer) feels balanced, finished and works very well. You never get the feeling that something is missing or unfinished.

3. When you reach the current "end" of the game it feels finished. And if this would be release version you would not have the feeling as if something is missing. You could just accept to have researched everything and seen everything.

4. What they are adding is a new biome with new resources and, enemies and a new boss... So the voyage just goes on.

Yes you can absolutely buy the game. Even when they would call it finished tomorrow you get a very good game more than worth the money you spent.

[Nefrarya]

Hey folks,

please don't let this thread move into flame war territory. Fighting over each other's opinions is a waste of everyone's time, so please stick to giving OP your (non) recommendation.

Thanks & have a good day!

[PakaNoHida]

$14 / 1000+ hours of gaming in Valheim means it is now worth 0.014$ to me.

It's always been worth it, but it is a survival game, not a do everything fast game.

[cardboardmark]

Good game but feels half done. Probably wont get too many more big updates. Catch it on a good sale, especially if you have friends that want to play too.

[gerzald]

Worth it if you like building roads bridges towns and exploring. Needs a bit more monster content. imo. Just a bit.

[▪TacticsOgre▪]

Vanilla is fun for hundreds of hours for sure, it's also not easy at first/solo. If you like building & atmospheric worlds (Intense storms, ocean waves, spooky fog and lighting.) then you will love this game.

MODS are not officially supported, but after hundreds of hours in Vanilla I needed to add some QoL and Monsters to my gameplay. Mods can push this game into THOUSANDS of hours of value.

People are angry that the roadmap was pulled shortly after the game hit a huge player base. Updates and new content feel very slow....HOWEVER.....the direct answer to your question...is Valheim worth the price and EA issues/bugs to get into = YES

I personally did not like the way the roadmap was handled, but it is early access. So if a dev wants to tell you a goal, but changes their mind - it is what it is.

I am not a fan of how steam handles early access, but small devs would never stand a chance to complete a game without it. The early access graveyard is full of games with both good and bad intentions. Hoping Valheim can avoid development failure, it is a fun game afterall.

[Blueheaven]

Keep in mind that right now the game is alpha and you will loose all progress randomly

[Ryzilynt]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Blueheaven:

Keep in mind that right now the game is alpha and you will loose all progress randomly

*possibly

[ZombieCo]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Hollywood:

I want to buy Valheim, but I hear about Mistlands DLC coming out. Is it worth buying Valheim now or wait? Also, is the DLC free or paid?

No, they have taken a very long time to push out even tiny updates. The game slows down really bad about 20 hrs in. I won't recommend until they get a cohesive roadmap with at least estimates of finish dates.

[Polonius Ulf]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Blueheaven:

Keep in mind that right now the game is alpha and you will loose all progress randomly

This is not true. If you rely on the Steam Cloud and don't ever back up your data then you can lose everything.

Valheim makes it easy to backup your data by hand. In the lower left corner of the startup screen is a white button labeled, for some reason, "View log file." It actually takes you to Valheim's data folder. Go up one level in the tree (alt+up), right click on the "Valheim" folder and copy it somewhere. Do this before every session and you can't lose more than a session.

Valheim's data is in the paths that normally get scheduled for automatic backups, so if you are backing up your pc daily, as you should, then you can't lose more than a day.

Backups also have a remarkable power of preventing data loss in the first place. It's true. I've rarely had to use a backup to restore data. I've only ever lost data that wasn't backed up.

[Lucidess]

Valheim does not have to be complete for it to be playable.

And it's very playable.