Singleplayer worth ?

[KingOneDa]

Iam literally playing this sort of games alone, is this worth or are there mechanics they need more than one player to be fun.

[Krieger]

i have pretty much only ever played single player, i stopped into a friends base once, it's a brilliant game as single player, so many excellent implementations and innovations, well worth getting into.

[KingOneDa]

thank you, that sounds good for me :)

[awkcelot]

I prefer single player in most things. This definitely gets tricky to solo at times though. Still a lot of fun either way, so go for it!

[Hatsune Neko Gaming]

i mostly play is single player as well
i just partially transferred my old base to a new seed for mistlands, now off exploring yet again.

[eclipse]

its good but you need QoL mods to nerf the tedium of at the very least crafting and farming, otherwise you will spend hours and hours doing just those

[pk]

Yes, but bosses are way more difficult when you're playing solo. You'll need to make sure you're using the right strategies on each boss, as they all have different weaknesses and resistances.

[bacon]

honestly i think the game is better single player. the game is so busy, it is hard to sync up even with a small team of 3 or 4 people because they are doing different chores at different times. when you play alone, you set the pace.

[jonnin]

groups help in maybe 2 places, a little bit:
1) boating, to have a driver and a gunner, if you get attacked. Not necessary usually, but it helps.
2) carts. The cart is clunky and having some help to push it around or clear a path is nice. Also not necessary.

I don't recall if it scales bosses by groups or if that speeds up the giant health pool slog some. Meh. They can be done solo.

Ive mostly played solo, many many hours of it, its great.

[bobcprimus]

Simple answer, Yes.

[Fan Of Demon89]

Yes
Here is why ..... Valheim dificulty is based on how many players there is online in your game SO if you play with 1 more player you face double the amount of mobs .. Mobs have more hp / attack power ETC

[Fan Of Demon89]

Originally posted by eclipse:

its good but you need QoL mods to nerf the tedium of at the very least crafting and farming, otherwise you will spend hours and hours doing just those

I have played this game for 300 hours and havent used single mod bcs like farming meat for 2hours straight gets you so much meat that it last you for 50 HOURS in total least so gotta wonder why is that so tedious

[eclipse]

Originally posted by Fan Of Demon89:

Originally posted by eclipse:

its good but you need QoL mods to nerf the tedium of at the very least crafting and farming, otherwise you will spend hours and hours doing just those

I have played this game for 300 hours and havent used single mod bcs like farming meat for 2hours straight gets you so much meat that it last you for 50 HOURS in total least so gotta wonder why is that so tedious

Meat? Thats not on my list of tedious things. Hunting is engaging. Slaughter farms are also a thing but require players to be near im sure. Good for the base building groups but not for nomadic types like myself. Hunting for 2 hours straight sounds boring, i do spurts here and there but mostly i just KoS everything on my way.

I mostly mean the kin and smelter - mod that allows them to pull items from nearby chest.
You just mined 200 copper? Throw it in a chest along with some wood and coal and you can forget about it.

Farming? Turning that first turnip seed into hundreds? Goes for all plants. TEDIOUS.
Plant everything = plant everything in game. Now you can have your own berry and flower farms.
Mods - grid to make farming life easier, to adjust the growth time and even harvest return, auto pick all plants, bigger looting radius so you dont have to stub your toe on something just to pick it up.
No longer will you have to hold or press e for hours on end, now all you have to do is walk up to them.
Unrestricted portals, now its your choice to either sail a boat load of ore back to base or simply set up a portal and continue on. Either way will take tons of time depending on the swamp layout you are rng'd with.
Dont want to mine brainlessly for hours on end hearing non stop CLANG CLANG CLANG, repair, CLANG CLANG CLANG. MOD that crap out of the way.

Mods = player can make the game how they want it.
I have a ton of hours (500 on record though im sure 25% or more is afk with menu still open) into the game, mostly at release. Beat it from start to finish 3 or 4 times vanilla and heavily modded.

[Tippssy]

This game is unplayable single player but fun with a steady friend.

[Sythalin]

Originally posted by Tippssy:

This game is unplayable single player but fun with a steady friend.

As someone who has played solo since it's initial release and cleared all the content, I can assure you that you are wrong. But then again, you gave it a negative review at 3 hrs played, then continued to play for 186 hrs.

In short, your opinion is contradictory versus your playtime and should not be taken seriously.

OP, the game is fun to play solo. Take your time, build a bunch since it's the best part of the game.

[-OrLoK- Слава Україн]

bit late to the party but although ymmv, I too am enjoying it solo.

but. I would recommend modding it to taste as I personally find pure vanilla missing many small QoL issues which are "fixed" by said mods.

there's also lots of mods which add flavour but keep the taste of vanilla.