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Valheim |OT| Explore, Build, Conquer, Craft, Survive, Cooperate (Added to GamePass 14/03)
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GymWolf
Member
Does it work perfectly with a controller?!
Kenpachii
Member
So bought the game, setup a server and playing now with my mate for a good few hours and i must say dam the game is beautiful, the lighthing/water/grass/wind, the music is great, the physics are fantastic and the crafting is also good fun. Defeated the first boss and now busy trying to get to the bronze age. Good fun.
martino
Member
No . label on the map is a good example
Also current way to move object is not ideal (for the genre not great)
but most the rest do.
you can evade hit bloodborne style a troll with a knife for example (even if lt+b for evade is not the best choice imo)
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Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
Well it is a survival game. I don't usually get into these games, the only ones that really captured my attention were Terraria, DQ Builders, & Stardew.
It is fine solo so far. I'm not super far in but have spent about 17 hours in game.
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
I need to build something similar as my raft disappeared and I assume the wind carried it away.
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
IbizaPocholo
NeoGAFs Kent Brockman
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Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
Made it a bit further into the Black Forest. I found pine wood which unlocked many crafting options. Got the deer hammer thing & an upgraded bow. I had to cheese the hard wood by forcing it to crash into other objects but it worked.
Absolutely loving this game. About 20 hours in now.
Absolutely loving this game. About 20 hours in now.
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
I love the layout here.
Another cool village set-yp:
Western-style town:
Another bridge, this time allowing boats to go underneath:
Clever trick to collect coal:
Another cool village set-yp:
Western-style town:
Another bridge, this time allowing boats to go underneath:
Clever trick to collect coal:
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Amazing numbers.
I'm quite surprised though that at 4 million sales, top 5 steam charts and what not, this thread only has 2 pages!
And even on other boards I've seen, threads are nowhere near as active as for most other bigger games.
Kind of wonder why that is!?
Singular7
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Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
It took me a while before I even heard of it. There was another thread discussing the hype, so the discussion has been a bit splintered here. I figured the game being as massively successful as it is, it deserved a proper OT. I think it's got some legs as well, so hopefully the thread stays active through full release.
Allnamestakenlol
Member
Haven't got the game yet, still hooked on Nioh 2, but looking forward to cooping with the wife in the near future. Game looks and sounds great! Also love that there is a mod community already.
It's quite interesting isn't it ? Quite a few people dropped into the 1st Valheim thread on gaf and shit on the game for different reasons straight out of the gate.
I think it's a mixture of things really. Survival games are perhaps thought to be something that streamers hype up and there are a lot of gamers who have an issue with streamers, possibly due to the way some companies are seen to be catering to them when they make games.
Survival games are often seen as something stuck in eternal early access hell and maybe folks don't want to pay for something that may end up getting abandoned even though Valheim is a very complete product in its current state.
For some it could be graphics snobbery. They got expensive rigs so they want to see it pushed which is understandable. I agree with some that the low res look is a bit off putting but the lighting and atmosphere more than make up for it and after 5 minutes of launching the game I personally don't even notice the uglier side of the visuals.
Lastly you got the gamers who will simply hate on something popular and trending because they don't understand its popularity. Not suggesting that Gaf is full of these people but there are a lot of them around elsewhere.
Goro Majima
Kitty Genovese Member
My friends and I have beaten the second boss and are now working on doing anything productive in the swamp. The difficulty curve just went up quite a bit.
Kenpachii
Member
Played today with my mate for another 10 hours. Friend of his also joined now. Game was a bit laggy but other then that had a blast. The exploration is real, ran around with the 2 of us for 2 hours just exploring and getting rekt so upgrading gear is needed. did some skeleton dungeons for materials and got portals going now which is really useful at this point.
Man this game is so dam beautiful, sound is great. and the sailing is something else. hint never attempt to sail while the waves are as big as your house rofl.
Anyway can't wait to see whats next.
Man this game is so dam beautiful, sound is great. and the sailing is something else. hint never attempt to sail while the waves are as big as your house rofl.
Anyway can't wait to see whats next.
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Kenpachii
Member
took me like 20 hours to explore my spawn area. This game is crack.
Then i scrolled out and discovered the damn world is like this x100
Yea its nuts, got now something like 16 hours in with a mate and frankly when scrolling out on the map your progression is a dot rofl.
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Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
People are making some creative stuff in this game. I love it.
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Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
So this game is going to settle on 10 or 20 million sold?
Allnamestakenlol
Member
Does the game have any kind of character stat or skill progression? Like, any RPG-lite elements?
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
Yes. Your skills level as you use them.
Allnamestakenlol
Member
Glad to hear that. Thanks!
Screw it, I'm off to buy a copy.
Edit: Goddamn, I wasn't expecting such a tiny download.
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Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
Nah more they struck gold
This game is the shit
Croatoan
They/Them A-10 Warthog
If they finish it (ie their roadmap) and keep bringing in more content post release I could see 10-20 mil. Too early to tell though. Gotta see how they support and if something else comes in to take the wind out of their sales.
Prepare for clones though. The pve survival genre is about ro be as crowded as the pvp. I hope someone makes a "lost in space" version. Something like astroneer but tpsish.
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Edit: Goddamn, I wasn't expecting such a tiny download.
Good things come in small packages!
I was shocked when I saw it was a 500mb download and a 1gb install.
Kenpachii
Member
Me and my buddy's reached the end of the world, god it was a journey to even get there.
If you don't want to see what's up with it, don't click on it. It's basically just us sailing to the end of the world.
Anyway, beated the second boss. dam that guy did not go down easy.
Now on the way to the next area and see if we can progress further tommorow. We had a huge blast 3 of us and can't wait to play some more tommorow.
Some pictures of our journey.
If you don't want to see what's up with it, don't click on it. It's basically just us sailing to the end of the world.
Anyway, beated the second boss. dam that guy did not go down easy.
Now on the way to the next area and see if we can progress further tommorow. We had a huge blast 3 of us and can't wait to play some more tommorow.
Some pictures of our journey.
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Mr Wonderstuff
Member
OK I finished the second boss and was thinking hmmm....I'll look out for the next one and investigate the swamps. Finds stone which highlights boss location. It is on the other side of the world...essentially 3x the landsmass away from where I started and dealt with the boss #1 and #2. So basically it's the equivalent of me needing to get to Australia from the UK - by boat. I'm not sure whether to be excited, dejected or scared.
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
I saw somewhere that there can be multiple boss spawn locations. But that said, I think I'd still target the known location. Corpse runs would be a pain.
Croatoan
They/Them A-10 Warthog
The game is half finished so the answer is no.
SCB3
Member
There is, I have 2 for the first boss on my map
Besides if you are travelling that farz you could always create another home on the way to set a new spawn point, or build portals
Kenpachii
Member
Yea what i would do is build portal, and start a mini base over there. That's what we do for example, the last picture is exactly that, pretty much on the other side of the globe we builded a quick portal with a small house so u can move stuff there and make a new tiny base to get things done.
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Allnamestakenlol
Member
Haven't had a chance to try yet - how is the controller implementation? Only real complaint I've seen is with regards to creating pins on the map, but are there any major shortcomings?
Edit: Tried it out over lunch and didn't much care for it. Felt kinda klunky and unintuitive. Fortunately, I'm fine with kbm.
Edit: Tried it out over lunch and didn't much care for it. Felt kinda klunky and unintuitive. Fortunately, I'm fine with kbm.
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SJRB
Gold Member
Man this game is the real deal. Awesome and extremely satisfying.
So how do you know you're ready to take on the first boss?
I've crafted leather armor and helmet, upgraded my flint axe three times. Judging from the crafting tree so far that's basically it in terms of weapons/armor.
So how do you know you're ready to take on the first boss?
I've crafted leather armor and helmet, upgraded my flint axe three times. Judging from the crafting tree so far that's basically it in terms of weapons/armor.
I don't think there's any real indication of whether you're ready or not.
From what I can tell you so far, each biome tends to give you access to some new materials, which come with better weapons/armor. I'd think as long as you have a reasonable proportion of those, you should be good try. Even though you might then discover, say, bosses have certain weaknesses that your current equipment doesn't address very well.
Anyways, first boss: Don't worry, he's fairly easy. You're definitely ready to face him.
IbizaPocholo
NeoGAFs Kent Brockman
Valheim has a first-person mod, and it works pretty darn well
Getting crushed by a tree in first-person really increases the immersion.
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SCB3
Member
I play with an Xbox One controller, which works pretty well for most things aside from Maps and Inventory Management. It does need some attention though
SCB3
Member
You're ready, its an easy boss designed for low-level characters, Leather Armor, Shield, and Flint Knife is all I needed.
just remember to eat and prepare beforehand.
Holammer
Member
[Possible Spoiler]
Had a creepy encounter in the game, two of my friends sailed to a new place so I figured I could some farm stone. When I set out I saw this robed shape of a man holding a staff. Instant goosebumps and it vanished as I walked closer. Lore wise it's probably Odin checking up on your progress? But I refuse to read or watch anything about the game, so I had no idea what it was or is, a brilliant event.
Had a creepy encounter in the game, two of my friends sailed to a new place so I figured I could some farm stone. When I set out I saw this robed shape of a man holding a staff. Instant goosebumps and it vanished as I walked closer. Lore wise it's probably Odin checking up on your progress? But I refuse to read or watch anything about the game, so I had no idea what it was or is, a brilliant event.