Why Valheim Is A Masterpiece
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
- Valheim is the latest and greatest survival game where you live the life of a Viking and survive in an environment full of monsters and unpredictability. It is a brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by Viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
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@@JimmehRulez ok fine
@@robokast no thx
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@@JimmehRulez No. No i dont think i will.
Very kind words! Lots of love from the artist on Valheim! cheers!
The game looks amazing! The way you mixed low-poly graphics with modern lighting is downright inspired! Minecraft shaders wish they looked this good.
Everything about this game is gorgeous! Thank you for so many hours of enjoyment already. Looking forward to hundreds more 😅❤
Just started playing this game last night. Incredible work, studios all over should be begging to get you on their games.
This is my favorite game.
You are the best man, I love that it’s not trying to be the real world. The art is it’s own style, reminiscent of the real world but it’s arguably more beautiful in its own way. It’s a video game I want it to look like a game not the real world. I absolutely love the way you took this game.
The fact that this game was made by 5 people is just mind-blowing
Yeah, a truly unique group of devs. The way they have included the beta testers in their process and continue to trust them and relying on them to find bugs and bring them to their attention is another part of this game that is sadly hidden from public view, but another reason why this game is so popular, imo. Their Discord server is just full of positive volunteers that wants to help everyone have a great experience with this game.
A truly wonderful community.
@@AntiFascistViking It's truely a game disign and game developement lesson for big companies that have hard times producing quality, and that don't listen to community feedbacks
clearly you underestimate the power of developers, i mean have you seen what mod makers do. once a platform is in place, anything can be built on top much easier
Wish I could join a team of like-minded talented people who want to create the next big game
I cant believe the amount of thought and planning was made in such a small team. i genuinely dont believe that they were just five
I'm almost 40, and had almost given up on games. Valheim has me sucked in like nothing since early Minecraft and Skyrim. 160 hours went by in a blink.
Same story here, almost 50. Bought this today and logged out after 10+ hours, happy and excited for my next session.
@@vaettra1589 you guys are lucky am playing Valheim on 20fps on very low and can't enjoy it like everyone else
I'm 300 ish hours since release. If you had play with 5 people. Perfect number for connection and experience.
@@digitalhouse6969 u should look at the system requirement since normally minimum requirements means its gonna run but not to good
@@titus6341 i have a friend that has a 3090 and i9 and 32ram and still can't get more than 70fps even in low, i think it's bcz the game is still in testing conditions it's not in full release and bcz it's just an Indie game, it needs to be optimized
Same here it’s incredible. I spent big bucks on cyberpunk, legion, and so many other games in 2020 desperately trying to find an addictively fun game. Then 2021 hands me this 20 dollar less than 1 gig wonder and I haven’t stopped playing it for weeks on end. The time, emotion, and pride I feel at making it through another biome and another boss feels so good and now they have announced 4 new biomes and bosses and mini bosses as well as cult of the wolf and dark elf bandits?! I pray this game dominates all year long and continues growing a massive community. I wanna see this game dominate even the aaa landscape as an example of what an actual quality game full of genuinely wonderful gameplay can be and that it doesn’t come from hype or a massive budget but actual devoted devs and creators who care about what they are putting out.
spending money on triple a games at launch PepeLaugh
@ryan ashley 5 million people would say its wayyyyy more fun than Rust
@ryan ashley better than rust IMO
This comment didn't age well. I just got into it only to discover people are mad about the lack of updates
@@vitkien they are expecting too much out of an indie developer, and will end in two ways more likely, living the project die a la Cubeworld or selling it to a bigger company like EA that runs it to the ground...
I think the low-poly & low-res texture graphics allow for the world to be densely populated with vegetation.
The landscape looks far more natural in that regard than any other game out there without giving your graphic card a high-grade fever.
I was saying this exact same thing to my buddy yesterday when we were playing it haha
And you can run it on a potato
And my old ass pc can run it well at near max graphics 😭
About 140 hours in, built my first castle and actual boat house and haven't even found Moder yet. You can definitely slow burn this game until more content drops.
Same here dude, loving playing the game a bit slower, no reason for me to rush really. Can't wait for the devs to expand upon it adding new biomes, mobs, bosses, items etc.
Same here. 85+ hours and 220+ in-game days and I still haven't fought second boss.
@@Ajzan1 600 hours and not seen Moder or Yagulth yet. The wise ones slow burned it. I had to leave my gaming buddy because he wanted to rush the content and use cheats. No way was i going to let him ruin the best gaming experience in a decade.
@@bowlock9901 The only "cheat" I used, aside from using Wiki, was checking seed of my world on an site where you can see whole map, including bosses and merchant locations.
Aside from that I need to fight the Elder soon because I need iron.
"small team of developers" is 5 people. yes this game was created by 5 people lol awesome
was created by 1 person then added a friend and after the lunch they added another 3
*AE studios looking in disbelief and confusion*: but wattabout micro transactions?
afaik the guys are professionals that quit big studios so no wonder the game's that good
i belive most of the game was made by just 1 person
@@StoneCoolds dead meme but ok
Valheim has just the right combination of good and bad graphics to basically look like how we thought our games looked when we were 12 years old
I haven't felt this excited about a game in a long time, I've been enjoying it so much its crazy
You should do a Valheim let’s play like you did with Minecraft 1.0
Yeahhhh boyyyyy
I used to play games like Minecraft with my mom all the time but she has slowly gone away from games (other than stardew valley but I'm dont really find that game too enjoyable). Now she has started playing Valheim and it's given us something to talk about and play together.
thats so damn wholesome. Stardew Valley is cool too imo.
how in the world do you enjoy valheim is you don't enjoy minecraft?? 💀
@@fortnitesexmanwhat I got was that, OP just don't like playing Stardew Valley
Definitely one of the best survival games I've played.
Why are you defiant???
Proudly one of the best survival games I've played.
Yeah, tried Ark that did not resonate with me. This does.
Valheim succeeds on the same kind of merits as Subnautica. It's small, but concentrated. It's not graphically groundbreaking but it conveys everything effectively. It's new and raw but very alive. It needs some technical ironing but it's enthralling. It's simplistic and has hard limits but has an incredibly strong foundation with massive potential for expansion.
It has flaws, but it's REAL in all the ways that matter.
Or Raft.
Well said.
imo the graphics are really what tie the game together. I wouldn't have it any other way
It's the same for me, getting old and not felt emerged in a new game for over 4 years.
Until Valheim and I also really need to discover time management again. I live on my own now.
Edit: 85 hours in and only just about to attack the 3rd boss for a 2nd time (aborted the first attack)
Immersed* have you played Subnautica yet?
rimworld, factorio, kenshi, oxygen not included, dayz, prison architect, shadow ofmodor
Ever since I started playing Minecraft I was dreaming of another game like Minecraft, with the only difference that it doesn't look blocky and that it has at least somewhat realistic physics.
And this game is it. It also has monsters, you are free to do anything, you need to follow the physics and build accordingly, you can build angled houses and make a much more vibrant town.
Valheim is a masterpiece and it isnt even done yet
Make sure to send irongate some direct love
Bruh.... I’ve heard plenty of “professional reviewers” or game critics before. You sir, did an outstanding job with this review. Buying this game today based on your review. Thanks!
I just got up after my first 5 hours, having a quick smoke break while I contemplate how amazing this game is
I just
I just love it so much
Same!!! Work annoys me because I just want to play haha
@@synaesthesia4183 I Literally sit at work thinking about my boar farm lol.
@@phexus82 haHhahahahaa
people still smoke?
Game is a true treasure. As you pointed out the lighting really carries the graphics of this game, so much so that I kept forgetting I was playing a 2 GB game and just watched the sunset like I was playing Witcher 3
Great commentary on a great game. I totally relate to running out of interest in most new games, but I do live this one! Thanks. I can see why you have such a good following.
It's not overhyped, it has good building blocks to improve upon. Everything being physics based is what makes the game. I always wanted zelda botw coop, and this is closest thing to it, and it is good.
yep - that game have a big potential and that's what it is best about it ;p
It is ridiculously overhyped. This game has nothing special at all, it's just a generic survival game.
@@The_Chillton ok minecraft fan.
@@bigdaddybuttmaster69 What does that even mean
@@The_Chilltoncorrect, the building isn’t good the combat isn’t good the game looks like a potato exploration is meh, super overrated
Not sure if anyone has mentioned this, and it took me forever to figure out but:
The building in Valheim isn’t necessarily based on a stability system dependent on the foundation of your base, rather, it largely depends on the “height” of your base. More accurately, the number of build pieces connecting the grounded parts of your base (indicated by turning blue while holding your hammer) to your roof. I can’t remember the exact number of connections allowed, but once a build pieces has turned red, it means anything attached to that piece will collapse, unless it is connected to the ground elsewhere using fewer connections.
Think of each build piece as a connection.
That’s why the core wood beams are useful for building larger bases, because they are twice the length, meaning you can build a house the same height, in half the connections to ground. Which, in turn, means you can build a taller base!
Hope someone finds this helpful, and I hope this wasn’t too redundant 😅
Valheim has one very important thing most modern games have seemingly forsaken: NO BULLSHIT.
It's not a service, it's not a marketing tool, it's not a media ecosystem pretending to be a videogame. It IS a videogame. A very fun videogame.
The design choices are amazing! I went from, wtf is this?!?! To Damn this game is beautiful!
Me too dude, me too.
The fact I put in over 100 hours before running out of stuff to do for a fresh early acess game made by 5 people is kinda nuts.
Well, minecraft was made by only 1 person so..
@@Shadow77999 Is there a point to your comment or are you just being a contrarian?
I am literally exactly the same, I find it hard to get invested in games anymore compared to how I used to when I was a little younger during school, but Valheim pulled me in.
Lets not forget how amazingly this game runs and how passively it devours your RAM
I mean my gpu still runs at 82 celcius, using a 1080 gtx, but yeah, runs great, even at 4k
There is an aspect that I think greatly greatly contributed to the game success that I dont think people realize (at least I didnt hear no one meantioning it). And that is how they handled movement. What I mean is that you can "feel" movement. I don't know how to put that in words very well. But for example, you kinda can feel the thread when you are pulling a cart (that is the feeling Im refering). The only time I felt this playing a game was when I started playing counter strike 1.5, when you mastered bunny hopping and whatnot. This factor is subtle but is half the way to get immersion right.
I saw Valheim on sale, read a review that said "Just play it blind, don't look anything up" and did exactly that. No regrets. The learning curve is steep enough to keep things interesting, without feeling unforgiving. The lighting effects & weather often caused me to stop and stand around for minutes at a time while exploring, just enjoying the world in its simple beauty. I have the itch to start over and work toward the Mistlands stuff from scratch, maybe that's what I'll start tonight after the kids' bedtime :)
Excellent review, I think you articulated the charm of the game very well.
I did everything the game has to offer up until this point (all bosses, all biomes etc).
And now beginning a new character in a new world. Such a good game!
Wish there was a way to ramp up the difficulty though, after getting higher levels and wanting more of a challenge at said higher level
The guy who made the soundtrack came to my school recently lol
He's a talented guy for sure, the music is on point.
I'm 55 and have been playing games since the first Atari 2600 console back in the late 1970s, it does get harder to become immersed due to age and experience, Valheim is one of the few games that's done it for me in a while. Great review, liked and subbed.
Tip - don't use the wikipedia or tutorials when playing the game for the first time. Much of the fun comes from learning and discovering new recepies and areas. Go out exploring and the game will naturally progress until the final boss.
100% recommend this.
Yes it makes the experience so much better
The last 3 games I got hooked on since quarantine started last march: 1. Terraria (I was really late to the party, but oh boy did I love that game), Hades (My game of the year for 2020) and now Valheim. AAA games are in a terrible spot right now and I think the future of the gaming industry lies on creative indie studios and honestly I'm all for it.
Hades
Not ever aaa game is bad.
The lighting system is really good, different colors of light bouncing off surfaces looks great. Wear the headlight, stand by a fire and look at an iron gate and you'll notice. If the graphics make you turn away give it some more time, the game has moments of real beauty.
best part about this game is u can parry bows and thrown rocks. Idk how it works but those shields must have been made from vibranium to be able to stagger enemies so far away.
The enemies are just blown away by your reaction time 😂
I feel the same way. I haven't loved a game in a good long while until I found Valheim. It felt heartwarming.
I totally relate with that intro. Interesting to see I'm not the only one with that feeling. It's weird, because I want to like modern games, but most things feel so uninspired and don't captivate me like this game does. Can't wait to see when it's finished.
The amount of hype is accurate! Loving this game, and it's definitely something unique.. You can feel that the devs had a good vision for the game.
it's literally just another of the what feels like billions of early access survival games
the only things you could really point to that are unique about the game are absolutely terrible things that completely rip apart the experience
The game is genuinely breathtaking I’m not going to lie, watching the sun rise or set feels like you are genuinely there experiencing a new day full of possibilities
It's refreshing to have a game made for all ages, that appeals to many types of people and does everything well. Story, combat, adventure, building, crafting...all well done and feel very polished. This isn't really and early access game either, it's pretty much a finished product if you ask me with lots of room to expand...especially considering the state of the rest of the options out there. Best thing for me is that is feels legitimately challenging in an organic, fair way.
Your opening statement is exactly what I have been going through...and Valheim changed everything. Its an amazing game.
I'm with ya bud, The last game I was hooked on was Rust but that kinda wore off a few years ago an no new game has taken it's place.... Until Valheim. I got this game a week ago and LOVING IT! best game in a long time! I love that the character save and the world save are 2 separate things. It means you can bring your character to another players world which is an interesting dynamic that not a lot of other games offer.
first time finding your channel but enjoy the review, I have over 100 hours in and I am really enjoying it. I never got into minecraft but I love other survival progression type games. What I love about this game is that it is challenging. You can die a lot if you aren't careful. Sure some people probably breeze through but if you go into a new "biome" before you are prepared, you usually die. That makes it appealing to me.
The lighting and color panels make the beauty, reminds me of Sildur's Vibrant shader
I’m almost 50 and I completely agree with your opening statements. This just came to Xbox today and I’m excited to start it. Hopefully it sucks me in too.
This seems like a 3D terraria with the progression system
Not at all a bad thing
@@marioroman7188 true
Except Terraria isn't trash
Literally only discovered this game a week ago after completing Terraria with my younger brother. I absolutely love this game! Really agree with you on the art direction they choose to go with. Sometimes I just find myself sitting in my base when it raining, and just enjoying the beauty that this game has to offer. Great video man.
Your intro resonated with me, although I was interested in different games i feel the same about valheim.
Valheim is already a better game than majority of the survival games out there, And they haven't even got started!
I hope valheim booted other devs into gear and they start providing us with good games again, not oversaturated content.
Love the video, and absolutely love this game. Although it always irritates me when people mistake art style for "outdated graphics". The graphics are not outdated, it's simply a design choice. The artists were probably more than capable of making the game look realistic, but that isn't what they wanted
Ok ok
You convinced me.
I'm getting it. 😁
So, how do you find it 3 weeks after ? :)
@@bestmilioplat754 He doesn't have time to respond to UA-cam comments, he's busy foraging for thistle 😅
@@johnholland9371 hahaha
The building, the sea faring, the physics and the beauty of this game is absolutely stunning. I have died any unknown number of times. As soon as you think it's easy something destroys you.
omg dude showing og rust damn, bringin back some memories my man
very well explained, me and my brother was just jumping into this. made alot more sense now with the graphics :) we used to play 8 bits back in the day damn. 10/10
I love that I can enjoy the game alone on my own world and just go to a friends world to look at my inventory in my "summer home" haha
I agree! First time in along time I have got hooked on playing something.
Josh Strife Hayes has made an amazing video explaining why people arent having fun playing games anymore. The video is titled "why you're not having fun in mmos anymore"
I 100% also recommend that video
I JUST LOVE, when a indie company, knows exactly, or almost exactly what the public wants to play, knows how to please the community, and has more updates and free content, THAN MOST AAA GAMES, with their huge budgets and massive crew, the world is a weird place these days
Valheim is what you get when you put passion before money
Completely agree!!! They found a market where people have been BEGGING for this type of experience. So well done and yet so simple 😁
@@namirPL A year later, some players might be re-thinking that sentiment. 😅 It's still a very good game, though Mistlands' production time was a bit suspicious.
Valheim is the best survival game I have ever played ride beside Minecraft and Terraria. I love the art style, it’s super similar to runeScape and I love how the game plays with perspective so you and everything else almost looks small. The game is extremely fun and addicting, however it is SUPER difficult. When me and my friends got to the elder we were shocked on how hard it truly was to defeat with 4 people. We’ve taken a slight break from it because of how difficult it is, but we’re about to go back into it and finish getting all iron tools so we can fight the next boss
thanks for the review!
such a great video!
quote
"The game doesn't punish you for the things you do right, but instead rewards you for the things you do right"
Downloaded this last night.... omg, its like crack. . . I cant wait to get off of work and disapear into the 10 world!
Your opening statement is incredibly relatable
I feel just like you and when I got Valheim with my friends we instantly put 10 hours into it playing until 4 am.
Valheim Is A True Masterpiece. i started 4 days ago man i can't stop playing. i fell in love ❤
Somthing that blew my mind was I made an improvised chimney with a normal roof on it and kept getting smoke in my house. Switched the chimney took to a 45° angle thatch roof facing away from the interior and viola no more smoke inhalation. Little things like that make a game that much more immersive.
You didn't mention sailing... God i love sailing in this game, there is something very satisfying about it :)
Man I hate hearing people say "the graphics look old." No they don't, it's an art style. Not everything has to be photorealistic. I think it's bizarre that you compared Valheim unfavorably to Breath of the Wild, because I would have compared it to Breath of the Wild's visual style in a positive way. They're both artistically stylized simulations of nature in a very similar way.
Ultimately I think this game is much better for not having fallen into the trap of trying to chase photorealism.
Love the vid, very true I have done completed the game twice now and the game is getting a little more grindy and kinda less rewarding, just waiting for those new biomes and bosses to fight but just gotta say, 5:24 those backwards walls are triggering the hell out of me
Just hearing the 'Plains' music makes me want to start the game again. AFter 500+ hours I'm waiting for the next update. It is an excellent game. Everything in this game breathes charm, work, love. It takes effort to progress but never becomes cumbersome at all.
Nolan... I can't hear that name without thinking about burning and exploding Minecraft houses
I think for some people the want to game will fade away but for the generations that were born with video games available will enjoy gaming their whole lives. It’s like saying the older generations will get tired of watching sports or gambling.
The fact it's ONE GB sort of blew my mind. Heard of this game over the last few months, and as gaming has felt so one dimensional for so long personally, believed it wouldn't be anything interesting or new. Bought it today and just began playing and it's so satisfying. The movement and attack mechanics and feedback is almost perfect. How such a small group can accomplish this while studios with 100's of staff release garbage is just embarrassing.
Its great game, it is the only game i played 4 day straight and made me completely forget other games. Now that i defeated the current last boss and raised might fortress, i was looking forward to mistland and ashland
man, the first 17 seconds of this video is spot on. Goin through the same thing right now
Words cannot describe the amount of fun (and pain) I have gotte out of playing this game. Been waiting for a game like this for so long. 200 hours in and I don't plan on stopping anytime soon.
I love Valheim. I would recommend to anyone who is just getting into not to rush through the bosses, but instead take your time and enjoy it. It is less fun rushing though and you end up missing a lot. I really can't wait for all the updates. I am thinking some will probably come after 2021.
I'm 34 and this game gave me that feeling I had 10 years ago when I got into Minecraft modded servers. Completely sucked into it!
I can't wait to see what they do next with this game
Yeah the amount of content at its base level, whew, so much more to come I hope
It blows me away this game is still in "Early access". It feels more polished than many full release games. Gameplay mechanics just work. Combat feels good. Ark:SE has been out for years and doesnt hold a candle to Valheim.
The difference is game design, this games has it. Ark doesn't. You can see in every detail of valheim that the mechanics have thought behind them. Ark is more the kind of game people with a dream put together, what if you can do this, and you can do this, and you can pick up your poo, why? Because. I am not shitting on Ark devs, they made a game I thought I would love, but valheim dev game me just what I needed, nothing more, nothing else, everything is there to improve my enjoyment of the game. No sudden velociraptor attack after respawn.
Yo that intro... I felt that.
i was in the same boat as you man until i found valhiem just last week and i love gives me elder scrolls slash rust vibes i love it i hope devs can optimize it better in the future cause my pc struggles sometimes to run it smoothly
I May be a bit late now but i found it 3days ago and cant Stop playing it its really Something special i already have around 30h in These 3 days xD
Every other survival game: oh you want to repair? 500 -insert material name-, please.
Valheim: go to table, click hammer, go back
Can't agree more with "I felt addicted to it" statement. I am so happy when I play Valheim and I can't stop playing. It's like minecraft all over again. Valheim is such a perfect sandbox.
i finished the game in like 60 hours with some friends and we are currently holding back from playing until the full release and just smash through it when theres more content
I haven’t ever heard of this game before but it sounds like a game I would love
I've bought the game for six people other than myself, because its just so AWESOME
4:50 “I’m sure it’ll change soon since the game is in early access”
Yeah maybe at the end of 2023. I honestly don’t expect this game to be done before 2024.
You got it just right man, I'm almost 800 hours in the game and never get tired of it because it is different in every aspect every time.
The gaming market is oversaturated to where we now really need to look hard for what we consider gems. For example, outer Wilds is one such game I absolutely loved that no one else I know seemed to have played for being somewhat obscure due to other more popular games, and I can't imagine a time where I hadn't played it.
Game definitely deserves the love it’s getting
The building is the best. When I started with a friend we defeated the first boss and he had to took off for a while and I couldn't stop building and expanding our base. It's like playing with Lego, very limited options make us use our head and creativity
I got it 3 days ago and am in love with it.
I think it's alright at the moment. I stopped after the elder boss because I don't wanna put a few hundred hours in get burnt out and stop playing even with updates. Happened with DRG for me.
One of my favorite aspects of Valheim is the way they handle death. Upon dying you loose 5% of all your skill levels, which might not sound too bad, but once you reach higher levels it becomes devastating. This has instilled true fear in me, forcing me into a more restrained play style where the world is slowly revealed to me. I can't just go explore the entire world, because I have no clue what atrocities lurk out there, if I died at open sea in some remote part of the map, then my game would most likely be over. It feels like all my actions hold weight, everything I do is meaningful because I truly stand to loose something if I die: Time, and lots of it.
If you do die however your loot never despawns and you recieve a buff called "recently died" meaning if you runn naked to get ur stuff and die it wont punish you over and over.
Sail out, instantly smack down a portal and feel free to adventure with some risk in the game!
@@Andreas-vr3mb The buff only lasts for 5 minutes tho. At the point of writing that comment I was pre-iron. The world was still a mystery to me. I still hate dying, since it costs an awful amount of time, but the fear has subsided.
So excited for this to come to game pass in March
Valheim brought me and my wife closer together. Over the 2021/22 holidays, we spent HOURS together on it.
can't wait to build a pc so I can play this!
You can sign up for a free account on geforce now and play it if your machine is older.