Valheim 1.0 Launches After 5 Years in Early Access
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Valheim launched into Steam Early Access in February 2021 and quickly garnered attention, launching with over 500,000 peak concurrent players on Steam and still counting over 20,000 daily concurrent players at the time of writing. Now, over five years after the Early Access launch, the open-world...
  • Redditmodstouchgrass@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    29 minutes ago

    Shoutout to my asshole ex who INSISTED when the game came out in early access that it was already a full release.

    No shade to people who enjoy early access games, but I’m glad I waited until now to buy it.

  • BlueOysterCultist@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    Call me nuts, but I think I preferred the earlier version of valhiem (pre magic). I’ve played ~300 hours of Valheim (last played 2 years ago) so I’ll definitely give this a go but I’m not pumped.

    • RipLemmDotEE@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      44 minutes ago

      Magic is great and it’s totally optional. You don’t get into magic until after the plains. The melee and non-magical ranged options at Mistlands tier and beyond are super fun, and they’ve added a lot more content to the early/mid game.

    • shirasho@feddit.onlineEnglish
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      2 hours ago

      I haven’t played at all since they added magic, so I don’t know what to expect. I’m sure there will be some rough spots that need to be sanded down, but I hope it doesn’t break the flow of gameplay.