The Past, Present & Future of Valheim
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- The Past, Present & Future of Valheim
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Hey this got shared among the us Devs at Iron Gate. You got our philosophy completely right. You have grasped what we are about and you made me really really happy for putting all this into words. We will keep on keeping on. 1.0 is not far away .. in cycles. I salute you.
This means a lot to me. Thank you for sharing grimm. Looking forward to what you all come up with next!🎉
@@9byte we have horrors and wonders instore for you
Thank you Grimm, Smiffe and all the other Devs who work on this fantastic game.
@@grimmcoregames spoilers.... plz :)
Hey if you’re really one of the devs I love what you’re doing and thank you for valheim. It’s clearly a labor of love and I consider it to be a 2nd home. I always hop on and spend a few days building and refining me and my friends community base once every month or two.
It seems all the Builder Gods of Valheim are here! VIKINGS, ...ASSEMBLE!
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It's the best game made in a very long time, instantly took my mind back to the 90's when games felt more ground breaking and had unique art styles.
When I first played Valheim I got a feeling I had not had in years. I knew nothing about the game. No one had even talked about Valheim yet. I stumbled Upon it on day one of the release. I was looking for new survival games. One of the best games I have played in years.
Very nice ninebyte! I think you hit the nail on the head with this one. Updates may be slow, but I think it's amazing to see the high influx of interest back into the game every time an update drops. It may be fleeting, but it shows that people still care and come back to the game, even after months/years - not every game can do this, and I think it's a testament to how special Valheim is.
Maybe I'm just an optimist out of bias since I too create Valheim content, but I think Valheim is positioned to continue to grow into the future. Development might be slow, but there's genuine care and consideration with every step that the team makes, which hopefully means a great final product when it's all said and done.
I definitely also share a very optimistic point of view for Valheim's future. So I couldn't agree more with what you've said here Smitty.
This 'ADHD'-mindset is kinda new, I feel it to nowdays, just 15-20 years ago valheims progress would seem totally normal and people took their time a bit more with games.
Now everything feels like a semi-speedrun. But I also like what valheim is doing.
Patience is rewarded in valheim
1000+ hours in Valheim and I go months without playing at a time. A lot of times it's not even a new update that brings me back, I just love the game. I like doing solo playthroughs and with friends, I think it's the only game outside of A Link to the Past that I've beaten (at least what's there) 10+ times.
So here is the thing I totally agree with them not wanting to become a huge company and I like that there is a season to their updates. Having content constantly coming out for a game or some thing new every day cheapens the feeling of when a really awesome update will drop. Giving a mini update with a few bug fixes and a little bit of content like Hildrs quest and stuff like that is nice to have and will breathe new life back into the game. Now with the taylor your world playstyle I think that a lot of people are going to continue to play. There are people who do the same with other games as well. Valheim is one if the main reasons I continue my support of indie games. My gaming budget is small So I have to make smart choices. Usually those choices wind up being indie games because I get the most out of them.
I love Valheim ❤️ I take short breaks, but ALWAYS go back. Hildir has brought a few great things but can't wait for the Ashlands update
I jumped late on the Valheim train starting in March of this year. But its easily been my favorite game I’ve ever played.
Already put 800 hours in and plenty more to come. I love getting lost in the world and discovering something new every play through.
Iron Gate can take there time on this game, because after all its about the journey, not the destination.
Too often games are subject to negative pressure bc of time constraints, and end up putting out a sloppy or unoriginal product. I’m glad that Irongate is taking its time and making something quality and unique, avoiding a lot of the games industry pitfalls. I honestly don’t care how long it takes for them to release Valheim in full, it’s already such a beautiful and immersive game as it is. I even love grinding for resources in Valheim, a game has to be really good to make *that* enjoyable.
110% agree
Agreed.
imo, the game is out already. Everyone is playing it. Just because they say it's in beta, really means nothing. It's really just a way for them to fix things that people don't like and have the cover of "it's in beta." I think the game is perfect the way it is. I'd prefer it if they walked away from it right now and never changed a thing. Changes to games are usually to appease the EXACT same people that shouldn't be playing the game in the first place. The "quality of life" players who just want everything handed to them or, more often than not, want to say things like "more bag space, faster this, less expensive that" so they can pretend that they are smart. It's all so dumb. Game devs end up ruining their games trying to appease all the wrong people. Change NOTHING Iron Gate, and listen to no one.
@@ChuckHaney Agreed, though I do think it’d be cool to have some minor, late-game things like Lox-drawn plows or carts, that would make your ability to gather resources advance with the game more instead of plateauing with iron tools, but still require plenty of grinding. And I can’t wait to see the Ashlands and the Deep North fleshed out.
I’m on day ~900 of my single-player Valheim world and I’m still working on my main base. There’s something very rewarding about needing to do all the work yourself to build and craft anything quality, and just relaxing and taking your time with it (unlike some games where if you know how to make the right machine you can passively get infinite of almost anything you need, no effort.)
And I strongly agree that Valheim should keep its unique style and not make changes just to appeal to the widest audience. If someone wants tons of easy action they should play a FPS or something. And if it’s less popular than some triple-A game, so what? Let the devs be artists with their game and it’ll be the best for its fanbase.
@@a_pirate1434 Excellent!
I got Valheim from a gaming friend back in early January 2024. Been playing nonstop since. Got almost 250 hours logged already and am building a massive new base in a new solo play through. 😊
Brilliant storytelling and some great visuals to boot, excellent video NB! All my fingers are crossed for the future of Valheim, but I'll be sticking around for the long haul regardless :)
Thanks and couldn't agree more my friend!
Me and everyone I know who played Valheim ALL love this game. We all just play other survival games while waiting for the next big update. We all will be back when the Ashland update released !!!
I put 200 hours into it in that first big wave. Now I am waiting to do that again when the full release happens. I hit the wall with it. I was building a giant castle and the performance problems meant I couldn't finish. But also, it was becoming impossible to get stone through the portal bottleneck. I'm hoping those two things are improved greatly when I come back.
it's on unity, the performance will never get much better than it already is. Source? Look at risk of rain 2? That game has insane support and great devs but still runs like shit occasionally and there are bugs that just wont disappear no matter what the devs try and do. unity sucks donkey balls
Valheim is one of those games that I always go back to just to chill
great video my guy, love the storytelling
I think it's a good thing that the developers take their time with the game and new additions and content. I'll patiently wait for new stuff, because I know that when it arrives, it will be compete and we'll done, unlike other big budget titles .
Valheim is life. Great vid. Love your editing.
that graph was a reflection of the times I had ppl to play with on my last 2 years ingame. well i just have to hold on for the next wave and kill some goblins while i wait.
Nice and heartwaming video mate :)
🙏🙏 Thank you!
Love this. Fascinating "story of Valheim". You do a great job with your channel. Wishing you continued success.
The game exists in this strange limbo.
Where it is *PROBABLY* abandonware.
But the devs are occasionally releasing content for it every 10 months.
Kind of like choosing your own hours.
This is a winter game for me personally, this is one of few games I can immerse myself in and enjoy the grind of logging and building.
The cycle nature of Valheim is actually quite true to norse mythology
Great vid. The ups and downs of Valheim are helpful for me ..... I keep the game installed, and when updates come out, my friends and I all come back and play the new content (just after I fix all my mods). We have lots of games to play, but we keep coming back to Valheim.
Sick editing my man, new sub!
Thank you👍👋
Valheim is that game I will sink hours in when I have nothing to play. me and my close friends we're still looking forward for big updates Valheim has to offer. hopping back to our world (Or making new one if necessary) just to check the updates and have fun with it. I dont really think it's dead, It's just people moves on but still keep a close eye in it hence each updates a lot of players came back to check it out.
Been playing other things but still keeping tabs on Valheim. Can't wait for a full release. I'm probably gonna dip in again when the Ashlands come out (like I did for Mistlands) and as usual start from scratch.
5:53 Somebody come get Andrew Schulz..
😂😂
devs mentioned 38 times about optimization? applause!
considering 10 million sales and 30% cut from valve, they made roughly ~140 million dollars. I hoped it would have been more optimized by now
4:58 Lmao
I've been running a public server for over a year now, and I never have an issue finding new players for each new playthrough. I think you missed the release to console, which added a ton of new players. Of course, that brought with it many issues. I feel like this year was more geared to getting the game up and running smoothly on console, so a lot of the updates and fixes from Mistlands through to Hildir's seemed to focus on those issues. I feel like the devs have been working pretty tirelessly fixing issues. Some people will say that these issues should have been resolved before they even went to early release, but I understand the need to secure funding on a project like this as well as testing the market. And, while Hildir's release didn't add a ton of new content, the changes that they did implement were much needed. The auto-snapping feature alone is life changing. I'm glad you addressed this, and I absolutely love all of your builds. Looking forward to your next creation, and I can't wait to see what the Ashlands bring!
I only started playing Valheim in October 2021 and I'm just about to reach 4000 hours of gameplay time so far. I love Valheim.
My friends and I will happily return to the game when it is out of early access and our work is not in danger of being reset by updates
Awesome game just started playing recently
This is great. Good things come with a wait, I agree. Love the script and your edits NB, like I said worth the wait:}
Ayeee thanks for checking out another vid L! The script on this one was hard. Glad you like it. I re-wrote it 3 times before I settled on the one used in the video. 😅
We all love this game. One day we will all realize that we are all part of the same community, when we lift up Iron Gate, Content Creators & Server Communities, we rise together. When that happens, Valheim will truly see success.
Minecraft received updates slowly when it first came out. And it gave me time to stop playing and come back after a long time and start back fresh without being overwhelmed by not feeling up to date with changes. I'm enjoying playing Valheim after a year and half of being gone and I'm enjoying it! Another big part, keeping the team small means less risk. They can look at their funds from sales, plan out years of developments without stress or crunch and a clear vision.
I'm all for a steady but slow flow of content without "big gaming company x" pushing monetization. So much of gaming seems to be trying to milk as much time and money from players. It's nice to have a respite in Valheim.
valheim is an exact mirror of minecraft, great initial idea, ruined by success, creator stopped caring and putting in effort, famously took many extended vacations. you know the combat in minecraft was supposed to be a placeholder? the thing that they updated precisely once, years later, to make you... wait a few second in between swings? I wonder what other unfinished mechanics persist in minecraft to this day. we'll never know because notch made a billion dollars from it.
Valheim is one of my favorite survival games. I tend to cycle through them, so I don't play it every month, but I always enjoy it when I do. I have been on an Icarus for the last couple months, and before that Grounded, and Smalland. I will say that the easier difficulties for Valheim have made it a game that my wife and granddaughters want to play now, so that was a good move.
I ❤ VALHIEM thanks man great video :)
I'm a few months late - perhaps you'll see this or the devs will see this.
This game is absolutely incredible. There is some gripes, as there is with any game, but overall this game has been arguably the best game I've played in years, I hold it up alongside Skyrim and a few other classics and it competes handily. I think aside from competitive FPS games, this is one of 3 games that has eaten more of my time than I want to admit, the other two being WoW and Skyrim.
I have close to 1000 hours and still counting. I've done a dedicated server where friends and I play, I've done duo worlds where I play with just one friend and I've done three completely different solo worlds, my original playthrough (up to Mistlands), a second playthrough to complete mistlands content, and a modded playthrough where I had an intense focus on building. I'm already planning a new solo playthrough for Ashlands when that comes out and Deep North when that comes out (If that's the plan)
The dev's mentality is absolutely incredible towards how they want to develop this game. They add content when it fits the game well, and they're mostly happy with it. They don't release the content until it's actually ready and mostly solved with bugs. They respond to community feedback quickly - remember ballista's on release? They were awful, and would target the player and not just mobs. The option to not target the player happened in like three weeks!
Devs are pinned in the pinned comment. Couldnt agree more with what you said. Good things come with time and I am happy to wait for the game to be done the right way!
I just discovered this game and I can’t stop playing! 🤓💙
In these days where all creativity gathered on the internet, it's normal for people craving something new every days (not only video games). So it's amazing that Valheim can survive this situation while many things only last few weeks then fade out and gone.
well said
Its such a great game, one of the few that i have spent 1000+ hours on. It reminds me of Asherons Call which was my first mmo and one of my favorite games of all time.
''I have spent a long time figuring out what a game with long releases of new content and a gameplay loop that is mostly the same at every playthough loses appeal over time''
What a shocker
I’m perfectly fine with the slow roll out , the more people be better chances of office politics or BS.
agreed
I started playing Valheim in early access and really enjoyed it. I stopped playing after the second boss because I wanted to wait until the final product is released. I am waiting a long time.
Gotta be honest bro hearth and home was just another update. that's why the hope only lasted "so long" like you said.
I think this is the type of game never get a real release date.
I had a friend get this for me for my birthday over a year ago, insisting that I'd love the game. Over 550 hours later, I can say he was right! This is easily my favorite survival game and my second favorite game of all time (LOTRO being #1). And despite me grumbling a bit about mods breaking every time there's an update (not IronGate's fault. I took on the risks of mods :D) I always look forward to them to see what new things are added.
Really enjoyed the video, appreciate the work you put into it!
My favorite survival game too! Thank you:)
The first big hype cycle happens with most decent indie titles. It gets a little bit of big name coverage, everybody jumps on. . . most don't stick with it. Having played buggy messes before. . .I'm just grateful we get regular patch updates to address the bugs. Does it little longer than maybe it should? I'm not a game dev, I can't say for sure. Personally. . .I have already gotten my money's worth. . .and I've only gotten up to just beating Bomemass. I love the world, I love the building, and the fact its a game you can jump into and not need to worry about a story's progression or anything. It's a second Stardew Valley for me with less stress, since I always forget what I was working for in Stardew when I leave the game for a few months. . .with Valheim. . .I know what boss I was looking to next, one glance around 'home' tells me what I need to be doing. . .and I can take whatever sort of break I want and just build if I want.
Great vid! Is Ashlands here yet? Doing a no map playthrough and it's been amazing. Working on a solo no map and no portal play through also. This legendary game is one of my all-time favorites!
Not yet!
That sounds brutal. I wish you luck.
Also one of my all time favorites.
I think that it would be hard to get the crew together all the time if it was a live service. I kind of like how my group anticipates the next update, and then we play for 2 months straight, started from scratch, and then take a break afterwards.
Currently playing Valheim, dont want to kill the queen till non place holder items drop, so I'm doing Hildir stuff waiting patiently.
I totally agree with everything said in this video. On my first play through, but I’m so in love with the build mechanics.. I still haven’t beat the last boss and I’m on day 800 haha. Just busy building
I just got a memo from the Queen, she didn't want to wait for you anymore and she left Valheim. You can find the loot at her last position.. 😄
That first play through is absolutely incredible. I wish I could forget everything about Valheim just so I could experience that first playthrough again. I started when the Plains was the final biome you could get through, and Mistlands was just an empty piece of land perfect for megabuilds.
I think I went to day 750 before mistlands came out and I madea new world to travel through and explore the mistlands. Now, I've done three playthroughs solo, 1 original, 1 mistlands, 1 modded, and multiple small group playthroughs, and one large group server playthrough.
Enjoy it!
Great video! hope Valheim gets more players when the big Ashlands update comes out..
Thanks for an interesting video. I think you are completely right!
No problem friend. Thanks for checking out another vid!
Fantastic video man, well said. Very honest and unbiased.
I played the game when it launched but I stopped because there was no more to discover. however now I'm playing it again after I knew about mistland.
That's cool n all but can you headshot a mf from 200m with a Nagant in Hunt???
Nice video my dood, lurvely editing! I might be jumping back in to Valheim soon too :)
Lol nope not anymore
Thanks my dude. Maybe we should boot up the old server again😂😂 Crazy to think that was 2 years ago already when we started!
The game could be more cool if the developers will put some npc like villagers.
Valheim has advantage in not being inherently multiplayer game. So they don’t have to keep number of players at certain level to keep servers populated.
They just need healthy number of sales each month so they can keep working on it and that number is definitely lower than what they started with during initial Valheim boom, especially when the dev team is smaller, so they don’t have monthly operating expenses that high.
I love Valheim. My wife and I are playing alll the time right now even my kids play some on xbox and we cross play.
Im on my second castle and full playthrough.
Sadly my first world was started during launch and has little mistlands terrain.
The magic system is fun and I cant for Ashlands!
Ive considered using a villager/npc mod to make the game feel more alive or quest driven. Havent decided yet.
The music, the views, even the wonky combat and powers entertain me. The building is awesome i just with iron ore went farther for supports.
Nice edit! Great job 👍
I binge played Valheim last year, I played 100 hours in about 1 week or so, still never made it to mist lands. Now a year later, I thought I got the itch for the 2 week mine craft binge. Especially because itd be my first time playing on pc so mods. after a day I didn't feel it. I'm starting to think trying Valheim again and maybe it will replace the annual two week Minecraft binge
"Sizeable list of bosses"...i thought there was only 5 bosses?
6.. It will take a while for most players to defeat them all.. 🙂
@joostdriesens3984 good point! I'm still working towards getting the elder.
It always makes me roll my eyes when i see complaints about this game from people with hundreds of hours played. Imagine spending ~$20 and thinking after even 100+ hours you didn't get your money's worth...the mind boggles.
Valheim could die in early access and it would still be one of my favourite games of all time, and I'm confident that won't happen. I don't mind the slow burn at all, every few months my friends and I get hyped up, dust off the dedicated server, and jump in a for at least a couple dozen more hours of new content. And when 1.0 is finally released we know we're gonna start a new world from the ground up to get the full proper experience again.
In the meantime there's a plethora of great mods to keep coming back to whenever we get the itch to viking it up.
Fantastic game by a fantastic, dedicated small team of devs. It's been great to see how it's influenced other games as well like the upcoming, awesome looking Enshrouded.
I think they had a rough first year due to their very aggressive timeline they first laid out and not hitting those expectations, even though the content they eventually released was better than originally stated, it was very much delayed. As they slowly increase their team size and have a smoother content release timeline I think the average player count will maintain better between patches. I do hope they add some way to add new content to old worlds as I have lost servers with 1k hours and epic builds. Not really lost, but inactive now. Overall, they are building this game up the right way. not rushing content because of social pressures, constantly optimizing for better performance, and their dev blogs are on point. I havent tried playing on a streamer server or mega server but if anyone has room I would like to contribute.
You should think of the updates as a new game release but with an existing player base that can act like advertisers. The devs get no revenue from existing players, but if old players come back and start chatting up the game positively, it should lead to me sales.
Ive tried playing with mods during the interest downtime of valheim, but they dont really do it for me. It takes away from what Valheim is and dorsnt feel like the same game. So mods arent it for me, but joined public servers really helps to keep the game fun
Same cycle as zomboid. And zomboid is phenomenal. Once these games are done, we'll finally see what happens.
I am writing this as somebody who played the game for 35 hours and then quit months ago, only to come back to the game recently.
For me the biggest obstacle used to be the insane grind and tedious nature of the progression.
Spending hours making gear only to lose it to some stupid mosquito and then having to run back to retrieve it with no weapons.
This has been greatly improved with the introduction of the world modifiers.
Being able to bring metals through portals instead of having to haul them on a cart or ship for hours, increasing the droprates and decreased death penaly have all greatly improved the enjoyment I get out of the game. I would hope in the future the devs will introduce even more options to customize the world settings so that more players can find something that suits them.
Trust me when I say this - the insane grind and tedious nature of progression is purely created by yourself. With more experience you learn to optimize your playthrough a bit more and learn what's absolutely necessary for progression, versus what's fun for you to do.
I love the tedious grind of gathering thousands and thousnads of wood and stone and iron and bronze for building whole cities sometimes.
SOme tips for you to help you make your next playthrough better:
You do NOT need Bronze Armor. It is extremely slow and tedious grinding out the copper and tin to make and fully upgrade bronze armor. Troll Armor will last you through the swamp. In the swamp you'll want to kill a few abominations to make some root harnesks for you and all the people in your group. An iron mace is necessary to attempt to kill bonemass. With the root armor you will want an iron helmet and iron pants with the banded shield. You can either use frost potions to kill wolves and mine a few silver to create the wolf cloak, but a sometimes easier option is to use your bow to kill a pack of lox one by one by kiting them and create the lox cloak which gives the same bonuses the wolf set does as well. There is virtually no resources needed from the Mountains other than obsidian for arrows, the eggs to summon moder, and onion seeds. The armor you made in the swamp is good through the plains, but it's worth creating the padded armor legs and helmet, you'll be keeping the root harnesk through mistlands for whenever you want to use melee weapons.
Tools necessary for progression:
Hammer
Antler Pickaxe
Cultivator
Iron Pickaxe
Iron Mace
Outside of that, whatever weapon you choose to wield (Swords are great all around except for the Bonemass fight) and a Banded Iron shield in the swamp, a Black Metal Buckler from the plains, and a Carapace buckler from the Mistlands is all you'll need.
When you cut down on the metal grind, the game glides at a smooth pace, and you'll only do the tedious grinding when you want to do something cool, rather than feel like you have to.
That being said. My first playthrough I made every piece of armor and upgraded it fully, as well as every mace and sword and shield. Take your time and enjoy the game!
What's all this I hear about Unity, and the potential impact their price hikes may cause?
Hi , some news about playstation release?
a game could have major content updates every month and i still would not play it forever.
As much as waiting for Ashlands is giving me anxiety lol jk, i fully understand the wait and trying to get it perfect. If its as good as Mistlands was imo im gonna be soooo happy. fingers crossed
I stopped playing after H&H and plan on starting again after 1.0
just sayen i am always trying to get people to come fish for some lvl 5 fish. come fish with meeeeee
🥰🥰🥰🥰😘
The games main problem is the low player cap per server. I think ultimately it keeps it in this strange limbo state that makes the rhythm of gameplay seem repetitive. I think many people would enjoy this game if a new map was based off clan warfare or something. I love the game, but I just found it lacking danger for the most part with the ai. Human enemies would be so much more fun!!!
Industry has spoiled some people. some gamers expect every game to be a long running high cost live service.
more like 140 million dollars has spoiled some swedish developers who can now afford to treat game development as merely a hobby instead of a job.
I love the game I put 600+ hours I put about 200+ hours in Skyrim I had it way before valheim years before Valheim way better then Skyrim.
i'd rather wait a year for quality updates and meaningful additions, then be spammed with garbage updates that add nothing of substance and a bunch of promotional cash shop items. doing great work Iron gate 👌
I'm still playing it, but Mistlands really dampened my enthusiasm. It seemed like it was a "Viking" game and then it took a weird turn in to a strange biome, and... insects? Not cool.
Honestly, I couldn't be happier with Irongate. I've watched marketing destroy almost every single game I love. I've watched gaming grow into the mainstream and then become an engine of addiction, depression, and wasted human life. Its tragic. Valheim gives us another option. Valheim, similar to a handful of other games, is a true game. A game developed.... to be a good game.
What, you want them to rush this? Give us all a bunch of content so we can rush through it and get to the end?
Its always better to take longer. Iron Gate is one of the few game developers that I trust with my time. In a time where most games destroy our attention spans, rob our wallets, and waste our time with pointless ui clicking repetative lootboxes.... IronGate is a true gem.
Its not IronGate's fault players get bored. That reflects their own lack of creativity... there are ways to setup servers, competitions, youtube channels, and all sorts of things... the problem is that IronGate is a more adult game; and adults in general lack creativity compared to children. This is personally what I think causes people in Valheim to be a bit less creative than people in Minecraft, in general
Alright, good video.
Personally i think they could and should have expanded their development team more.
I understand your reasoning to keep it small but i do not believe the development would change that much by adding 3-5 more developer's.
The game is reaching it's third year of Early access and we still have 2 biomes to go (+ actual story ending?).
A point to business is that competitor's are starting to release similar games and in some cases better (Enshrouded).
I love Valheim, i will keep playing it, but i don't buy the small team development must.
updates are super slow so people lose interest in playing and/or following news. I highly doubt the game will come close to 500k players again. 127k players returned for Mistlands. Hildirs Request alone was in development for 8 months from concept to stable and average players was only around 25k when that was done. I don't know, I always hear this "small team" excuse but I have seen single devs make way more content over shorter spans of time in both creating games and in the modding community. A whole new biome with new enemies, items, etc I get it. take a year to develop, but a small questline, a few cosmetics and a few new points of interest for 8 months?
You giving them too much credit and being far too understanding like most are with most games labeling themselves early access. When modders with no funding move faster then you do, some of which completed the game already. You have to wonder what the fuck is going on over there. You, yourself should be asking yourself why they arent putting more work into helping creators, and streamers more. Its a bit odd to have that big of a surpluss of money come in, and then watch modders with no funding out do you work in every single way. I think at somepoint you need to draw the line, and we all need to give these companies a kick in the ass. They have absolutly taken this money and gone into retired mode, when it should have been overdrive. Especially when you've been filmed talking about wanting to grow and be like minecraft. Lets all cut the shit, because we love a game and acknowledge theyve simply been so slow, not actually listening or helping the community like the could be, and that it has almost killed the game and its crazy potential. To many games coming out this year and next like it that will likely put this on the shelf forever. Some of which went into production AFTER Valhiem came out, to be like Valhiem, only better... Its sad. Too fucking slow, and its totally unnescessary, and you should be kicking them in the but more so then the rest of us seeing as this is a source of income and life for you. You can be a nice person, with good values, lovable, have a beautiful dream and still be too fucking slow and or have an asbolutly shitty work ethic. Love Valhiem, but what a fucking sad story its become solely due to absolute shit management of just about everything thats come after release.
Maybe this is a hot take but it's just my opinion: valheim is definitely dead. no one plays. You can't find a server to join on most valheim discords and there's nothing new to do--only the same ole same ole. However, I love it and I'm sure like you mention in the video the player base will jump as soon as there's a new update, but don't get it twisted..the game is definitely dead in the most obvious and normal sense of the word. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with the Dev's approach or the game, cause I absolutely love it, just stating the obvious. Looking forward to another update as well as playing the mmo map you built with Dhakhar.
[developers incompetently biting off more than they can chew, taking one year to deliver one biome, despite the roadmap publicly available before they sold ten million copies] isn't really a big deal, because triple A games like cyberpunk and battlefield are bad games.
you found 38 examples of random optimizations in the patch notes of an early access game that was ported to console before it was finished, and yet you still have to use build hacks like giant stretched stones to avoid using too many build pieces in your builds that you showcase to this day.
ok dude
5:58 Good things come with time. I think the game has huge potential... and everybody messes up sometimes. Its just life. but hey you have your opinion and I have mine.
@@9byte good things also come with 140 million dollars dude. starfield had 200 million in development funding, and bethesda has half the talent to make fun games as iron gate.
I kind of get what you are saying.@@razmetrez I was under the impression that they spent a lot of the money that they brought in from the original game sales on bringing the game to more people. Steam deck and console. Also there are taxes to consider... and then I'm guessing after paying back investors they have whats left for keeping their studio running and for future development but to be honest idk anything for sure.
@@9byte listen mate I appreciate that you're being polite and optimistic, it's not a bad thing to aspire towards, but I don't think the average person can really comprehend just how much money 140 million dollars is because most of us will never see it in our entire lifetimes. corporate tax rate in sweden is about 20% and investment from publisher was probably less than 1m. selling 10 million copies at $20 each, steam takes 30%, taxes are 20%, that's still 100 million dollars. with a team of ten developers (they had less when the game released) that's 10 million per developer. looking at these kinds of numbers and starting to realize what they mean, you have to realize where the majority of the frustration comes from when they aspire to "keep the team small" because they "don't want to end up like soulless AAA developers". in reality they have already made more money than half of the AAA developers who are just propped up by their publishers and are not nearly as profitable as valheim was. and then you realize that people are still buying the game, providing even more money over time... there is really no excuse for anyone with this kind of capital taking literal months to develop one single basic NPC questline.
valheim had all the potential of minecraft itself, and it was ruined for the same reasons - early success which led to laziness and stagnation due to no urgency to develop new and interesting mechanics and content. Notch famously took many extended vacations and then simply sold minecraft for even more money so he wouldn't have to develop it anymore. the modded minecraft scene provides a glimpse of the potential minecraft had, and yet all mojang develops now is like, 2 new mobs a year, along with a biome with new trees. and sometimes they even say making a new biome is too much (birch forest) and don't deliver features (fireflies in the mangrove swamp AKA literally just pixels in the air). limitation and constraint breeds creativity because you have to figure out how to accomplish more with less - thus games like valheim and minecraft are created. then when both were successful to the tune of millions of dollars, suddenly it seems like creativity slowed to a crawl. because there is no urgency to develop the best possible game anymore, they are allowed to treat it like merely a hobby instead of a job that puts food on the table for their families. Valve is another example of this, they basically stopped creating new innovative games after steam made them literally infinite money. if you're a developer at valve, you have no deadlines.
Yeah @@razmetrez I definitely get where you are coming from. I dont have any direct proof against them so I remain optimistic but what you've said here could definitely make someone wonder what's happened to all of that money.. especially when it take a year for each biome.
Personally, I I'm super interested to see if they continue to cover the game after its completed or if they just drop it entirely. I think that will tell us a lot about how much they care about their player base.
Dead game. Still in early access. Devs gone missing with your money.
Valheim singlehandly destroyed my faith in early access games. I will never touch an early access game again.
nothing, devteam of this game are very lazy. They had amazing resalt when to get started reliase. But every 3 mo. they go to vocation