The Valheim devs have really struck gold with this game. It takes all of the interesting mechanics from survival games, removes all the annoying shit, and blends them cohesively into a great game, with lore from Norse mythology. The tutorial character is literally Hugin the raven, and you see Odin pop up occasionally, watching you suffer through purgatory (Valheim). It's been out for three weeks and already sold 3 million copies, and every single bit of praise is completely deserved. Plus it's only 1GB installed. EA and Activision must be crying into their pillows that they didn't do it first.
update 1.2 Diversity
update 1.3 transgender option
update 1.4 more people of color and Black leaders
update 1.5 microtransactions
update 1.6 end racism update
I wouldn't be surprised if they did do this, but they don't let you put facial hair on women, and most of the lore is #JustWhiteThings, so I'm hopeful they won't.
$19.99 ... Linux ... SOLD!
I'm buying it. ARK for Linux really screwed us over. Devs basically told us to fuck off. Hopefully this game doesn't disappoint.
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