Borderland Beta was (photo)realistic. It was very casual so the developer decided to use cellshader and this decision made it a legend.
If Valheim would be (photo)realistic i had not bought the game, i hate photorealistic games, nothing looks worse than that!
VAlheim is already legend because its NOT photorealistic - because it has its own charme with current artstyle!

Borderlines Beta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjFO3jrQcDo