The first time I started Valheim I quit after 10 minutes of back-to-back deaths.

After landing, in the rain, I talked to Hugin. Couldn't even read the first line before three things came up from behind to mob me. Hadn't figured out run yet. Punching got me killed quick. Respawn and they're right on me, now four things which I didn't recognize at the time, but it was two boar, one greyling and a neck.

Dead, respawn, dead, respawn... no chance to figure out controls before I'm getting knocked around and dead.

So I quit and thought the all-out aggression and beelining of everything would be too much for my sister and dad to be interested in playing.

My sister wanted to see it anyway, so I deleted that world, started anew... and had a pretty calm and overall almost too easy experience! I wish I'd kept the seed of that obnoxious start.