Originally posted by Hu.ok.Mun:

I love norse mythos and stuff, played some games that go into this type of fiction to death, never touched AC valhalla because it feels cheap and ridiculous (besides it's from ubisoft, and AC has been rubbish since AC3). Now, what I'm really concerned isn't wasting some money to play a game I'll enjoy every now and than even disliking parts of it, what I'm concenrned is if this is just another Grind Simulator like Ark and other "no-life" games that only really work for unemployed basement dwellers and kids. I don't want to grind simulate anything, just play casually.

Comparison to ark is erroneous because Ark's main function is through 1700-ish official servers and 70,000+ unofficial servers where persistent play is the primary way the game goes.

It also has adjustable settings for single player (and server owners) to prevent any amount of grind to cater to a player's wishes.

Valheim is less a server centric game and more a single player one. It is to me, akin to Terraria in that regard since most play in single player and some do servers with their own set ups.

So if you play in single player, you can stop when ever you want. There's no worries of your stuff going poof etc like you see on servers with decay timers in Ark.

If you play the game and feel you're grinding, you can always(just like ark) use admin commands to spawn what ever you wish.

Also there are people who do regular speed runs of valheim beating the game in a very short amount of time.

Thus, pace and enjoyment is entirely up to you.

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However with all that said though and looking over your game reviews which include AoC and Ark with hundreds of hours in each and even Skyrim with well over 1,100 hours where you do not recommend them or 18 of the total 20 games you reviewed, I would say that there is a very high chance that your game play proclivities would lead you to feeling Valheim to be lacking in your eyes as well.

So if you ground your expectations reasonably and do not become over critical, then the game may be for you. However, if that is something you assess yourself unable to do, then you may wish to make other game considerations.