This was exquisitely well written! I couldn't agree with the sentiment more. It is saddening to me to come to the realization that I am no longer the target audience for video games. Things that I loved about gaming are considered too old-school any more. The target audience are the very young to young. The trend seems to be leading towards games that are difficult just for the sake of being difficult. I can see why based on some of the comments here. I'm certain I'm not the only gamer staring down the barrel of my 40's and shaking my head, but we're much less outspoken than the up-and-comers that are now the target audiences of developers. I absolutely adored this game, but with the addition of mistlands, even with all of the new things that it brings, I feel that it may be time to shelve Valheim for a while. I feel that your post was eloquent, to the point, and a fantastic summation of my feelings on the release as well. Well done!