Originally posted by Sweatington:

Originally posted by Suzaku:

It just ain't your thing. Nothing wrong with that, but it works for many others.

I played Ark for over 2k hours so I don't think you're quite correct there

Ark and Valheim aren't the same game, not by any stretch. So Ark might be your thing and Valheim isn't.

It got popular because it was easy to get into, looks great, sounds great and had decent game-play value for an early access game. The graphics are a design choice, not a failing of the developers. It's almost completely open-world sandbox. You NEVER have to progress if you don't want to. You can play the game multiple ways with multiple goals in mind.

There you go.