Originally posted by Xerxes86:

This game is nothing short of awful. If you are not being attacked right from the start (which happens often), you basically can't “do” anything. The game tells you to build a workbench, then will not let you place it. WTF You are left wandering round until you get killed by a gang of munchkins. You lose everything (what little you had). Which is tough because rocks (which you need for everything is in very short supply. You pretty much use all the rock just making an hatchet, which is now gone. The game puts up a front that you can go recover your items. Total lie. You will have wade though a gang of 6-8 enemies camping your stuff with nothing but your fists (if your items are even there), which I don't believe. Game play is just another in a series of WTF moments. The game hates it's players that much. Totally not worth the effort to play, it's just plain awful.

Khalysto started a thread last week asking folks to share what "brutal" meant to them. I think you just gave one of the best answers. Sadly for you it was not what you were looking for. Thankfully for most of us it is why we LOVE Valheim.