Originally posted by Vazkulator:

theres very little "sacrifice" to the gods in the game so far and no signs of slavery and scarce use of drugs/alcohol/medication so who knows, maybe the devs are too pc to express the raw nature of viking history

blood magic might be left limited with very little umpf to it

Obliterator and boss summoning cover your first issue.

All the NPCS are targets or tameables with only a couple notable exceptions since you are essentially in Viking purgatory. Anyone else you meet is in the same (pardon the pun) boat as you.

As for the last the fermenter and some of its very wild ingredients cover your 3rd issue. Healing, stamina, and all the resistance meads cover substances and medicine.

The other reason its not the raw experience you want is the ESRB.