Yeah, amazing how there are always people jumping in to defend this stuff. I think part of the problem is that the game is highly inconsistent in how punishing it is. It feels like death doesn't matter at all most of the time, but in some situations it's brutal.

I've played games with permadeath, but at least in those games, you know what you're getting and it's always the same. Valheim is cartoonishly easy and forgiving, until it's not.