Originally posted by Noodle:

I'll start this by reminding everyone that this is simply a statement of opinion. I encourage you to hold a different opinion, if you do - great - there is no need to insult me because of that (kinda sad that some people need to be reminded of that - but whatever that's a whole different kettle).

I was really excited for mistlands. The teasers that the devs released looks great. What I read about the mechanics sounded cool. I was keen.

Unfortunately, something in the charm of what drew me to Valheim has been lost.

I loved almost everything about the previous 5 biomes; the wonder, the exploration, the challenge - all of it. I can't quite put my finger on it, but there is something just "off" about the mistlands that has completely lost me. It's not that hard, the verticality is ok, the art style is interesting, the mist mechanics are great (on paper at least - i do agree with the complaints I've seen that the wisp could be improved a little).

After exploring a good amount of the mistlands and seeing everything there is to see (let's face it - it doesn't take long at all to get to that point), I just dont feel at all interested in the mistlands. I tried to like it, i really did, but it just doesn't do it for me.

Am I alone in this feeling?

Yeah, getting through the mistlands was a struggle for me, i felt like just going to play another game many times. On one hand i really like the look and atmosphere of it, but it truly does exemplify all the issues the game has. Personally, the mist didn't really bother me much as the minimap helped with direction, but the constant cliffs and having to spend most of my time waiting for my stamina to regen to climb further really started to weigh on me.
I gave up on trying to melee fight as this games combat is simply not designed to fight on uneven terrain so i just used the bow the entire time, hiding on cliffs abusing the horrible AI. I also got extremely tired of my inventory becoming full after like 5 minutes, cut down a tree, harvest some plants, kill a few creatures and my inventory is full.

Really, i think the mistlands WOULD be fun, if the games fundemental mechanics actually supported the type of play style Mistlands encourages. Give me the ability to fight on uneven terrain, a much easier time climbing cliffs, being able to swim 10 feet without being drained of stamina, more ways to navigate the mist, a way to make my inventory larger and i'd find it a much more enjoyable experience.