Grater than sum of its parts kind of thing.

Stuff just works together, the graphics are consistent and have proper effects on top.

Nothing wrong with not liking it, but the reason there is a hype, because lots of desing and work went into the few polyglons and smears of textures.

Some say you cant polish a turd, but then look at how easy is there to buy a golden poop. Valheim is latter case.