Originally posted by Death Star:

Originally posted by vinyblaster:

Valheim doesn't compare, it's not a survival game.

Wow, I'm very surprised at your opinion. When I open the store page, the first tag they use is "Open World Survival Craft". The second tag is "Survival".

So perhaps the developers did not understand those tags?

I mean by default, if a player does not survive, then it's game over. But we can't use the term "survival" with general meaning, right?

1. I thought tags were defined by users, but even so, they (devs or users) can use whatever tags they want it doesn't just "make it so".

2. If all it takes for a game to be "survival" is to have a concept of game over if the player dies then 99% of games since Tetris are survival games.

"Survival game" is just in fashion now so a lot of games market themselves as survival games. IMO a survival game is a game where you are *constantly* getting closer to death. If I start the game, walk away and come back after 1 hour or so, I should be dead. This is not the case in Valheim. Hunger doesn't kill you, lack of rest doesn't kill you, etc.

This is an exploration/building/crafting game.