Poll: What Do You Think Of Valheim On Xbox Game Pass So Far?

It isn't bad.
No one else on my game, so I'm alone the whole time.
I have a house built.
Can't smash rocks yet, I have to keep picking the ones up.

My server thing is called KMs World if anyone wants to join.

Have not played it enough but of the top of my head, with I had some of the PC options on Xbox. Things like turning off foliage might sound like a not-very-console-ish to do, but the game has a lot of ground based resources that are near impossible to spot with foliage turned to the max.

I also have a grudge with the attack controller mapping, basic attack should be on the trigger button and the RB should be for the special.

Also wish there were achievements but I guess that’s part of the whole early access thing.

Loving it. Just started mining for ore and setting up for the 2nd boss.

Not been able to give it as much time as I would like but enjoying it so far. Would score it an 8/10 as is but I’m not sure it will keep me hooked for massive amounts of time.

i like it. fist time i encountered a troll was fantastic. only bad thing is i had to use youtube to find out how to make a pick ax.

Miss few supported languages 👎

Medieval Dynasty is alot better.

I immediately lost all interest right out of the gate. It feels like a game that I have played a thousand times, half of them on Gamepass.
I'm completely over crafting, survival indies and I don't know if this brings anything new to the table.

It's tedious, without even being rewarded with a good looking game.

I'm scratching my head as to why Microsoft went out of their way to get it on Xbox.

At this point I feel like Microsoft just wants as many things on Gamepass as possible, regardless of how bad.

Seems they prefer that over actually putting good games out.

I'm loving it so much i plan on buying it next week. Been taking it slow though and have been mainly working on my home what overlooks a beautiful lake.

@InterceptorAlpha Valheim is a great game though and has a huge following on PC, its also regarded as one of the best survival games out there.

@WallyWest You're entitled to your opinion. However, it absolutely is not considered one of the best survival games. The game is barely in Steam top 20. With smash hits(sarcasm) like Wallpaper Engine and New World handedly beating it out.

The genre itself is not for everyone. Just like third person over the shoulder movie games are not for everyone and sports games are not for everyone.

Personally I love it, but don’t play it non-stop. I play it in waves, usually on a fresh new world. The world is huge and randomly generated every time so every play through can feel quite different.

An advice for anyone new to the game: use the environment when fighting bosses, but keep in mind that bosses destroy structures, rocks, and trees as if they were made out of paper.

Don’t spent time building fancy structures to cage a boss, they won’t stand.

However, bosses can’t destroy the floor or permanent structures. Every boss is summoned on an altar, this altar is indestructible. Sometimes, you can use the altar to break line of sight. Won’t help on every boss, but it helps sometimes.

As I noted: bosses can’t destroy the ground, but you can dig trenches and raise the ground to make some unbreakable barriers, raising the ground costs a lot of stone, though, so it’s not a trivial task.

Oh, another thing: this is not an RPG. Don’t think of your character as having a “build”. Some bosses are weak to different types of damage, so you might be using swords on one boss and maces on the next, and bows on another, etc. Given the process of summoning the bosses (at least the later ones) can be time consuming, I advice researching what their weaknesses are, if any, as you don’t want to waste hours to find yourself in a position you can’t beat the boss.

@InterceptorAlpha I mean it is and one look at the Steam reviews says a lot, in fact its very hard to find anything negative about it. You can have your opinion as well but don't confuse it with everyone else's.

Also being in the Steam top 20 or not doesn't mean much to a games quality. No Man's Sky is considered one of the best space games, The Forest is considered another one of the best survival games, God of War is considered one of the best action games, Titanfall 2 is considered one of the best shooters and are any of them in the top 20? By your logic Avatar 2 is the best film of 2022 because its no 1.

Question have you even played it?

On PC, this game would get an 8 from me as I like the base building element and mods would improve the experience a lot. The poor combat, leveling system and campaign weigh it down. On Xbox I’d give it about a 5 due to the rough controller support and lack of access to mods. As far as games that are played better on mouse and keyboard go, this one is fairly high up that list.

As for the gameplay itself, what the game is lacking is settings that you can adjust at any time, just like on Medieval Dynasty, to adjust the difficulty to your liking. I understand the devs want a ‘brutal survival experience’, but this just results in a tedious slog with way too much grind and monotony. When I saw these settings at the start of Medieval Dynasty, I was appalled at the idea of adjusting any of them, just wanting to experience the game as the devs intended. After 6 hours of that game, it became all too apparent why they included those settings.

Settings I would love to see in the game would include being able to turn raids off, unlimited stamina, unlimited carry weight, carry any item through a portal, zero structure damage, no enemies or wildlife spawning within your base walls, 1000% XP gain, zero stat loss upon dying. Having access to settings like these would make the first run through much less punitive, much less of a slog.

Medieval Dynasty was an amazing game that I managed to get the full 1000 Gamerscore on and there is no way I would have spent over 100 hours building an amazing city on that game if it didn’t have settings similar to the ones mentioned previously. The devs respected the fact that the game might be overwhelmingly tedious for new players with the default settings, and they wanted players to be able to give it a proper go at their difficulty of choice.

On a final note, the deer sound like barking, whining dogs. It gets very annoying very fast. It is somewhat of a meme within the Valheim community, many players opting to turn the sound effect off with a mod.

Absolutely loving it!...Already renting a server so family and friends I play with can jump into our world when im not online.

@InterceptorAlpha it's absolutely considered one of the best survival games of all time.

Really not getting this title at all. Im not a huge fan of survival/crafting titles at the best of times, so it was only ever an outside chance this title would grab me I guess, but the game had an atmosphere I wanted to explore, so I tried it anyway.
I found it very frustrating, and the interface is a poor port of what might work better on the PC, but really doesn't work on a controller. Award for the worst looking character creator I've ever seen in a game though, I cant imagine I'll ever see a worse one.

I know this has a huge number of fans on PC and I may give it another try there and see if the interface is useable there. After 2 hours of utter frustration on console I uninstalled. I'm grateful to GP for letting me try it, as I might have been tempted to spend if it was not on the service...

I really like this game.
For whatever reason.

I wasn't so much into stranded, but I dig this one.

Although I have died to trees falling on me like 10 times, lol.

I like the setting and it's fun.

My friends and I have been hooked. Just unlocked so much stuff to craft with brass and fine wood. It’s also gorgeous.

@Japer83
Stranded Deep controls badly.
This one doesn't, as much.

@Jenkinss The game requires mods to even be decent on PC. Something the Xbox version lacks. So yea, no.

Absolutely love it!!! Me and 2 of my buds have been playing non stop and put About 60 hours in thus far and we are loving it! Needs some TLC but nothing REAL game breaking so far. We been building two starter homes, beat first boss and just finishing 2nd home to prepare to take on 2nd boss. Done few dungeons as well but definitely glad it was added to Gamepass finally. Definitely enjoying every minute of it. If anyone wants to join our server feel free to add me on Xbox...can help us prepare to take on 2nd boss 😁 Gamertag: Pickle Rick Xx

I turned it on, saw that my save wasn't there, turned it off. Didn't actually play on xbox.

@InterceptorAlpha I've never used mods but still enjoyed the game. Before I stopped playing, I got the unrestricted portal mod. I know that the grind is a bit long too, but it doesn't bother me much. Don't see any other reason to use mods.

Had a blast with this over the weekend.

I love the ambience and the sounds, especially the weather effects. Some of the graphics are a little blocky and low res, but I just ignore those.

The most annoying thing for me is the building. I have real problems getting e.g. roof pieces to snap in place. I expect the wider community loves it, because it clearly takes some experience and skill to build a masterpiece house/fort. For me, I'd much rather prefer something a little bit easier with a console controller, even if just the outline frame was added to help me. I mostly look for partly destroyed houses and pimp them up.

I also find some of the attacking, e.g. with the spear to be a bit clunky and unintuitive. I'm slashing at air while the bad dude is standing beside me laying in. Love the bow action though

I had a 7 hour session at the weekend. All came undone when I met a troll with attitude in the forest. Man those guys are fierce! Decided it was a permadeath game and I need to start from scratch and get better gear before heading there again!

I'd give it 9/10

@InterceptorAlpha incorrecto

i found it terrible i move on with my life ✌️

Haven't played it on xbox yet but I played it about 98 hours on pc (steam), valheim is a really great game

I think the building kind of sucks compared to other survival games. But it is not a bad game overall. Only played on Xbox.

over 30 hours of base building looting all gone happened twice properly saved world and logged out log in next day everything gone. dont waste your time on game that wont even save your progress. 1/10

Valheim scratches an itch for me. I play solo because I'm a loner and I love the challenge of being alone. I made a mistake of building my first base inland on a lake because I didn't know better so when I discovered the open ocean I dug a canal through a nice chunk of land separating my base from the ocean. I thought it was really cool that I was able to dig my own canal over a vast distance to solve my problem of being landlocked.