Cavewoman
July 15, 2021 6:03 am Leave your thoughts
I am woman. Hear me roar…And then get gored by wild boars.
I play games to relax sometimes. This is a post about a game. Back to writing advice, bitching about life and talking about the Darkrose Novels next time.
I got Valheim. I’d had my eye on it for months, after friends and a YouTube gamer I follow gave it good reviews. It cost more than I wanted to spend and the one person I would have wanted to co-op with, made it obvious they wouldn’t always want to play. So, I just turned my attention to other games that I enjoyed. After buying the similar, Stranded Deep, CC told me to just get Valheim because it was a better version of the premise. Luckily it was on sale recently. And he was also right.
Stranded Deep forces you to catch a plane on a business trip…and then crash into the ocean.
You paddle on a life-raft and make it to an island. There, you have to chop down trees (which don’t respawn and you need coconuts and shade so be careful how many you chop.) You constantly have to upgrade things and refill a water still with palm fronds…even though they don’t respawn…and that means paddling to other islands where you die because you couldn’t the bring things you needed. Sorry if it’s your favourite game, but…my few days playing it…and I’m not a fan.
I loaded up Valheim and walked around in The Meadows, which is where you’re supposed to build your house and collect wood, chop trees, hunt animals and feel relatively safe because it’s light and you can see around your area. You also come into the land as a loinclothed caveman-looking…thing. I chose to be female…it didn’t help, it just gave me other hairstyle options. I did have awesome abs though.
I started collecting wood and other items and I found an old broken down shack to squat in while I figured out how to play. It’s a pretty calming game, apart from when you’re out chopping down trees in your bra and evil dwarf things try to kill you. I get it, there are vast lands to explore and beasts to slay but I can’t help but get a little obsessed with making my house/land look awesome and very functional. Maybe my adult is coming through, maybe biological nesting tendencies are happening because of my age, maybe I’m lazy AF and don’t want to figure out a way to slay the giant blue troll that appeared and yeeted me when I was trying to chase a deer.
The deer. Wow!
I’m going to bed hearing them in my head lol. They make a weird sound (maybe it’s an accurate sound, what do I know, I’ve never seen one IRL.) They make the sounds all day/night in the game, and you can sneak up on them with a bow and arrow. You need them for their hides to build and wear things, and for their meat. It feels good to catch one after chasing it forever. It feels good to shoot one with a newly-acquired bow and arrow you just started leaning how to use – but it also feels bad! It’s sad. LOL They just keel over and explode into red then drop a chunk of meat.
I’m playing this trying to stay aware of the time…because it flies while so immersed in this thing. I haven’t taken on bosses or anything significant yet. For now, I’m just building up my house and my skill levels. It’s a very pretty game, realistic trees and ponds, rivers etc. And good to relax.
Don’t mind me, just checking if friendly fire damage is on or off. ** Bashes CC randomly to find out.
TLDR:
*Valheim is good, so far…
*Nice way to decompress from the fuckery you have to live everyday
*I’ve started a GAMES section on the blog, because I do play a few.
*If it’s not your thing, just find a post that is…or wait until next week. 🙂
*IRL= In real life, YEET- kill/obliterate RESPAWN– when you die and start again at a point in the game FRIENDLY FIRE – if your shots cause damage to your team/ or not.
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