Subj : Valheim finally introduces new difficulty options
To   : All
From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Sat Jun 17 2023 20:45:03

Valheim finally introduces new difficulty options

Date:
Sat, 17 Jun 2023 19:30:22 +0000

Description:
Valheim now has difficulty options, enabling you to increase or decrease the 
challenge.

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Valheim now has difficulty options, enabling you to increase or decrease the 
challenge. 

According to developer Iron Gate Studio, easy mode offers "a more casual 
experience" that gives a "lighter, more accommodating adventure ideal for the 
pacifists and builders", whilst hard mode "ramps it up for a hardcore 
playthrough". 

Alternatively, you can select different aspects of the server modifiers to 
"come up with a mix of your own". 

The changes come in Patch 0.217.4 - Hildir's Request, which is available on 
the public test server. It also ushers in new NPC Hildir the merchant, new 
locations, two new crafting extensions, new items, and new hair and beard 
styles. 

You can also expect to see an all-new quick-stack button, "various visual 
improvements", and now your fancy hair and beard styles are available even 
when you're wearing your helmet. 

If you haven't come across it before, Valheim is an early-access survival 
title (yes: it's still in early access) that has comprehensively taken over 
Steam, clocking in over 500,000 concurrent players at once just 19 days after 
the games launch. 

With four million players and counting and an Overwhelmingly Positive rating 
after 350,000 user reviews, it doesnt look like its slowing down anytime 
soon, either. 

"Its quite an unusual game to be sitting so high on Steams most-played list, 
just behind gigantic esports behemoths like DOTA 2, Counter-Strike: Global 
Offensive and PlayerUnknowns Battlegrounds," we said in our feature, Why you 
should be playing Valheim . 

"In Valheim, you play as a fallen Norse warrior trapped in purgatory who has 
to craft and explore their way through the realm, building up to 
progress-gating boss battles. 

"Its also nowhere near as refined as its peers. Valheim doesnt feature slick, 
high-fidelity graphics  but its still gorgeous, with its retro PS1 textures 
juxtaposed against magnificent sun-lit vistas. The games combat isnt the most 
engaging on the market either, but it has a certain something to it, a Dark 
Soulsian clunkiness that keeps it addicting and hard to master." 

Valheim is available now on PC and Xbox, and for no additional cost on PC 
Game Pass and Xbox Game Pass.



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