Valheim

The Good
The visuals are atmospheric and work wonders. the unlocking of new recipes happens in a natural way, which makes you want to push forward and explore, exploit, etc. It's nice to explore the islands different biomes.

The game allows for dedicated servers, mods, etc.

The Bad
It's super grindy. A lot of things in the game just feel like a chore. Combat isn't very satisfying. You just watch healthbars go down while struggling with your own stamina and health. There's no visual flair to make it fun to do.

You can build a lot of stuff, but the process is quite painful and tedious.

The Bottom Line
These grinds and chores are not elements I like in games so the game held little appeal for me.

The Good
The game is still very much EA/Beta at the time of this review (version 0.148.7), but oh boy, does this game have the potential to be a trend setter!? Getting in the top 50 of best rated games EVER on Steam, as an early access game and in only 3 weeks, that should really say something!

The game takes the best things from RuneScape and makes it 3D, with a bit of Minecraft too... I'm already level 25 in woodcutting!

The Bad
The game has a brutal learning curve.. It's super simple, yet pretty difficult. There's pretty much zero tutorials. You are either going to love it or hate it.

The Bottom Line
Grindy leveling up like RuneScape, except even more stuff to level up in... You even level up your running and jumping skills.

Mixed with the casual mining/crafting and occasional combat from Minecraft...

All in 3D polygon style graphics.