Hmm, well, I purposely tried to stay away from the Valheim comparisons because I didn't feel that it was like Valheim. I mean, other than the Viking inspiration so if that's what you mean then, yes. I mean they both are survival games so if you're looking at it like that then, yes as well... Haha, maybe the answer is simply just yes. But I really would say no in the end because I felt that Valheim had enough different things in their formula that sets it apart.
Yeah! I've seen that. It's definitely on my wishlist. Funny enough, I saw the trailer for it some time ago and didn't think much of it. But then I started seeing articles about it and more people talking about so I decided to see what it was about and yeah, it seems pretty cool. Hope to be able to try it out some time.
Hmm, that's a good question. Judging from what I played and from their Steam page, I'd say that building a large village would be one potential end goal. Every so often the village can get raided and you'll need to defend it. So, it might be like in Rimworld where you need to constantly up the defenses because the raids get more difficult as the game progresses. Also, I'd imagine there might be boss-type monsters to fight that would require a good bit of preparation and appropriately equipped villagers. There was a dock building to make as well so I wonder if exploring other lands (like in Valheim) might be one other thing. The screenshots do suggest other potential biomes with, presumably, greater threats and new resource types to gather to improve your gear and village. If you mean some overarching goal to wrap everything up...well, not sure if that exists or not. I think many survival games don't have this or if they do the goal is so nebulous and far away that most players never really actively work towards it anyway and just end up playing the game. Whether they do that or not is based on how the progression is structured and if it leads the player in that direction.
I am not a big fan of survival but the fact you can have NPCs helping you doing random duties is something I find really cool. As for the character creator I personally do not mind if they are very limited but those NPCs really looked goofy they probably should fix those. I'll keep an eye on that one if it's a blend of survival with management I might like it.
Yeah, I can only really play them with my wife, but I could see this as something I might be able to play by myself (probably wouldn't but maybe). Because of the villagers but also because I don't mind that the structures are premade assets that you just assemble in stages. I'm not super creative when it comes to building things so the premade structures don't really bother me.
