Mass Effect veteran says Valheim showed him what an "accessible" survival game could look like in a genre defined by games like Ark and Rust
Settle down, not every survival shooter has to have PvP elements shoehorned into it.
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We all know the feeling. Boot up a survival game, slip into an online server, and set yourself up with a little base so you can be ready to explore the vast and glorious digital landsc – Oh. You’re dead. Oh, and now someone’s teabagging your looted corpse. Cool. Just wonderful.
When it comes to survival games, PvP is one of the more prolific game modes out there. It draws in the masses and keeps you on your toes for sure, but it takes something special to cater to the discerning lot who prefer PvE survival games.
“The ones that we respect but don’t look too much to are the PvP-centric ones. I know there’s a huge Rust community, but if you centre your game on co-op PvE, there’s just fewer lessons you can take from a game that’s so well optimised for PvP like Rust is.”
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