V Rising's Valheim Comparisons Explained

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Since V Rising was first announced, it has inevitably drawn comparisons to other major titles in its genre. Most notably, V Rising is often compared to titles like Rust and Valheim, and for good reason, despite being draped in a gothic folklore aesthetic, V Rising feels right at home with other acclaimed survival sandbox titles.

For fans awaiting the next Mistlands release for Valheim, it's hard to beat a better substitute than V Rising. With its boss-focused, combat-driven progression, V Rising is easily the closest major title to Valheim with just enough changes to present an experience that feels completely fresh.

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Like Valheim, V Rising presents as a survival game but players' primary objective while playing is to progress through the story and beat all the bosses. It's worth noting, however, that both games are well-crafted in the respect that players cannot afford to ignore either aspect of the game. In order to adequately progress through V Rising's story, players are inevitably going to have to dump hours into base-crafting and vice-versa. For instance, after players have tackled the Alpha Wolf, V Rising's first boss encounter, they will receive a useful travel form that further facilitates their ability to build a stronghold.

This is where V Rising is most aptly compared to Valheim and not others in the genre. While titles like Rust share a lot of similarities with V Rising as well, only Valheim and a few others offer an obvious linear progression via a boss system. Valheim players moving over to V Rising will experience the same underlying drive to continue that is often missing in more ambiguous survival titles. Players never have to stop and