Non Gamer Watches #67 VALHEIM

[@RustyARMPIT12]

ngl the PVE and PVP thing you did made me proud lmao

[@HannaHsOverInvested]

Thank youuuuu! 🥰🥰🥰

[@JJoJam]

I would like to echo this sentiment. *applause*

[@marthon098]

The biggest goal for Valhiem is to fight the 5 bosses, but like a lot of survival games people can go into things like farming, building and exploring. lots of fun tons of stuff to do always!

[@HannaHsOverInvested]

Right the bosses! I want to be friends with the stag.

[@sarahscott5305]

Subnautica is the only survival game I've ever played and it was superb! Definitely had a story, but it's up to the player to actually find it.

[@Volryn]

My understanding of the bosses is that they are there to test you (the soul of a dead warrior) to see if you are worthy of ascending to Valhalla, so presumeably they dont really die but move on to test other warriors. This is kind of confirmed by the fact that if you kill a boss. And someone new joins your server they can (and in fact have to) fight the boss themselves to progress in the game. So like even if yall friends the stag gonna fight you to help you ascend cuz like thats his job and hes not gonna make it easy cuz that wont help you prove your worth. #friendscanbattlegloriously P.s. love your videos! Its so interesting to see you come to thos stuff with fresh eyes!

[@Kumquats83]

You are getting good with the terminology. And yes Sandbox games are a whole genre. Sanbox means, you create basically your own adventure, rather than having an adventure written for you.

[@HannaHsOverInvested]

Sandbox games.... put that in my glossary of terms haha

[@Bronzescorpion]

That is not what the sandbox genre means. Lots of sandbox games have a fixed narrative. What sandbox games does is giving you the tools or options to carry out missions and goals in the way you want to do it. often you can manipulate the game physics to create creative solutions to the problems you face in the game. to try to sum up the definition of a sandbox, it would be something like this: sandbox: the degree of freedom a player has to use multiple methods to complete any task The main point about sandbox is, that there is no right way to play.

[@Jangles_]

Much of gaming terminology refers to the rigidity of the storytelling experience. Is the game primarily narrative focused, as if you're being led through, on a leash? That could be referred to as "On-Rails", as with roller-coasters. The other end of that spectrum is usually referred to as "Sandbox", an experience akin to the notion of "Here is a fun area (often themed after a specific genre), and here are some toys... Use your imagination!".

[@Bronzescorpion]

@@Jangles_ once again I would like to stress that the sandbox terminology is about the freedom in solving a task and not about the narrative. A good example of this is the Halo games, they literally had people labeled as sandbox designers, even though the games has a fixed narrative. The GTA series is another example, especially considering how it can change play, but not the narrative. In GTA 3 you could rig a bomb to a car before a mission started, if you had knowledge that you later would chase the target as he escapes in said car. Creative solution to the task of killing someone. The narrative stays the same no matter how you kill the target. In later GTA and in RDR2 you are restricted more, of you try to deviate from the intended play, you almost always instantly fails. Both examples have the same level of narrative, but they differ in freedom of completing tasks. The former GTA had more sandbox design than the latter.

[@colorfulgaming6596]

Definitely Skyrim. Whenever I feel unhealthy I just freeze time and eat fifteen pies and 35 Apples within a Nanosecond.

[@HannaHsOverInvested]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@infinite_rooster]

Valheim has taught me that protein and clean carbs are good, but they can't hold a candle to a diet of Serpent Stew, Lox Meat Pies, and Blood Pudding...

[@Cifer77]

Val-hime (it's a common mistake with 'ei's ) Build stuff?: Yep! Make stuff?: Yep! You're guess isn't too far off lol, there are no quests, you have to make your own goals. But you unlock more stuff as you explore and beat bosses. It's Minecraft, but Vikings. Very much a sandbox, you do what you want, build what you want.

[@HannaHsOverInvested]

okay cool! Thanks!

[@Nattfare]

Val-haym is how we say it here in Sweden.

[@DuBstep115]

You just say like it its val-heim. It may be hard to understand for native english speakers but yeah say like it it's. A is not /ei/ or /ə/ but just a.

[@augustodaro2208]

That's true in German or in English, but not in Old Norse nor in any of the modern Scandinavian languages, I believe

[@hazz1337]

Actually, the Zelda one you posted today has a lot of food recipes to learn, and depending on your diet, you get some cool bonus, like eating spicy food makes you more resistant to cold enviroments and stuff like that. Games today have tons of "survive in the wild" or "take care of your body" features now, i guess it's neat and sometimes you can take a little bit of that to real life

[@Vry9]

Except that in Botw you can cook fairy ... Is hard to cook fairy in real word haha

[@Iskaral1]

Hannah, have you considered watching some people on your Discord play games that you're particularly interested in? Discord can stream games to a chat in the actual Discord app.

[@Yilue]

Made by 5 people, actually crazy

[@HannaHsOverInvested]

wow really? thats cool.

[@Nattfare]

Yep, five people from Skövde, Sweden. Started out as a one-man project before he got more people in. During the first week the game had sold 1 million copies already and by now it has sold over 5 million.

[@lordmortarius538]

Coffee Stain publishes some GREAT games, like Satisfactory and Deep Rock Galactic :D

[@supesmin446]

Woah I didn’t know they also published Deep Rock!

[@HannaHsOverInvested]

I like the name. I would wear a t shirt with that name on it.

[@Apetrexo]

0:22 The LINK to the ZELDA video is in the description... hehe.. I laughed!

[@CaptainAmercia]

nothing like cutting down a tree only for it to land on you lol A lot of these games trees don't really have any physics they tend to just break and you get the wood but Valhelm i was amazed at seeing a Tree fall naturally and realistically they can even knock down other trees knocking down a part of the forest lol Loving the game so far its small to download, pretty cheap, and with the graphic settings can run on any PC. The game is like a combination of Runescape and Minecraft its also in early access so there's still a lot of stuff for the developers to add this game will grow overtime just like Minecraft for example. You'll find some biomes which are not finished yet but still look cool for example the Ashlands a wasteland of fire and ash not located at the south of every map there's nothing really there at the moment.

[@HannaHsOverInvested]

Interesting that cutting the tree the right way is not normally important haha!

[@vergil8833]

If you're interested in some funny but in depth lore videos about World of Warcraft I highly suggest the channel "Platium WoW". He just released a 2 video series called "Warcrafts most incompitent King" and it is very well made. He tells the story as it is in the game, but he doesn't take himself overly serious so hes not afraid to make jokes. He has videos on many subjects in Warcraft lore and they're all good. Popular streamers stend to react to his videos aswell since they're so highly regarded by the community. I hope you check them out. Maybe just a stand alone video of his to start off and test the waters. I think it might peak your interest alot more than some of the later WoW videos you've seen.

[@jamestelling3790]

You should look at ancestors: the humankind odyssey.

[@AeipoxPlays]

Valheim, though released at the beginning of the month, is still considered "early access" meaning the game isn't fully finished (with respect to the content of the game). It was made by 5 people and since it's release at the beginning of the month it's sold over 5 million copies at $20 a piece. Q: What's the goal? A: The primary goal is to defeat all (currently) 5 bosses. Each boss will drop items that will allow you to craft better equipment, build better structures, and ultimately defeat harder foes. Defeating harder foes allows you easier access to more food options for more health points. There's a secondary goal of what ever goal you set for yourself. You could, perhaps want to unveil the entire map (each map of the world you're in is completely different from the next [unless specifically chosen]). Unveiling the map would take an incredible amount of time. Perhaps your goal you set is to build an amazing and wonderous viking village? Or to tame wolves and boars while creating a huge farm of crops so you and your group of friends wont ever have to worry about food ever again?

[@ZainKhan-kg6qr]

i'm impressed that you're learning lol chuckled at pve and pvp. go hannah!!!!

[@HarlequinTiefling]

A survival game where you have to "eat right" especially (I'm thinking of the last one I played called The Long Dark) when the winter season so far never moves onto spring. Another feature to hope and cheer for.

[@ddis29]

when you hear the music, you're supposed to row :)

[@garethwilkins6744]

You should check out the smash brothers ultimate announcement trailers for characters, the list being (Joker, Hero, Banjo-Kazooie, Terry, Byleth, MinMin, Steve, Sephiroth and most recently and the best in my opinion Pyra/Mythra.)

[@iandocherty9404]

Minecraft (sure you heard of it) is probably the most famous sandbox game. and yeah there's quite a few good ones. If you think about it sandbox games are like real life more so then other games, is there any one goal to life? no not really, just the goals you set yourself.

[@gumballegal]

try Portal.

[@Aftershk]

I'm not sure if you've heard of it yet/have it on your docket already, but I feel a game you'd really appreciate is Thomas Was Alone, which is a simple puzzle platformer game where you play little colored blocks with different abilities that have to work together to solve puzzles, with excellent narration... it's effectively, "Be Friends, Instead," the game. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJSTdGt-Zr6ai68

[@tinysandwich4686]

You asked if there's a bunch of games like this, where there's not a string of objectives. Yeah it's a whole genre, like Minecraft, Conan Exiles, etc... The "goal" is set by you, what do you want/need to do to survive and thrive. I am 95% sure they are just called survival games, where point is to fight against the world (and possibly other players) to survive. Valheim is mostly that, but in truth there is an over arching storyline and goal. Defeat the bosses of the realm and become one of Odin's favored warriors. This ultimately pushes you further and further into building bigger and cooler bases and upgrading your armor.

[@SockMuffins]

I don't know if this is the place to make suggestions, but I would recommend checking out the Civilization 6 cinematic trailers. They're really well done and are for a completely different genre of game than you've watched on this channel. The order list is Civilization VI Launch Trailer, Rise and Fall Announcement Trailer, and Gathering Storm Announcement Trailer.

[@tomlucas7250]

When I was 8 or 7 I played this flash game on my older sister crappy dell laptop and in the game you would feed,train, and customize you pet chicken and unlock more games to play with your chicken only for the last game tricking you Into thinking it's a bike but in stead it's a meat grinder turning your little chicken into a gorey puddle that you were forced to cook and eat.... This game scared me for life now I don't eat Kfc, Chick-fil-a, or McDonald's

[@L3thalxgriinder]

Man I would Be over the moon if you watched the Doom(2016) or Doom Eternal Trailers, but I recommend not watching them. both of those game are more gameplay orientated and are very lacking in "Story". Good thing about them is the music in both games are killer and are heavily metal inspired.

[@cameirusisu1024]

the goal is have fun. You may want to go kill all the bosses and craft epic gear....or you may want to spend 50 hours building a homestead/castle/longhouse or whatever. End of the day, if you enjoy it, do it. Sandboxes or on the rails, or hybrid of the two....does not matter, fun is always the goal. Unless its dota....in which case getting out without a stress induced breakdown is the aim :)

[@goldenburger836]

Just wanted to say that I just found this channel. I love watching people react to video games because I play them myself. I love story driven games. I recommend Subnautica trailers, or Life is Strange series.

[@Karloss00]

4:05 - I doubt many will benefit from this game changing their diet. The best food is a Meat Pie, Blood Pudding, Serpent Stew and Fish Wrap.

[@GrimlarLex]

Have you looked at any of the Telltale Interactive Story games? All of the story, dialogue and choices, none of the reaction speed. Released as a series of episodes, so make sure you get the whole season. The Walking Dead - kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGWTpoxrZthokJI Tales from the Borderlands - kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWGylZKpltutbaM The Wolf among us - kzbin.info/www/bejne/aafPh3dqn7Vniac

[@SilverionX]

Considering the developers of this game are Swedish, all the non-fantastical food in the game are just Swedish foods. Being that I am Swedish I have eaten all of the food in this game. Yes, even blood pudding.

[@squeakyratgaming]

A lot of survival games have a progression mechanic where you start out with nothing. You find materials (in most cases this involves beating down a tree with your fists lol), craft your starter gear to get materials quicker, more armor to protect you and build a house. From there you find better materials, make better gear and upgrade your house as you usually start with wood. Valheim added bosses to that which is a great addition. For players like me, who love to explore, build and interesting combat, this game is fantastic.

[@mr_biggsmoke4202]

My first survival game was ark survival evolved and up to this day haven't regret it 👌👌👌. Their are a few games like this but I prefer ark because it has a story and little clues to explain why everything is what it is all while you upgrade gear after gathering the essentials and taming a couple awesome dinos to help you get around heavily populated areas farther from your base full with dangerous beasts but greater resources but also new tames and potential tree house bases but if you prefer underwater ones that is possible too but would recommend subnautica instead its a different survival game but ocean based filled with mesmerizing bioluminescent life forms worth being chased by 😂 or getting your grub on

[@Vry9]

Most of games have some end but there are also games without really goal like animal crossing for example. A lot of survival games have endles mode after finishing main goal also where you need just survive longest you can. I never was into survivals but start playing them on switch and now i love them (waiting for subnautica below zero now 😁)

[@duckman6581]

I play Valheim, and it's super cool, I got killed by a tree 😓😂 Hahaha, I heard Simps and not Sims xd

[@peruperu-jj8zs]

I’m a non gamer too and I just started playing this game! First video game in 12 years:) it’s super hard to figure out how to play this game at first as non gamer. I recommend finding someone who play this game to help you:)

[@firedoom]

This is the most video gamy, video game you've reacted to. No real story, just a cool world with vikings you are free to make your own fun in. Be it kill monsters or building yourself a town. Most of these survival games are like this.

[@HannaHsOverInvested]

It was interesting to learn about!

[@mastervaderog8021]

There is a end goal but the game lets take as long or as little time as you want completing it. And everytime you press new game it makes a whole new map to explore and discover. Your second time playing could be vastly different from your first besides your knowledge if the game.

[@adamkopp500]

I suggest w Life is Strange 3 trailer, a new upcoming story/character driven game, with lot of hype around

[@Treasacello]

Vahl-hime (because it's one of the kingdoms linked by yggdrasil - the world tree)

[@martinstensvehagen9161]

Goal is to defeat the bosses, but to do that you have to build stuff, and its easy to get carried away on the building stuff, so thats nice. while you could technicaly survive on a little cabin, its cooler to build a town and a huge castle. so you do. espesially with your friends (sorry for typos im not english native)

[@KingZonum]

The most in depth food system I've come across is in scum, makes you think about your sodium intake after lol

[@TheNickscarface]

Try to watch Mass Effect Funny Moments ( the 34’ version ).

[@TheGrimLlama]

These survival crafting games have really taken off in the past couple of years. They are mostly co-op so they encourage people to play together rather than compete. There usually isn't a point or much of a story. The goal is to see how far you can get. How fancy you can make your base and how much of the world you can explore and loot. They are usually very tough games where you die easily so becoming good is it's own reward i guess.

[@GaunerAlvin]

I Love You´re reactions can you react to the Star wars the old republic trailers pls ^^

[@rileyschulz8921]

Non gamer reacts to Overwatch by Blizzard.

[@rhinoispro8559]

Have you watched the trailers for Tomb Raider???

[@clintcarlson972]

After playing The Forest, I believe that I eat a lot healthier now, after all, we are what we eat!

[@HannaHsOverInvested]

Really? Cool! I gotta look into this forest thing.

[@clintcarlson972]

@@HannaHsOverInvested before you do, I was extremely sarcastic! The Forest may be a bit too much like a horror movie for you!

[@Droid15243Z]

@@clintcarlson972 I played the Hereditary ost while playing it. xD

[@hmm8445]

I got a idea for you a non-gamer plays a video game ( doesn't matter what game)

[@LoneWolfLegendOfficial]

Please do elite dangerous videos, also include some gameplay to get a feel for it :L)

[@zotaninoron3548]

A lot of survival games are part of the sandbox genre where you sort of define your own goals and it tends to be a creative activity foremost. Though there is usually a 'goal', it isn't necessarily the heart of the the draw. In Valheim, ostensibly, the character's goal is to fight the boss monsters to earn a place at Valhalla. The Bird thing carrying the person in the trailer is a Valkyrie carrying you after you presumably died in battle on Earth. But as the player, its mainly about learning to survive each environment. It is a game that is encouraged to be played with friends so you can build sprawling bases with buddies and have cooperative experiences. And yes, PVE is player vs environment. I would say the appeal of these style of games is an outgrowth of playing with legos as a kid. Building cool things and having adventures with them.

[@lordmortarius538]

That's not a Valkryie. That's Huginn (Thought), one of Odin's ravens who fly across the world and bring him news and information. The other is named Muninn (Memory).

[@zotaninoron3548]

@@lordmortarius538 Hugin is the raven that assists you with tips, but is distinct from the creature that delivers you. When the game started I panned around it to get a better look. And I am 99.999% certain it is a Valkyrie and the head does not look like a raven's.

[@zotaninoron3548]

It is a Valkyrie, confirmed by tweet from CEO of Irongate. twitter.com/dvoidis/status/1005043778292539392

[@direnova6284]

The thing about Valheim that would fascinate anybody, including non gamers is that it was made by 5 people, mostly by 2 and after only just over a month after release has sold 6 million copies through word of mouth with hardly any pre-release hype.

[@HannaHsOverInvested]

I did hear that it was only made by five people, and 6 months ago I wouldn't have understood what that meant. Now I feel like I have a small understanding of how significant that is.

[@MegaGameHunter]

Don't know if it counts, but sometimes when I played WoW and drank Honeymint Tea, I had an urge to make one. 😂

[@HannaHsOverInvested]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@huskygamer9599]

i have a recommendation, the rwby trailers

[@peterdrawsstuff2282]

Great channel! I’m a gamer myself, but it’s always great to see a different perspective on things.

[@HannaHsOverInvested]

Thanks!

[@Pale_Moon]

My new favorite react channel love your reactions, can u please “overwatch dragon’s”

[@HannaHsOverInvested]

Thanks!

[@silchasruin4487]

Maybe starting a let's play will help you familiarize yourself with games in general. You can start calling yourself the Really Bad Gamer. I don't know if it's time constraints, personal reasons or something else entirely that you don't start playing games if they interest you.

[@noaimnobrainknightmain9427]

You should watch destiny 2

[@thetalantonx]

5:50 - You are adorkable. That is all.

[@Shad0wmoses]

i know nowadays videogames are synonymous with narrative experiences. often times putting story focused games like the last of us on a pedestal. but we have to remember the core of video games is "game" its rooted in the world and rules created by the designer to invoke a sense of challenge and accomplishment. in this case i love survival games because its really about resource management + blind exploration in the truest sense of the word. no heavy story to be burdened by and no linear shallow experience but rather the experience is driven by the need to explore and overcome the challenges set by the developers.

[@7kortos7]

I love that you can appreciate something without any intention of playing it.

[@7kortos7]

also, 3:13 your guess was basically spot on.

[@brethnew]

I'd love to hear your thoughts on Raised by Wolves. It's not a game but I just finished it and.. wow. That's all I'll say.

[@HannaHsOverInvested]

It's a book?

[@brethnew]

@@HannaHsOverInvested it's a show, only 1 season out right now. Directed by Ridley Scott

[@HannaHsOverInvested]

I just watched the trailer and it looks very interesting, but hella creepy.

[@ape_on_rhino8467]

Don't tell her about Minecraft she would lose her mind 😅

[@LoneWolfLegendOfficial]

you just did

[@NoxxiaMondus]

React gears of war trailers

[@gilliansheppard5383]

love Valheim! I've been playing a lot recently. The game is beautifull and for the casual player I am, Valheim is so chill. Just gatering resource (need more copper), building house, and explore the land (without chopping a three on my own head). There is a goal (kill 5 boss) but it's non essential. Peace

[@aamirhussain26]

Yeah, minecraft is a good example of just do whatever kinds of games. They usually add some sort of goals that aren't obvious but you can completely ignore them and just mess about.

[@NoxxiaMondus]

That ganes is a Legend

[@maxbruckner8467]

I see you often remarking in different videos that characters and enemies should get along and become friends. This time it reminded me of an indie game called Undertale that exploded in popularity back in 2015 that had a mechanic where you could befriend your enemies. I think you'd like seeing that. It's a game with some great characters and a good message.

[@DeeGeeG]

2:42 Pretty much exactly right lol.

[@HannaHsOverInvested]

BOOM! IM BASICALLY A GAMER!

[@johanmahler4824]

well if this game taught me anything on how to eat well. I guess its meat with meat and some honey on top. maybe some glowing muschrooms

[@wolfpawn]

This reaction was adorable. I loved it. A lot of open world survival games are like this.

[@ImKindu]

Still waitin for Cayde’s final stand reaction

[@Khan-dt9nh]

Games and better diet? Lmao

[@HannaHsOverInvested]

Well I was just wondering 🤣🤣🤣

[@brendans2931]

Re: Educational games. The only game I know of that teaches healthy living is a game called Punch Club. Going to the store is time consuming when you're trying to maximise your time training, but it is obviously important to do so, otherwise training going forward will be difficult.

[@HannaHsOverInvested]

Interesting...

[@Droid15243Z]

@@HannaHsOverInvested It's a game about being boxer. In a nutshell.

[@Frehgin]

The goal is to hunt the 5 bosses for now, the game is a work in progress in pre-release.

[@HannaHsOverInvested]

Thanks!

[@VoicyZA]

STAY AWAY! This game sucked up waaay too much of my time. It has NO business being as great as it is. Made by 5 Swedish dudes and only 1GB big.