Players awake as the Flameborn, the last hope of an ancient civilization. Set against them is the Shroud, a creeping blight that absorbs and mutates all life it encounters. To push back the Shroud, the Flameborn must forge their path along a deep open skill tree to master powerful weapons, spells, and armor. Developing their own unique play style to triumph over rival factions of fell creatures, and defeat merciless bosses in heart-pounding combat.

To protect themselves from the fog and bring life back to the kingdom, players can shape the world's terrain and unleash their creativity to build bases and epic homes, customized to the last detail with a vast array of materials and furniture. Beyond showcasing treasure, powerful allies can be awakened in player holdouts, unlocking advanced workshops and the ability to craft unique items and mythic weapons.

I know this will probably just be me and Sparky chatting, but I felt I need to start a thread as this is possibly my favourite game ever. Ever.

And it's only in early access.

It's not quite Valheim with added RPG, but it's close.

The exploration is almost the exact opposite to Valheims perilous sea voyages where dying was often a nightmarish and frustrating trek back for your stuff. This is very generous with death and exploration is helped by gliders (hey Zelda) and teleporting to towers etc.

The actual exploration is much more interesting though with POI's around every corner and interesting nooks, crannies and plenty of lore etc.

The building is absolutely phenomenal. The amount of details you can add is brilliant, literally placing 1x1 blocks should you desire and all the different block types blend into one another in interesting ways.

The RPG builds are the cherry on top. I've barely looks at the other classes but going mage I've delved into a couple of others having read their skills and got some interesting synergy going on. Walking around the shroud in the earlier areas now I'm level 20 enemies can't get close to me, they just burst into flames before they hit me.

Speaking of the shroud, it's basically foggy areas of the map filled with all manner of nasty shit and venturing into it starts a timer. There's various potions to extend it, but staying in too long will kill you. Levelling up your flame altar will allow access to the nastier Shroud areas, and that's how parts the map are blocked off until you progress.

So there you go, ramble over. I'll post some pics of the base I've spent FAR too long on later.