New RuneScape co-op survival game debuts to 79% positive Steam reviews in Early Access, but it can't escape Valheim's shadow

A screenshot from RuneScape: Dragonwilds showing four characters adventuring under a starry sky, with a dragon overhead.
(Image credit: Jagex)

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:RuneScape: Dragonwilds, the new co-op survival twist on ✨Jagex's ဣiconic 24-year-old fantasy MMO, is out now in early access, and it's off to a "mostly positive" start on Steam.

Dragonwilds released in early access yesterday, April 15, and at the time of writing, 79% of its 1,900+ reviews are positive. That's not to be sniffed at – early reviews are p💫raisin☂g its and overall "potential" of the game, with one player saying that it's

. Given that we're currently in the middle of the week, it seems reasonable to say that number could rise even higher over the weekend when people have more time to play, so we'll just have to watch this space.

Not everyone is completely sold on the survival game, mind you. Others have criticized Dragonwilds for being a as well as that it'll benefit a few patches before you shoul🐽d consider spending $30 and jumping in." Being an Early Access game, this isn't entirely unexpected – Jagex will be continually improving things going forward, but it's fair to say that if you want things perfect, you're probably not going to get that experience right now.

Given the crafting and survival elements, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Valheim comparisons are💦 also very much present, for better and for worse. While one player goes as far as to say that it's another : "Valheim being the gold standard of this genre means RuneScape: Dragonwilds has some seriously big boots to fill. At the moment, it does fall short in many regards and commits some open-world survival-craft cardinal sins."

One Jagex senior community manager, Jake Blunt, previously spoke to about how the team is hoping that the game "isn't just us being like, 'it's Valheim, but…'" The devs are clearly aware that they're entering a "very competitive" genre, but "we want to embrace the 🍰fact that we have things that make us unique, rather than that we're doing something better than something that already exists."

Only time will tell if RuneScape: Dragonwilds has what it takes to be one of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best survival games like how RuneScape is one of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best MMORPGs.

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