Lately I have been feeling a bit burned out, the recent Icebrood Saga Episodes have been a let down, the content not really riveting, the game started feeling like a chore, rather than an a fun adventure.
So I decided to revisit some maps I haven't spent too much time on, take it slow and just stroll around, exploring what there is to see and do.
And I have to say... Grothmar Valley is absolutely wonderful!
It encapsulates many thing I liked a lot about different maps, it has the beauty of a new map, very fun and diverse events and immersive, detail rich environments with plenty of npc fun dialogue and stuff to discover!
Yesterday I ran into a village made up of farmers and other workers I had not seen before, hearing a Charr and a Norn talk about each other's history.
Finding the Ash legion hideout and doing detective work was also something that caught me off guard, for a map that I previously saw as minor, it has so much fun packed into it, the Charr buggy battles, metal concert, helping Chef Mellitus cook.. there is so much!
I really hope that EoD will bring similar amounts of fun and beauty to it's maps, cheers!
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