I would hope they ground it a little more in practical aesthetic while aiming towards a fantasy setting. Also agree a slight bump in attachment range would be nice for placing forge upgrades

There is high fantasy and their is BS, that forge is BS.

Originally posted by PakaNoHida:

Is it me or does it look cartoon like compared to textures already in game.

Thoughts?

Aesthetics of the forge Im not concerned with. The only thing I hope is that they rework the dependencies of the crafting stations passive supplemented stations to not require them to be so close to each other so as to make one's base be/look so cluttered. I have to resort to under and above a main crafting station area to place such things to make the appropriate spaced connections sadly. The addition of yet another crafting station thus just has me concerned only for that.

Can't say I'm too surprised tbh. Fantasy games have a tendency to emphasise their high-fantasy side more the further you progress. Things looks cleaner, sharper, shinier, meaner or more elegant to give later game content that more prestigious look.

It would be difficult not to look cartoony with the polygonal style they are working with, not without staying more grounded to reality like a lot of the early stuff that many have grown accustomed to.

Interesting. Looks like there might finally be a use for those metal bars I smelted from down in the Ashlands going by that pic.

What new forge?

its mentioned beeing just a concept art - i double checked to be sure
so lets see how it looks when that forge is done

let me drop the link here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/892970/eventcomments/3383904768759928139/

Originally posted by M.Red:

its mentioned beeing just a concept art - i double checked to be sure
so lets see how it looks when that forge is done

let me drop the link here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/892970/eventcomments/3383904768759928139/

I knew I shouldn’t have gone through the comments.

Gives me slight WoW dwarf vibes. Or Skyrim Dwarves.

Didnt you read it in the blog ? Its an art concept not a final thing ...
Like everything they drops since mislands features

Originally posted by blankitosonic:

Didnt you read it in the blog ? Its an art concept not a final thing ...
Like everything they drops since mislands features

Nope I sure did not, I saw it on FB were it made no mention of concept art. I have not had a chance to read the post yet so ty for the heads up.

Looks more like something that should be on the bridge of a starship....

That and the mushrooms shown give me some Shivering Isles vibes. I think there's so much more "down to Earth" content left behind (like painted walls, different wood and stone looks, etc) that feels too soon to go into the "goofy"/alien/glowy stuff (today I finally killed Moder and got to see the new buildings and it already looked like they were going that way).
But if that's the direction that's cool too, don't get me wrong. I got my money's worth already. Whatever comes after that is a bonus.

I like the overall design, personally.

It looks more refined than a simple, crude forge & billows setup. This means that it should allow for.. more refined weaponry. However, the concept design I agree looks a little too smooth for Valheim purposes. I'm eager to see how they'll "rough it up" to match the current aesthetic of the game.

It does stand to reason that as time went on, Vikings would discover better, more efficient ways to do things.. as seen with the more complex stations we already have; notably the Artisan Table.

I hope they don't go with that concept and instead make it look more like an actual forge. The basic one doesn't quite look the part, and this one is even worse. I'm with Governor on this one. I don't like the semi-circular or crescent look. It absolutely looks like it's a computer station on the Enterprise. It also looks like it's got some kind of completely unrealistic looking casting trough of some kind built into it for molten metal and that's not how a forge works. For casting you need a crucible and mold. While casting is in the same realm as using a forge to work metal it's absolutely not the same thing.