Originally posted by bacon:

youre the one affected by something, indicating that anyone critical must be an arm-chair game designer. weird projection by you, since you obviously know better than everyone what is good.
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Well, but I didn't say that anyone who disagrees with me is wrong, did I? Nice straw man.

I guess I don't understand why being realistic is a criteria. The whole game takes place in an afterlife fantasy world, and it's progress is from death to Valhal.

Up till now, biomes have been based on the real earthly biomes Our Hero knew in life. We are deposited, rated-G naked and clueless, in the safest place in the world, filled mostly with familiar things. The greylings are comical, once you get to know them.

But if the game is going to have an arc, it should be toward the fantastic, because that is where we know it is destined to end. Moreover, Our Hero is being tested and trained for worthiness to die in the final, futile battle of Ragnarok, so it should arc toward metaphorical if not literal darkness. We might enjoy some temporary victory at the end of the game, but it can only be temporary.

Valheim is a disk world. It has an edge. I've read that you can even sail off, though I haven't tried it myself. It's on my list.

Realism? Seriously?