Forgery
Quite literally 'Forged' by | Zatherla
With significant contribution from | Hushed Behemoth and A Lonely Schmeef

Players | 4 - 8 (Default)
Gametypes | Slayer (Default)

Foundry is one of the highlight maps coming out in the Heroic Map Pack. Until now, you have known it by its code name: Art Vandeley.
Foundry was designed from the beginning to be a Forge level. There is an almost limitless amount of potential map designs that can be made by arranging objects in different configurations.
You can remake Hang ‘Em High out of crates. Kind of.
The second you see someone delete the entire level in Forge, you realize the potential a space like this has. The default layout is great, but the possibilities are definitely... uh... wait... this isn't our map...

A very keen observation you have made there mister Bungie, because this is indeed not your map. Instead, what you are about to see is a replica of the 'original Forge map'. Appropriately deemed Forgery this remake of Foundry is, with lack of a better term, astounding.

Zatherla has always had an eye for detail, and he certainly does not disappoint in this feature today. Everything you know and love about the map that got you started on your Forging career is here for you to love and bask in the overwhelming sense of nostalgia it will undoubtedly cast upon you. Every detail has been carefully replicated down to the inaccessible cranes and upper lip near the roof of the map. Even the view outside of the window is eerily similar to the original, sans a lonely visitor of sorts.

This map does contain the playable default version of Foundry on it, but one more added feature to this map makes use of object locking and the 'delete all' feature to allow everyone to delete default Foundry and forge on the blank canvas Foundry, just like old times *sniff*. Do not get carried away though. A vast majority of the Impact budget was spent on making the physical canvas of Forgery look as majestic and perfect as it does. So feel free to Forge on this Forge canvas within a Forge canvas. Just don't lose track of what is reality and stuff.

If you haven't already, download this. Now.
It has to be experienced to be believed and while the map may perform poorly in terms of gameplay, it is sure a lovely thing to look at that makes me realize that in spite of Sandbox and even Forge World, Foundry never lost its flair nor its novelty.

You can easily download the map by conducting an in-game fileshare search of 'Zatherla' and it will be listed as 'FORGERY'.

As a bit of a side challenge and an homage to one of my favorite forged maps of all time I challenge you to remake a working version of Manifest on this map. If you did, it would reward you some serious cool points on my behalf and most of FH as well. As always, we are looking for feature worthy content, so if you have seen a map floating around the board that you think is worthy of a feature then head on over to recommend that map for a feature. Additionally, if you have any questions about this article in specific feel free to voice them in our front page feedback.

Happy Forging Forge Hub,

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