Current Events > Video game maps don't need to be bigger to be better.

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Maps are becoming increasingly large and increasingly frustrating for gamers.

There must be a happy medium.

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Bigger maps make for better marketing

You see how many people bitched about Pokemon S&S having too small of a world map? Maps needs to always be bigger.

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The thing with large maps in games it comes down to how does the game handle traversing that large map. For example, I wish Spiderman had a larger map because swinging around is fun, Assassins Creed Odyssey however felt dull because I didn't enjoy the sailing from one island to another with nothing happening in between.

Rage 2? That map felt way too large because driving around never felt good. Ghost of Tsushima? Had 3 second fast travel.

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Veggeta X posted...

You see how many people bitched about Pokemon S&S having too small of a world map? Maps needs to always be bigger.

It's funny because the wild area that was in it was really barren.
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BakonBitz posted...

It's funny because the wild area that was in it was really barren.

That's what the ignorant masses want.

BakonBitz posted...

It's funny because the wild area that was in it was really barren.

People really like the Tundra map, which is interesting. And even the Isle of Armor map is considered better. I guess they really just did a shit job with the base game map.

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Vice City's my favorite open world map because it's so god damn well defined. No two places look alike. Missions are spread pretty widely (could be a tad better) so you get to see a great variety. You can learn the ins and outs of the city like the back of your hand. It doesn't take 15 minutes to get from one end to the other (which I don't always mind in other open worlds).

I saw similar praise for Yakuza not that long ago, but I haven't played those yet.

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I like when the map is so big that the actual explorable area is too small to see.

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Or pull a Fire Emblem 3 Houses which lets you control the map at will with a touch of a button

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Tsukasa1891 posted...

That's what the ignorant masses want.

It's either barran or too small. Nintendo just can't win LMAO.

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I agree. I would rather have a smaller interconnected map that is rich to explore and full of secrets and things to do than than a map so big where its just a bunch of nothing between waypoints.

When 90% of the gameplay feels like its riding from point A to B with your brain off...well the game sucks.

Large maps are cool for about 3 hours, then I just start quick traveling everywhere.

BotW did it well, as did Just Cause 2 but for a different reason.

But I generally agree.

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Y0 had a great map. As did New Vegas
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Big maps are great as long as they are full of things to do and not a slog to traverse.
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kirbyakaZ posted...

BotW did it well, as did Just Cause 2 but for a different reason.

But I generally agree.

It really matters how fun it is to traverse. SR4 would of benefitted from a bigger map because of how fun it was to get around. But it also worked good in a small map. You could go from side to side in undee a minute or something lol

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