mcz117chief
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Absolutely fantastic map, I wholeheartedly agree
But to answer op's question. I do remember, because I love Type-0
And you can even fight on it, which is really cool.
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Best world map in a game.
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Absolutely fantastic map, I wholeheartedly agree
But to answer op's question. I do remember, because I love Type-0
And you can even fight on it, which is really cool.
The Praiseworthy
Member
These posts makes me earn even more for Ni No Kuni II... I want a brand new world map to explore.
Too much empty space, too many NPCs that have no plot significance
BeatnikGunsoo
Member
Dragon Quest VIII Is the best, it's like they snuck a open world game in there
The Last One
Member
Ni No Kuni
https://youtu.be/ydcRR1S7uBk?t=37s
Easily one of my favourites, great music and a cool overworld.
I agree. I hope that Ni no Kuni 2 follows it.
nogoodnamesleft
Banned
when i first played ffx i was like "so when am i getting to the world map?"
it was the end of ffx to me (many other reasons it sucked but yeah)
I like the chrono trigger world map. and the music <3
it was the end of ffx to me (many other reasons it sucked but yeah)
I like the chrono trigger world map. and the music <3
allintospace
Member
The Monkey Island games has some nice maps when traveling between locations.
Neoleo2143
Member
But its even more detailed than GTAV while being way bigger. Its a real achievement I tell you.
Ni No Kuni
https://youtu.be/ydcRR1S7uBk?t=37s
Easily one of my favourites, great music and a cool overworld.
I can only agree.
FFVI didn't come out in Europe for a long arse time.
Slick Butter
Member
Mario Land 2 has a SMW-like world map that I enjoy.
I really, really like the map in Elliot Quest.
When you encounter an exclamation point, that means there's an area there.
You don't get the sense of it too well in this pic, but traversing across it is reminiscent of Golden Sun for me, but really it's more like a modern Zelda II. Gah. It's so good. Traversing it just feels great with so many hidden secrets and areas. Here's part of my GOTY write-up for it:
Never heard of it before, but you just sold me on this game!
Dragon Quest 3 just cause it's kinda based on the actual world map
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Plus the world map music is amazing
This map was amazing yeah. Great game too, although a little bit too grindy for my taste. Still my second favorite rpg on the Nes (after DQ4).
It's funny how I don't think the bottom image looks any worse than the top image.
And it's not like the non-ios version looks any better:
I guess the key difference here is people didn't grow up with the ios version?
I agree that both those top images look horrendous (FF7 and FF6 mobile). But that original pixelated world map was always awesome (your emulator shot isnt too hot though).
Anyways, other great mentions imo are
Morrowind,
Super Mario World
Link to the Past
Shining in the Darkness
Donkey Kong Country 3
Super Mario 3D World
Just to name a few.
DaciaJC
Gold Member
I have a certain fondness for the world map in the Mount&Blade games.
You spend quite a bit of time in it. In fact, unless you're in a settlement or taking part in a battle, you're probably lounging in the map. The beauty of it is it's not just you or your party shown traveling around the land - every party (warband, caravan, group of peasants, et cetera) has a presence on the map, even if they're well out of sight. You'll regularly come across a field battle or siege spanning many in-game hours or find yourself being pursued by a horde of bandits. The progress of a war can be marked by the number of ravaged villages or towns displaying the colors of their new factional owners. Parties will leave tracks on the map - the signs of a marshal leading a contingent of lords and their armies on a campaign are unmistakable.
In terms of appearance, the maps are fairly plain, something which will seemingly be addressed in Bannerlord, but they more than succeed at bringing the fictional worlds to life.
You spend quite a bit of time in it. In fact, unless you're in a settlement or taking part in a battle, you're probably lounging in the map. The beauty of it is it's not just you or your party shown traveling around the land - every party (warband, caravan, group of peasants, et cetera) has a presence on the map, even if they're well out of sight. You'll regularly come across a field battle or siege spanning many in-game hours or find yourself being pursued by a horde of bandits. The progress of a war can be marked by the number of ravaged villages or towns displaying the colors of their new factional owners. Parties will leave tracks on the map - the signs of a marshal leading a contingent of lords and their armies on a campaign are unmistakable.
In terms of appearance, the maps are fairly plain, something which will seemingly be addressed in Bannerlord, but they more than succeed at bringing the fictional worlds to life.
misericordia
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Masterspeed
Member
I can't see much people agreeing with me, but I loved Oblivions map of Cyrodil, It was huge when it first came out and getting lost in the forests was huge. Plus, the city itself in the middle was also very well constructed, easy to find things and easy to understand what was the main point of interest in the story, the tower!
The tower in It's majesty and the beautiful city around it.
The tower in It's majesty and the beautiful city around it.
That was my hope, bro! It's SO. good. Just make sure you download any/all patches once you get it. Here's the first part of my write-up, there were patch issues and they got thankfully fixed:
Please do let me know what you think when you get to play it--you and I tend to have very similar tastes in games so I think you'll enjoy it immensely!
dreampeppers99
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The plateu
Nah, I'm kidding (yet)!
Nah, I'm kidding (yet)!
This! So much this!!
Zenlightened
Banned
It's fucking Leonardo!
In all seriousness
Morrowind: Vvardenfell is simply amazing, having to learn directions and landmarks to get around just made it feel so real. Best Bethesda map/world period.
Ni-No Kuni: What hasn't been said about this world map that hasn't been said about fellatio? It's fantastic, satisfying, and makes for a mind blowing sensory experience.
I personally love all the early FF world maps (except 8, being on the field always was an eyesore). As far as FFVI is concerned the back nine map was always ugly. That's the point. The new version with its cherry kool-aid ocean and bonkers perspective is a goddamn blasphemous atrocity.
malboroking
Banned
Morrowind still has the best map in the Elder Scrolls series. Just need to mod out those Cliff Racers!
malboroking
Banned
It's funny how I don't think the bottom image looks any worse than the top image.
And it's not like the non-ios version looks any better:
I guess the key difference here is people didn't grow up with the ios version?
The problems is the IOS version is incohesive, they look like sprites from different games. Oh and they look terrible too, has nothing to do with growing up with the game, the completely borked the color palette.
themagicalkitsune
Member
OK I can understand FF6 looks better on the SNES. My point was that final fantasy overworlds (past the NES titles) always looked a bit ugly to me. Even in its original state I was not fond of FF6's overworld compared to, say, Chrono Trigger or Dragon Quest 6. Then again there's lots of things people praise FF6 for, that I don't get.
It just seemed funny that these posts were so close, one saying 7 had the best world map and another one saying 6 ios had literally the worst, when they look about the same kind of ugly.
Rug Monkey
Member
Rome: Total War and Europa Universalis 4 relief maps for me. Both animated and fully zoomable.
If every post has the name of the game, that takes less than 2 seconds for every poster (since you're familiar with the game). If all posts are without the name, it takes several minutes to google like a hundred games for everyone reading this thread. Even more importantly, it's a terrible mindset to think "My time is so much more important than yours so I'm not going to bother typing "FF6" but I expect other people to jump through hoops instead"
RPG's are small subsets of games with maps. JRPG's are a small subset of RPG's (for example I play quite a lot of RPG's but I've never finished a single JRPG). Final Fantasy is a single series within JRPG genre. FF 6 is a singe game within the series. Your picture is from iOS version, which is yet another niche-inside-niche-inside niche.
It's more like "If you can't identify 3 seconds of obscure Tupac Shakur song this rap thread isn't for you, even if title is about all music genres of just rap"
DiipuSurotu
Banned
You're still missing the point though. Whatever FFVII looks like, it at least looks consistent. It's 3D characters on a 3D field with 3D towns. FFVI Mobile looks completely crazy with flat-colored 2D sprites on a mode-7 texturized field with 3D towns... not to mention the UI elements with a completely different pixel resolution. Even if it had the best 2D sprites ever and the best 3D town models ever it would still look horrible as they just don't belong to the same artstyle.
Trigonometrize.
Member
Mario 3D World is my favourite. The casino bit in particular is lovely.
Really? I always disliked 3D World's level select world. That last carnival section is pretty cool but shots like this:
show just how flat it is. Super Mario World makes you feel like you're actually trekking through a world, while 3D World makes it feel like you're selecting levels. I'm sure some people prefer the streamlined look, but if I wanted it streamlined I'd go even further and just have a menu.
TheMasterThief
Neo Member
Bravely Default's world map is absolutely beautiful to both observe and traverse across
My favorite bit about the world is the smooth transition from day into night, coupled that with the music trading in an energetic beat with one that is calm and soothing
My favorite bit about the world is the smooth transition from day into night, coupled that with the music trading in an energetic beat with one that is calm and soothing
Could not agree more about Baten Kaitos. I love that game and even the sequel. They are massively underrated IMO. The card battle system could be so deep.
Valkyrie Profile 2 really stood out to me, mostly the aesthetics and music. Too bad I couldn't find a better video, it has nice ambient animation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIsbzrF3FAw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIsbzrF3FAw
MegaSackman
Member
Map of the year so far:
The Witness
The Witness
DealWithIt
Member
Shining force two had a great overworld where there wereplaces to explore that later became your battlefields. It really enjoyed that, because it made the world feel vast and lived in.
I don't think I've seen someone show super Mario 64, which has the most innovative overworld, perhaps of any game ever made.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Terranigma, you can guess why:
The underworld was great too.
I'm ok with this one not being labeled.
A Link to the Past and A Link Between Worlds are some of my favorite to actually traverse and explore. They're both just full of detail and secrets.
And since nobody mentioned it yet, Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne's world map looks pretty good despite the fact that your character is just a pointer or something. Besides, the music theme is really cool. Both of them.
And since nobody mentioned it yet, Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne's world map looks pretty good despite the fact that your character is just a pointer or something. Besides, the music theme is really cool. Both of them.
So one of titles frequently cited as one of the top 2 (or 3) games in the largest RPG franchise is now niche? Huh?
Ni No Kuni
https://youtu.be/ydcRR1S7uBk?t=37s
Easily one of my favourites, great music and a cool overworld.
Yep.
Shout outs to FFVI/Terra's Theme also, and the Lufia games. Great music IMO really set the moods.
Tupac definitely isn't niche. Google "the best rapper of all times" and your first result is Tupac Shakur. Google "the greatest RPG of all times" you'll see FF6 in 20th place. FF6 might be a great game for all I know, no disrespect, just that I've never seen anyone play it or talking about it before this thread.
But let's assume we're talking about FF7, which is like 100 times more famous than FF6 and deserves a spot in some lists as the best RPG of all times. Even if 99.9% of Neogaf readers would recognize FF7 from any screenshot, you should still name the picture for that 0.01% of people.
Edit: Gaming is so fragmented on different platforms and genres that every game is relatively niche. You might think "everyone" is talking about Overwatch, but you'll have your sports game fans, truck simulator fans, historic strategy game fans, indie game fans and Japanese game fans who don't give a crap about any game outside their favorite genre. Or you might think "everyone" knows League of Legends, but even that is a niche game because of the majority of people don't play on PC.
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