There is literally no reason for any modern game not to have a map

>>715781231 (OP)
I love that this mod is just a seperate window but all his screenshots are laid out to make you think it's actually an in game UI element mod

>>715781231 (OP)
this some sad nigga cheating shit in a single player ass game are you frrr?!!

>>715781231 (OP)
nah, it trivializes exploration. just use what you have, you don't need to find every item. you don't need to explore every single inch of the map.

>>715781467
I've played hundreds of games where I had to keep a map in my head and I'm tired of it

>>715781231 (OP)
>I'm too retarded to walk around without GPS

>>715781509
you fucking autist, I love you

>>715781231 (OP)
>minimap in Dark Souls of all games.
ngmi

>>715781231 (OP)
Good level design by the game dev + basic orientation skills by the user = no map needed.
Unfortunately in 2025, these are unrealistic expectations to have for both sides.

>>715781231 (OP)
>Dark Souls
>Modern
Dark Souls is 14 years old, grandpa...

>>715781231 (OP)
Lmao, imagine needing a map for a game that mostly takes place in what's basically a hallway.

>>715781231 (OP)
reason #1: make zoomoids seethe

Create a game with a good and memorable world
I never got lost playing Dark Souls, even on my first playthrough.

>>715781231 (OP)
Dark Souls is literally the ONLY game I've played that really does not need a map. And I'm completely retarded when it comes to sense of direction. I've been lost in my own neighborhood.

>>715781231 (OP)
Minimaps are lazy shit pushed by companies that skip out on actually making use of proper landmarks, framing, directions, geography and logic.
Diegetic map or bust, total minimap death.
I want the map to just flat out give up and scrawl some bullshit like "here be monsters" in the blank parts.
>>715783586
>Still have the dark souls mental map
Fucking waste of processing power to know where everything in a 15 year old game is located on demand.

>>715783912
Landmarks don't help you remember where that tiny corridor was that you found 10 hours ago

There is literally no reason for PC games not to have completely rebindable keys. Seriously. Whenever I play a game with bindable keys, but there is just one or two menu actions that are arbitrarily hard keyed while everything else is not, I begin to lose my fucking mind.

>>715783912
>Fucking waste of processing power to know where everything in a 15 year old game is located on demand.
What am I supposed to remember? Work stuff that gives me ptsd?

>>715784087
>game has rebindable keys
>but you can't bind the extra mouse buttons

>>715784087
>Change Ammo
>Select Next Belt Item
>Toggle Object Belt
There's just some things I refuse to use in every game. Even when you can rebind everything when a game has TOO many buttons for TOO many different things it's just not enjoyable to use/memorize all of them. You'd need extra fingers or the appendages of a necromorph

>>715781231 (OP)
use your brain a bit, faggot

>>715784114
You don't understand, I must devote brainpower to remembering homoerotic mnemonic devices for resistor color coding.
>>715783962
Neither does a minimap.
>>715784087
>You vill press forvard und attack to shield bash.
If a PC game doesn't let you assign hotkeys to every single item, that's also pretty bad.

>>715784457
nigga thinks MMOs hotbars are the pinnacle of PC gayming

>>715781231 (OP)
I unironically couldn't tell you where anything in Novigrad in witcher 3 is. I just keep looking at the minimap. It may sound like a me problem, but I know none of you could draw a map from memory either, while you could probably draw a perfect map including item and enemy placement of dark souls.

>>715784697
That's not a problem with the map, that's because of the fact objectives give you a GPS line to follow

>>715784512
Unironically yes. Miles better than the crime against UI that is Sekiro, where you must go to a menu practically every time you want to slot something in, even in situations where it makes no sense even on controllers.

Where's the quest marker arrow and the batman sense you boomer?
I'm not gonna play no old ass game without all the necessary GUI elements added in lol.

>>715781231 (OP)
minimaps are for casuals and ruin level design.

>>715781231 (OP)

Knowing what’s behind every corner kills the sense of adventure.

>>715784775
Pausing to change loadout is based though

>>715781231 (OP)
DS1 is the extremely straightforward. It's impossible to get lost unless you are just retarded.

>>715781231 (OP)
Wrong, it filters faggots like you.

>>715781231 (OP)
pro hud in botw is great because you stop staring at the map all the time
good level design doesn't need a map for the player to keep staring at, or at least make a simple map that still forces the player to interact with the actual game

>>715785193
Kingdom Coom hardcore mode has it figured out perfectly, give the player the big world map but no minimap
It doesn't have a player marker either but I guess you could optionally enable that for casuals

>>715781231 (OP)
if (you) get lost in dark souls 1 of all games you shouldn't play the game to begin with. Part of the fun is exploring and making a mental map of the entire game and how areas connect with each other.

>>715781231 (OP)
>There is literally no reason for any modern game not to have a map
I can name two: to stimulate exploration and immersion

>>715781231 (OP)
It's good to have a map (preferably stylized rather than exact 1:1 "satellite image") that's opening in a full screen, shows locations of most important landmarks and doesn't show your location.
Minimaps however is a "cheat" for developers. They need to design levels that do not require minimaps to explore and navigate comfortably instead of just slapping minimaps and celebrating job well done.

>>715781231 (OP)
Why the fuck would I need a minimap in Dark Souls

>>715781231 (OP)
This is the same shit as fucking zoomers asking how older generations navigate without GPS.
Or Alpha gens when they will be asking how older gens did life without Grok.

This is all it takes to fix exploration in souls games. We don't need a minimap.

>>715786638
based

>>715781231 (OP)