The map is useless!

[Astray404]

Just finished this game and I found everything awesome (especially the Valkyrie queen boss fight)... except the in-game map. Since this is a linear game with some open-world feature, you cannot go straight from point A to point B, and routes are not displayed in the map, which makes the end-game "garbage" collecting and backtracking pretty frustrating. Plus, some of the terrains will change due to the story progress (like Alfheim and the mountain), and there should definitely be more teleport doors in these locations. The map looks pretty, but it should be in some official artbooks instead of the game because it lacks utility.

[papert0wng1rl]

Just finished the game too and also found the map the most terrible feature. It's quite useless on most occasions. Even hovering over locations to look at progress checklists was a pain, because the cursor was being pulled away from the spot I wanted to look at. Otherwise, one of the best games I've played yet.

[Dr_Mayus]

Yup, no idea why it was so shit.

[Bizurke2003]

Agreed, hopefully they figure a better way to do it for the next game.

Edited October 4, 2020 by Bizurke2003

[cobaltTangerine]

This map can definitely be a bit confusing going after 100%, such as trying to hover over areas on the map to see if you are missing anything. Luckily, the areas themselves are not that confusing. Some minor verticality issues, being able to see a higher area and needing to wander around to figure out the location of the lift. That is all I really remember. 

 

I recently finished Jedi Fallen Order and holy @&#% that is a terrible and confusing map. WITHOUT fast travel. I also recently tried jumping back into Darksiders 2. That's another rough one. I think the creators of God of War did a really good job of making very dense maps, where exploration is a very large part of the game. The developers probably made the vague map to enforce curiosity, etc.

[JollyCreep]

For God of War I don't remeber that I had a lot of promlems with the map.

You should try Fallen Order on planet Dathomir, that was one of the worst experience with any map for me in video games.