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Fallout and RPG veteran Josh Sawyer says most players don't want games "6 times bigger than Skyrim or 8 times bigger than The Witcher 3" (www.gamesradar.com)
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[–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago

I recently rewatched Rango and the size of the main settlement in that is about the size of those in RDR. Reflecting on that, I suppose I want the map to reflect the kind of scale and focus seen in other media. A film or TV show doesn't show us every street (usually) but it gives a sense of the scale of the place. If a game map couldn't be used for an establishing shot without looking daft then it doesn't really work for me, I reckon.

It's something I like about the overhead perspective used by games like Fallout and Wasteland - I perceive what's on screen as the area of the settlement that's relevant to me but with the understanding that there's more off screen. A character might mention going somewhere, much like in a play, and then reappear. Perhaps the player can go there, perhaps they can't even see it, but it makes the world feel larger.

I suppose, much like in reality, we rarely visit every location of a place, but it needs to feel like it might enter our narrative in some way.