How big is map?

[Nordark]

Looking to maybe pick up this game and was wondering on how big the map is?

[Varien]

I would say big, couple miles wide/tall. Almost tempted to go out and drive it real quick lmao, that's how accurate the maps are =P

[Khaten]

Not big. The travel time gives the map a sense of grandeur but that has nothing to do with the actual distance covered. It has to do with the "not so realistic" travel time.

E.g. In the game it takes roughly an hour (game time) to cover about 1 km (or .6 miles) on foot. For reference, the average walking speed of an adult is roughly 3 miles/hour.

It takes a few hours to travel to the next community by vehicle, which is roughly 2 km (1.2 miles) to 3 km (1.8 miles) from center to center.

So this distended travel time gives the impression that the map is big.

[Saint Graz]

yeah not that large my small town in Scotland with around 10k folk cant even get the full town in .City's are way better as the close large buildings make it feel bigger

[PeaceMaker]

Originally posted by Nordark:

Looking to maybe pick up this game and was wondering on how big the map is?

It's about 2 miles, haven't measured exact, but playing from 'home' seems to be about that before I reach the 'border', which I know in real life would take me 20 minutes to get to on a relaxed walk.

However, when you choose the place (like your country), it will show whole regions which is many miles or kilometers, then you narrow it down to exactly where you are which is about a 2-4 mile square.

Also an advantage of this is you get to see much more detail of the local area, so if you want to place your HQ in your house, you can pretty much make the HQ your house or a couple of houses that include your house and zoom down quite close. You need that detail for the immersion since you will literally see some places you recognise and are named correctly too!

Also if your city is reasonably dense, you'll be surprised just how much there is about you. You won't be stuck for stuff to explore for a good while.

So I like that the range is closer.

That said a slightly longer range would be nice, yet still allowing a closer zoom, since there's a couple of places I would've liked to explore that are just out of range that i could walk easy in real life, although I'm not having to duck zombies, granted.