The world is massive or not?

[Sokurah]

I mean i keep finding new areas and only have cleansed one beacon and i'm 20 hours in?

If you take your time this is 50 - 60 hours or more?

I like that.

[Makam]

I really hope so, I like it too much

[Celery]

It's quite large. Comparable to Dark Souls 2 with DLC.

[Zakayel]

It does feel rather large but I will say that a lot of it is padding in just figuring out where to go next to progress, Sometimes the path forward is really a path into a long circle and you'll spend the next 3 hours figuring out that there was a tiny door you missed 2 hours ago that became opened but you had forgotten about it doing the circle. The lack of a true map of at least a general direction can be frustrating adding to the illusion of size. The journals help somewhat but if your gut tells you progress is in a certain direction but it isn't there's a lot of artificial hours.

[Sokurah]

Originally posted by Zakayel:

It does feel rather large but I will say that a lot of it is padding in just figuring out where to go next to progress, Sometimes the path forward is really a path into a long circle and you'll spend the next 3 hours figuring out that there was a tiny door you missed 2 hours ago that became opened but you had forgotten about it doing the circle. The lack of a true map of at least a general direction can be frustrating adding to the illusion of size. The journals help somewhat but if your gut tells you progress is in a certain direction but it isn't there's a lot of artificial hours.

I actually started a layout on paper to know where there is still stuff to be done.

Overall i like the world design so far.

[K.]

30h for ending.

[Sokurah]

Originally posted by K.:

30h for ending.

Seems rushed tbh. I made 24 hours and only have 1 beacon.😂

[NewYears1978]

Originally posted by Sokurah:

I mean i keep finding new areas and only have cleansed one beacon and i'm 20 hours in?

If you take your time this is 50 - 60 hours or more?

I like that.

I am only 15-ish hours and it feels more artificially large to me. Like big huge linear forced paths in large areas so it makes it seem larger.

Not saying whether this is good or bad, just my thoughts on it.

It can get confusing sometimes with all the intertwining and shortcuts. Yes that sounds like a good thing but I think it's poorly implemented. Others have praised it though so to each their own.

[Sokurah]

Well it can be irritating at times. The areas i saw so far were mosty fun tho.

[cfcurasi]

Very large, each zone can last hours to get through especially if you're exploring for goodies. Main story takes 30ish hours while side quests and optional exploration can easily bump that to 50+ on your first run

[BigCheese]

Fextralife said it was surprisingly big.

[PotatoGandalf]

im on 70 hours plus but we had problems in coop expecially on launch, but we're also farming weapons and armor from big enemies.
One more boss and im done tho :)

[Limp Squirrel]

It's a large, well-crafted world imo. I'm about 20h in and hit the second beacon. Your mileage goes up quite a bit if you go out of your way to discover optional areas (they're worth it imo). It can be a bit confusing to figure out where you're supposed to go next though.

[BareNakedSlayer]

I honestly think this world is large like maybe Dark Souls 3. Way bigger than recent other Souls-like games. No Elden Ring, but it's not small, it is also quite twisty. I'm 26 hours in, I spent a couple of hours bashing my head against a wall before I realized I had skipped multiple areas when I got the Pilgrim's Perch key and was messing around in that area. So far as the world is concerned, it's one of the best crafted in a Souls-like game.

[Atty]

It's supposedly 3 times as big as Lordran.

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It's NOT an open world game.

But THERE are tons of secrets.

(I got close to 100 hours now)