Am I the only one who keeps getting lost in the levels?

[FroBodine]

I love this game so far, but I can't count how many times I have backtracked unknowingly to places I've already been, just because everything looks the same and there is no mini-map or overhead map within the levels. Waste of time repeatedly having to turn around , only to take a side trip, fight a monster, then when I'm back at the map I go the wrong way and I have backtracked yet again.

I finally got out of the underwater forest area (forget what it's called), the second big area, and I repeatedly kept going backwards to places I already went through just because I get turned around. Super frustrating. A simple overhead or mini-map would solve this problem, like almost every other game.

[strongled]

Piece of paper, stick with pointy smearing rock.

[smidlee]

Look above you. Often I tell different areas by looking up. I hate the modern idea everything must be marked on the map which destroys exploring.
I know the water area is easy to track where I've been by looking up.

[alt]

Tbh games hand holding is boring and becoming way too common. I don’t want to see yellow paint everywhere such as in Resident Evil (still love those games).

I love the lack of UI and map while traveling the world. Makes me explore every corner.

[smidlee]

Oh yes the brain dead yellow paint.

[a.warringa1]

The lanterns and other lights allways point the way in the correct direction.

[Brocknoth]

Originally posted by a.warringa1:

The lanterns and other lights allways point the way in the correct direction.

Yup. There is clear land markings in the background to help push you forward or towards secrets. I do get turned around a little myself but only briefly. I think a mini map would ruin this game honestly.

[FroBodine]

Yep, but I keep following the lanterns the wrong way, back where I came from after I get turned around. Yes, it's a me thing, but a mini-map would really help.

I said nothing about yellow paint. I don't need identifiers to show me exactly what to climb, etc. Just a mini-map of some sort to help with orientation.

[Ratsplat]

Funny thing is that getting lost has caused me to find things I missed from actual exploration.

But overall, the sakatakapate (however you say it) battleground has so far been the only place that has felt like a maze.

[['w']]

I'm doing fine, like others wrote, you stick to the wall until your circled the room once and try to remember the exits meanwhile, drawing is viable too

feels like the old text adventures (books) where you jumped between pages and had to take notes. So far my brain is enough.

[Suntorias]

Remember, you can always bring up the expedition overlay to check the compass. The large area in the flying waters made me start using it properly, haven't got lost since.

[Musou]

People are so cooked, you can have a map without yellow paint, without quest markers, just a simple map like games had since the NES days, where no yellow paint existed.

[Ratsplat]

Originally posted by Musou:

People are so cooked, you can have a map without yellow paint, without quest markers, just a simple map like games had since the NES days, where no yellow paint existed.

Funny thing is that the first time I saw the climbing holds, my first thought was yellow paint. But at least they explained who put them there and primarily the first encounter was what had what looked like a yellow path. But other areas looked much better.

[marsHm311oW]

That happened me after Mononoco > go to Old Luminere. I turned right instead of left and thought I must go through Frozen Heart. I leveled till 70+ until I noticed Im wrong here ^^

[wildcardbitches]

Originally posted by Ratsplat:

Funny thing is that getting lost has caused me to find things I missed from actual exploration.

But overall, the sakatakapate (however you say it) battleground has so far been the only place that has felt like a maze.

and it's literally called the maze at one of the save points.

[Creepy]

I lose my direction after every battle. 😆