No mounts?

[Joseph The Space Nord]

So why no mounts in an open world game? The first game got criticized for not having mounts, you would think that they would have added them in for the second game.

[Zenwolf]

Personally didn't see that it was needed by early mid game you had laid out a fair amount of port crystals so teleportation was primary fast travel.

[Mandalorian Deathknight]

what the first game the map is small for mounts

[Drake]

I'm pretty sure it's about the size. If there are no mounts you can make a smaller but denser world. With mounts you have to design big ranges for your mount to actually serve a purpose (because if every city is 1 location away on mount, it's going to be boring real fast).

People always assume mounts for open worlds but really it really depends on the world design. If they are not necessary for travel, you don't need to have them.

[DaciValt]

Well whoever complained about the lack of them in the first game were wrong.

The world wasn't that big especially with teleportation.

[Snefru]

I wouldn’t. I appreciate a dev who doesn’t overreact to every criticism. Take the feedback and decide what fits your vision/design for the game. Like Dark Souls games not having difficulty settings.

[Keith 'Blood' Hanson]

You mount monsters to stab them in the face? ...Also if you're near a road you can sometimes come across a cart that'll take you to the nearest town. Exploration here is a bit denser than most of the games that say 'hey, here's a horse!'...Ususally those games have huge maps with...Nothing to do really from point A to B.

Also they're expensive as hell and that thang is getting eaten by a griffon five minutes after you bought it, c'mon.

[Dangeki]

When you make the game assuming the player wont mount quickly past everything or immediately teleport across the map it allows you to add more depth to each part of the world.

While I would like mounts it would have to be some sort of carriage or something for our party of usually four because I wouldn't want to be on a horse where the pawns phase out of reality or something.

[Tooslow]

The mounts come in the multiplayer portion, after you finish the Chocobo races.

[zmanbuilder]

Originally posted by Joseph The Space Nord:

So why no mounts in an open world game? The first game got criticized for not having mounts, you would think that they would have added them in for the second game.

No mounts other than the ones you carry to the inn. If you know what i'm saying.

[WizardLordKing]

Nah lil bro you gotta walk and appreciate your surroundings. Take time to reflect your life in game while strolling across the whole map.

[Tenoshii]

Originally posted by Joseph The Space Nord:

So why no mounts in an open world game? The first game got criticized for not having mounts, you would think that they would have added them in for the second game.

I guess it depends on how much you think passionate and experienced development teams work to address "issues" every time a portion of the gaming population sees fit to "criticize" the absence of a feature or gameplay element.

[ƬᗩԲԲվ]

At least let us command our pawn to carry us.

[PresenceOfMind]

no mount and no fast travel. this game is not for filthy casuals.

[FallenSnowie]

Port Crystals and ferrystones make mounts irrelevant if they are also in this game then best stock up on them.

[TTV/RebelBuffoon]

Originally posted by Zenwolf:

Personally didn't see that it was needed by early mid game you had laid out a fair amount of port crystals so teleportation was primary fast travel.

True, and the crystals came from Playthrough to playthrough, so you only struggled in the 1st time through with travel, then you had all the Ports to beat the subsequent ones in 5 mins flat.