No mini maps, no quest markers, no gps system

[HoboForEternity]

Finally an open world game where the developers respect players intelligence and encourage organic exploration.

From what i saw there is only a radar and compass that show the direction and enemies.

No ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ mechanics, no downright insulting and patronizing "feature" that i see in 90% of open world out there.

My body is rrady for pure ELEX

[Jazz the Goose]

yup, im hyped af too. finally an ACUTAL rpg, not casual action games with quests and a skill system like fallout 4 and witcher. cant wait

[Thoddy]

The ingame map has all kind of markers.

https://www.pic-upload.de/view-34103398/Unbenannt.jpg.html

[Clegane]

Originally posted by Thoddy398:

The ingame map has all kind of markers.

https://www.pic-upload.de/view-34103398/Unbenannt.jpg.html

By default all of the markers on a map are disabled. There is a "legend" button downside of the map, where you can activate any markers you want. But once again, by default there is no quest markesrs.

[Mr.Hmm]

Best decision the developers ever made.

I will enable only the Comprass so that i can see where i go but nothing else.

[HoboForEternity]

Originally posted by Thoddy398:

The ingame map has all kind of markers.

https://www.pic-upload.de/view-34103398/Unbenannt.jpg.html

these ar3 in game mark marker that show you point of interest and important places. Totally different than a mini map that appear on the gameplay screen and lines and dots that tell you where to go.

The problem with these mini map gps system is that your attention when exploring into the map instead of your actual surrounding, and it is msde even worse with quest markers.

At least with the map screen, you have to open the map, remember the general direction and deduce yourself where to go and you have to close the map screen to walk again.

ELEX map marker is for convenience. , most games markers are for patronising the players

[age]

i'd rather have it auto map things i've discovered

[DeGreZet]

In Witcher 3 u can disable map and other hud elements which are conected with navigation. I did it and highly recomment it to everyone.

[Clegane]

Originally posted by DeGreZet:

In Witcher 3 u can disable map and other hud elements which are conected with navigation. I did it and highly recomment it to everyone.

There is a BIG HUGE difference:
in W3 markes are ENABLE by default,
in ELEX marker are DISABLED by default.
Witcher targeting at casuals gamers, Elex targeting at hardcore gamers.

[Thoddy]

Originally posted by HoboForEternity:

ELEX map marker is for convenience. , most games markers are for patronising the players

In all recent open world games these markers can be switched off.

[Thoddy]

Originally posted by Whatever happens:

Witcher targeting at casuals gamers, Elex targeting at hardcore gamers.

Oh please. Did you watch LP‘s?

[Y Ddraig Ddu]

Originally posted by DeGreZet:

In Witcher 3 u can disable map and other hud elements which are conected with navigation. I did it and highly recomment it to everyone.

Originally posted by Thoddy398:

Originally posted by HoboForEternity:

ELEX map marker is for convenience. , most games markers are for patronising the players

In all recent open world games these markers can be switched off.

The problem with Witcher 3 is that you can't find your objective based on the information the game gives you, because it's like the world design and the quests were written by two different teams in different rooms with no communication between the two. The devs even said that they could not disable objective locations from your main map because then you won't be able to find them.

ELEX gives you tons of locational directions; you're able to find everything you need based on NPC information and the landmarking in the world alone. That's the difference.

[Y Ddraig Ddu]

Originally posted by Thoddy398:

Originally posted by Whatever happens:

Witcher targeting at casuals gamers, Elex targeting at hardcore gamers.

Oh please. Did you watch LP‘s?

Yup, even on Normal difficulty the game is brutally difficult. Witcher 3 even on Death March is a cakewalk unless you're fighting enemies with more than 5 levels on top of you.

[Clegane]

Originally posted by Thoddy398:

Oh please. Did you watch LP‘s?

You mean Elex is not a hardcore game? IDK, Witcher 3 was too easy for me. I even didn't use my haed - everything was outlined and marked. So I didn't like W3 in this case. In Gothic and Risen games series there always was at least a few quest that was complicated enough. Ok, Risen 2 was casual too. But the Gothic was fine.

[Kozzy]

Welcome to PB games :)

If you want another tough, challenging rpg check out Divinity Original Sin 2, been playing it alot till Elex is out, good challenge!

[Y Ddraig Ddu]

Originally posted by Kozzy:

Welcome to PB games :)

If you want another tough, challenging rpg check out Divinity Original Sin 2, been playing it alot till Elex is out, good challenge!

Larian, PB, Harebrained Schemes and Obsidian are the four best RPG developers in the world by many, many miles. No one else even comes close to these guys.