Recent events have given me hope that the dark era of the mini-map may finally be coming to an end. For years, it has been assumed that open-world games require a mini-map in the corner of the screen.

Kojima Production's Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes won my heart earlier this year for being one of the first big open world games to siphon the mini-map off into the background. It helped that it ...

Though some might criticize Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 for its lack of a mini-map, the developers believe it allows players to better immerse themselves in the world. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 ...

So what is a seed map? It's right there in the name--a map of your Minecraft world, generated using your Minecraft world's seed number. In the same way that a Minecraft Seed doesn't account for ...

When there’s a mini map, you can end up relying on it. And we want players to discover the world as the expedition does it. They don’t have a map because every previous expedition failed.

The open-world title let you take in and navigate the neon madness instead of keeping you surgically attached to the mini-map. But there was still a mini-map, wasn’t there? And it’s too easy ...

With it, comes a typical host of bug fixes, some optimisation tweaks, and a world and mini-map adjustment designed to aid team play. From front to back, a bug that caused players to stand before ...

Meurisse states that when you have a mini map on-screen at all times, you can "end up relying on it" instead of actually searching the world in front of you. There's also an in-game reason for the ...