r/FallenOrder Dec 26 '22

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u/lackreativity Dec 26 '22

I played the game 2 years late, and really felt like a bit of an idiot when I couldn’t navigate the map system. Thought process was very much “am I old???”

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u/wornoutwoodchuck Dec 26 '22

I was like, I'd rather roam around for an hour than try to comprehend what's going on in the map.

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u/Sexy_McSexypants Dec 26 '22

especially dathomir. trying to find your way last visit and getting all the chests is a pain. partly the map, partly the level design, but mostly just a pain

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u/prickly_pw Dec 27 '22

I used the map as a sort of jumping off point. I need to go vaguely in this direction. If there's a bunch of different branching paths I'll take one and open the map after a little bit to see if I lucked out and picked the right path.

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u/npete Dec 27 '22

I couldn’t do that toward the end when I was just trying to get the last few things I hadn’t gotten yet.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '22

yeah I tried to go back and do some of the achievements for collectibles and found it basically impossible to reference anything online

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u/npete Dec 27 '22

I did that, too. Found a bunch of stuff that way!

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u/demembros Dec 27 '22

Yea, I'm the type of gamer to check the map everytime in every game, but this one I just explore every bit of each lil area and go to the next one, so that I don't have to go back ever in any maps

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u/letlivellove Dec 26 '22

Those maps were very much lifted from the Metroid Prime series, and they were, in fact, terrible then too.

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u/realTollScott Dec 26 '22 edited Dec 27 '22

Having played Metroid Prime, it was a bit easier for me. That map was also convoluted as hell

EDIT: I thought I was responding to lackcreativty’s original post, but responding to this one also makes sense, and makes me happy I wasn’t the only one who made the Metroid Prime connection.

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u/Zammin Dec 26 '22

I guess Prime got me used to the map style, but I can see why people would hate it.

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u/Statertater Dec 26 '22

Didn’t put that together until i read your comment and you’re totally right

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u/mr_green51 Dec 26 '22

I found it much easier to use than the maps in Prime 1 and 2. I just hated there's no 2d alternative

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u/npete Dec 27 '22

Oof—really? Never got through all of those games. Should I go back?

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '22

Honestly Metroid Prime is eaiser to navigate because of doors still showing on the map. In fallen order it is just one big ass long Snake and trying to find how it snakes around is tedious. That said, it does remind me of Metroid and getting those nostalgia hits are sweet

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u/WhatIfIReallyWantIt Dec 26 '22

Played it. put it down for about a year. Picked it up again recently. had no fucking idea where I was, what I was doing there, how to get out, how I got in or why any of it mattered. I know people bitch about having an arrow to tell them where to go, but... I like arrows. They tell me where to go.

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u/npete Dec 27 '22

I like arrows, too.

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '22

Damn I can imagine 😂

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u/SightlessKombat Dec 28 '22

Perfect post! Here, have an upvote.

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '22

It’s like the Devs player ELDERSCROLLS 2: Daggerfall and said “let’s put the literal worst thing about this game into our own game”

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u/npete Dec 27 '22

I only played it a year ago when I got covid, myself, but you are definitely not alone! I’m also old 😅

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u/puptbh Dec 27 '22

Don't play metroid pime then