>>44167627About on par with 6. It's big, but in the sense that it's 3D, once you memorize it it's chump change compared to some better map designs in past gems, albeit they are 2D, but I don't really get why you can't get map designs like that in 3D in a mainline current gen game, it's kind of annoying because it results in less time invested during exploration, less mysteries to solve, paths to just find out of nowhere, if that makes sense. After the initial sequences, the IoA is just kinda an island that's there, it just kinda is what it is. You can go there to do stuff, and back to Galar, sadly Following Pokemon don't make it to the main Wild Area, but at the same time, all of IoA being Wild Area except buildings is a massive step in the right direction. I guess I hope Gen 9 keeps these qualities and attempts to improve non-linear exploration.
