"Guys, I've discovered another advantage of open-world games. They can satisfy two different types of players at the same time, which linear narrative games could never do."
"Hmph, the more I play open-world games, the more hooked I get. The immersion they offer almost kills every other type of game I've played before..."
"I really think this genre could be explored and developed further until it becomes a genre of its own."
With that said, Wang Laoju opened the map and took a close look.
He had thought that after four or five hours, he must have nearly finished exploring the area.
But with the information gathered from other streamers' comments,
Wang Laoju learned the right way to study the map.
Turns out, the Elden map isn't just for teleporting between Blessing Spots.
It even contains a wealth of information!
On this map, which has an overhead view of the terrain,
lots of terrain features and buildings are directly represented.