I think it looks nice, but it doesn't help me at all to feel like I'm actually a part of the game world. In fact it does the opposite.

a lil of both I believe..

I like it, although I never really disliked OB's map. Colour woulda been nice though ??

I'd love a system similar to Far Cry 2, where your character pulls out a map real time and can switch between world and local maps. Be awesome with the new lighting system too, like your in a dark cave and can barely see your map, so you light your torch and the light is flickering and bouncing off the map realistically

it looks like a cool concept, but just for the sake of not having a paper map as a $10 DLC add-on please please please Bethesda include a paper map so we can choose which one to use

a GPS System could easily break the immersion

I loathed Oblivion's parchment map, this seems like a spiritual step back to Morrowind's colored render map.

A link would have been nice with the poll; I've seen it briefly and it looks V.nice

Maybe we'll get a traditional one with the box set?

I hate it.

I want a normal 2d map. :sadvaultboy:

I want to look at the map from the top and without annoying clouds.

Looking at maps is always a lot of fun in these games IMHO, with this 3d crap this part of the fun will be gone. :sadvaultboy:

I hope someone will be able to mod a map to the game (this isn't a map IMO).

A waste.

Like it a lot i think they should add a search function in the map

It's a map like any other... other than it's 3D...

In my opinion Skyrim should have both, paper and the new.

I rather fancy the new map system, it's visually stunning. :tops:

I think it looks great and providing it doesn't reveal anything in the game world until you've actually discovered it there shouldn't be a problem.

I think there will be only a traditional 2d map in caves and the like, as you can't really have a dragons eye view of a cave layout..... or can you?

I do think it would have been nice to have had the option of a 2D traditional parchment map in game as well as the fancy sat nav style so that all players are happy..... maybe there will be, how much dev time would it actually take to have a basic 2D map anyway?

If not mods will probably sort it out for PC players somewhere down the line...... That doesn't solve the issue for console players that don't like it though.

Still things change and you aren't always going to like the changes and other times you will, you've just got to, as the saying goes...."Take the rough with the smooth"

I really like it because it gives a topographic feel of the land so you can expect what kind of terrain lies ahead.

I like it. Better than the bland crap they gave us in Oblivion.

The map in Oblivion was awful. It was bland and crappy and not all that informative. The new one looks much better. You can rotate it, see actual heights and plan your path, and of course it looks awesome. Want a paper map. Break out the one that comes in the box.

dont worry im almost certain there will be mods. saying that i like the new map
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I'm really not looking forward to the new map. I suspect if there's a mod that makes it better I'll end up getting the game on PC.

I think it has both.


I'm in the impression that these maps will be in-game items and they will be very likely classic hand-drawn maps.

That's my only concern with the new map system, I love the look of it but I'm worried that it's going to reveal to much about the game world before I get there. I'm sure it won't though. I'm all for the 3D I think it looks great.

It reminds me of Brothers in Arms "situational awareness" view. I know "immersion" has become a dirty word with some people around here (bizarrely), but, for me, anything that reminds me I'm just playing a video game is a bad thing. The PoV suddenly zooming skywards will probably do that.

I'm guessing there will be no interior maps. That's what the clairvoyance spell is for.

Why does my character have access to google nirn? I just think a paper map is more believable, plus, I like looking at real maps. Not fiddly 3d monstrosities.

I think it's entirely possible that the Clouds act as a Fog of War. That would certainly make it better imo.

I love how people are complaining about the map "breaking immersion" while apparently having no problem with the old map magically telling you your position and heading, as well as being surrounded by a window, with a cursor that makes the name of the thing you're hovering over appear in a little text box.