Alright so I've unlocked the explorer perk last night and quickly realized how small the map actually is.
 

" Did you prefer the subway tunnels that allowed you to access parts of DC or these weird access routes with invisible walls all across the Mojave? "

" Alright so I've unlocked the explorer perk last night and quickly realized how small the map actually is.
 

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The whole left side of the map (1/3) has nothing and the bottom right only has one location, Caesar's fort.

 This is a bit disappointing especially since the south Vegas area only has a few buildings, and the wasteland has a billion invisible walls. Also the map does a terrible job of letting you know how to get to a map marker because of the rough terrain.  so my question is: Did you prefer the subway tunnels that allowed you to access parts of DC or these weird access routes with invisible walls all across the Mojave? "

I preferred 3's map to New Vegas. I really enjoyed the way 3's map was laid out and I thought the metro tunnels were pretty neat. However, despite the fact that NV's map is about a quarter to a third smaller than 3's map (not even counting the massive unused portion of the world), and despite the fact that there are way less random, interesting locations to explore, the NV map still manages to cram a ton of shit to do into its considerably smaller area.
 
I just think that 3 did a better job of encouraging exploration. I loved all the cool buildings that weren't really there for any specific reason other than to just crawl around in for awhile. In NV, most locations that aren't used for a quest is small and/or empty, or completely useless. Why should a standalone building which has all of its doors nailed shut and serves no real purpose have its own map marker?

Quest marker was completely broken when it came to locating a particular spot outside of New Vegas. You know what I'm talking about. 
 

I wish we got a Morrowind style of directions instead. "Go to New Vegas, make a left, walk 20 miles, spin around three times, blah,blah,blah" Instead of a compass and map that told you were to go.

I agree that morrwind's directions were kind of neat, but it was pretty easy to get lost in that game. I do think that Oblivion and Fallout 3 have taken things too far the other way, removing some of the excitement of the exploration in the rpgs.

I agree that I wished the game did a better job of telling you how to get a location due to rough, unclimbable terrain and the like.
 
I can not tell you how frustrated I got when I tried to do the the Legion camp by going around a mountain through the Hoover Dam only to realize that there is an insurmountable road block on the damn going to the Legion camp.

The monotonous copy pasted metro system in F3 was way worse.

" I wish we got a Morrowind style of directions instead. "Go to New Vegas, make a left, walk 20 miles, spin around three times, blah,blah,blah" Instead of a compass and map that told you were to go. "

Yeah I felt a bit surprised and disappointed when I was watching videos and finding out that the world map looked pretty small compared to Fallout 3's.     SPOILER WARNING: Click here to reveal hidden content.