User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter 4 for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-1011548-20111231105354

The open-world map idea seemingly demonstrated in the video above might actually be rather good (assuming they don't use the actual map from the video, that's incredibly bland and boring). The Snowy Mountains is the best example of my vision, as all the areas are really closely interconnected anyway. Wouldn't it be better to be able to travel over the whole Snowy Mountains area without passing through invisible airlock seals every 30 seconds? It would certainly help make the place feel more... epic. More alive, more realistic. The only problem I can see is getting away from monsters, but I suppose it can't be that difficult to add tiny little alcoves or tunnels to a map that Hunters but not monsters can enter.