The most fearsome environment I liked is...

[Rak_Boy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDSVGbbW5Ro

[Ketsufuma]

one day~ Maybe the expansion will give us back those lovely big zones again

[whoopeeragon]

...those lovely big zones again

Big? Yes.

Lovely? I beg to differ from the plain, barren, copy-pasted landscapes I seem to remember all too well.

[Staris]

Big? Yes.

Lovely? I beg to differ from the plain, barren, copy-pasted landscapes I seem to remember all too well.

Or falling through the ground, and running around and exploring the whole zone from the safety of the underground. (Mad exp yo)

Only then to realize your character is stuck and you have no way to return.

Rose tinted goggles - Check

[Tupsi]

Big? Yes.

Lovely? I beg to differ from the plain, barren, copy-pasted landscapes I seem to remember all too well.

It's funny how they went to the opposite extreme with ARR.

[Staris]

It's funny how they went to the opposite extreme with ARR.

It's not funny, its PS3 limitations.

[Tupsi]

It's not funny, its PS3 limitations.

It's not even that - Players asked for this for 2.0 lol because the logic presented was: "Smaller zones = better design."

Tbh, even dark souls had a better design than 1.0. 1.0 was just.... barren.

Sure it was big, but I guess if you like how 'fallout 3' was, then yeah you'd love it.
Coerthas has the best of both worlds so far imo, just needs a dangerous zone (that chasm is kind of dangerous if you were in the 30s... agroable monsters that could kill you if you fell down).

You also have to take into consideration 1.0 was never finished and pretty much in all level design, it will be fairly barren from the start. Another thing a lot of people didn't realize was the 'copy paste' also was done due to the soft zoning in the "seamless world", so it kept the world looking consistent but you'll notice it when you're looking for it.

[SirSaber]

I prefer ARR's maps over Copy&Pasta 1.x.

No really the CTRL+V was to frequent.

Let's hope DX11 will give us the nice textures from 1.x back (though i doubt it but oh well...)

[Dannythm]

I liked 1.0 maps better, because they felt like a world to adventure, where civilization had only a few spots and the wilderness was harsh and dangerous, the same feel Demon/Dark souls game give. But this doesn't bode well with ARR approach and concept of being like a theme park, where everything is safe and sparkling, and filled with stuff so you can't concentrate on one thing at a time.

That said, I think a mix of both worlds could work, but I guess PS3 memory will prevent that.

[Nayto]

I liked 1.0 maps better, because they felt like a world to adventure, where civilization had only a few spots and the wilderness was harsh and dangerous.

Tbh, even dark souls had a better design than 1.0. 1.0 was just.... barren.

Sure it was big, but I guess if you like how 'fallout 3' was, then yeah you'd love it.
Coerthas has the best of both worlds so far imo, just needs a dangerous zone (that chasm is kind of dangerous if you were in the 30s... agroable monsters that could kill you if you fell down).