I disagree with most of that.
A world map that's too good or convenient will only encourage you to lean on it more and playing the game thru a menu screen versus exploring naturally.
I think that you're just nitpicking the narrative and dialog. The game is definitely a masterpiece but I wouldn't call it the best game of the gen or anything.
I'm annoyed that because of quest bug in "The realm of Fire" that I can't go into these huge optional areas. Also, backtracking is more annoying to me because they'll lock you out of area so you can't go back for a long time. Normally, backtracking isn't something that normally bothers me.








