While I think it's a sad state games have gotten into, I still love posting this pic.
Nice pic but i think this kind of maps appeared at late stage of PS2 maybe 2005?
At that point many games ditched "proper Area/Local maps" from games.

Quote Originally Posted by Shaibana View Post
.. i still dnt know what exactly an rpg is?
A huge part of RPG is stats management, using skill/XP points and numbers.

FFXIII IS NOT a Dungeon Crawler.
I think the complete lack of safe zones(Towns/Cities) is what made it seem like Dungeon Crawler.