All they needed to do was to do it exactly as in BG1 & BG2. Smaller areas connected through world map travel.
But no, they had to put their own stamp on that aspect as well instead of respecting the originals and fix what wasn't broken.
Its cool way to design imho. Lets say Party is at Big Capital and chooses to move to another location, DM can say, you got lost, and you've found yourself in this location. Or you get attacked. Or something happens to a character or party and you need to solve it. Sure you lose discovering, and abit of exploration.
Someone should make that kind of game, if Larian isnt up to it.
