god I feel you on the awful maps, hots also just has terrible map design, where did they learn map design the toilet store???
honestly I think their biggest problem is they seem to focus more on how the map looks rather than how it plays. like, fair enough, there are some great looking maps in the game, but at the same time they’re all full of chokepoints and useless sections that are never used. like Hanamura: there’s that whole little city square section at the start that has all these areas but no one ever fights there because it’s too far from the point and there’s still only literally 2 ways to get to the first point. it’s just like, what’s the point, you know