Best Video Games for fast travel convenience

#1

Fast travel is treated as a major quality-of-life strength, letting players escape areas they are not ready for and quickly return after upgrading or changing strategy.

#2

Frequent fast-travel points make moving around the large world easier, and the system is generally treated as a welcome convenience.

#3

Fast travel is praised as well-designed, plentiful, and fast.

#4

Fast travel is strongly praised as instantaneous or highly respectful of the player’s time.

#5

Discoverable fast-travel points and easy time-of-day changes make revisiting large areas notably convenient.

#6

Being able to warp back to Tresna at any point is a welcome convenience that lets players bank loot instead of being forced into a bad fight.

#7

Later fast-travel upgrades are a welcome quality-of-life benefit, opening direct travel to roads and dungeons as well as towns.

#8

Hopping between nearby bodies makes crossing streets much faster than walking.

#9

Fast travel is praised as an effective way to move between key locations and avoid unnecessary traversal. It helps the compact world stay manageable when time and objectives matter.

#10

Cab travel keeps cross-city movement quick, helping players move between story beats and side activities without much friction.

#11

Fast travel is one of the strongest quality-of-life features, working from many places and cutting down on the backtracking demanded by quests.

#12

Fast travel is praised as convenient, early, and useful across the sprawling maps.

#13

Early or instant tent-to-tent travel is widely praised for respecting the player's time and reducing the usual Metroidvania friction of repeated backtracking.

#14

Fast travel convenience was praised because ample fast-travel points made mission-focused play easier.

#15

Fast travel is repeatedly praised for making revisits, secret hunting, and post-completion cleanup smoother rather than tedious.

#16

Spirit Mirrors make revisiting areas straightforward, although travel is tied to those points rather than available from anywhere. One reviewer specifically liked that restraint.

#17

Direct travel to discovered locations and open-world activities cuts down unnecessary running and suits short sessions.

#18

Minecart routes and quick travel cut down backtracking across the bigger world and keep optional exploration accessible.

#19

Fast travel and biome teleporting were widely praised as major quality-of-life improvements that reduce tedium.

#20

Fast travel was highly praised for making backtracking painless, instant, or strategically useful.

#21

Fast travel convenience was repeatedly praised for cutting down backtracking and making quest cleanup faster.

#22

Convenient travel points reduce repeated climbing and help players move between destinations. One PC account finds transitions effectively instantaneous with an SSD.

#23

A more consolidated City cuts down on needless travel, and PC traversal feels quicker and more responsive than prior versions.

#24

One expansion review praised War Plans for saving players from searching the large map.

#25

Fast travel was viewed positively because Eelevators helped players revisit missed content conveniently.

#26

Fast travel convenience receives limited but positive evidence through outposts and houses that make map movement easier.

#27

Repairing the boat unlocks limited fast-travel destinations that make later trips around the town easier.

#28

Fast travel is a useful convenience that cuts down on manual backtracking once locations have been discovered.

#29

The map’s fast-travel system is easy to use and practical, even for players who prefer learning the city on foot.

#30

Fast travel convenience was praised when reviewers discussed bat form and dialogue skipping improving pace and movement around town.

#31

Fast travel was viewed as convenient and generous, making it easy to revisit areas without friction.

#32

Buses, warp options, sewers, and bicycles help a lot in the large world. Unlock requirements can still leave players facing long walks before a route becomes available.

#33

Fast travel is praised in one review for reducing backtracking tedium through well-marked routes.

#34

Fast travel convenience was positively noted where Zonai devices were said to prevent tiresome walks across the map.

#35

The miniature version of the map is widely appreciated as a clever shortcut. Its usefulness varies with route and familiarity, and some backtracking remains cumbersome.

#36

The Janitor’s Haven provides a welcome way to return quickly to familiar areas. Its role as a travel hub also fits naturally into the story.

#37

Fast travel is useful and convenient through the Magellan and waypoint systems, though some restrictions and grading tradeoffs remain.

#38

Unlockable travel points make revisiting the three large regions much easier, helping reduce the cost of backtracking as the campaign opens new routes.

#39

Early, inexpensive Zoom travel removes a large amount of backtracking and makes the long island-hopping adventure easier to manage.

#40

Fast travel is convenient, but Survival Mode’s removal of it can actually deepen discovery; carriages provide a limited compromise when long-distance travel is needed.

#41

Earlier and less restrictive travel tools are a meaningful improvement, though some reviewers still found warping limited or awkwardly structured.

#42

Fast travel was useful and sometimes praised, though lack of interplanetary fast travel frustrated one reviewer.

#43

Fast travel and mount convenience were useful and often praised, though some reviewers felt autopilot or porting reduced exploration and agency.

#44

Fast travel is usually welcomed for cutting down the original’s heavy backtracking, but its usefulness is not universal. One late-story stretch temporarily removes travel points, and several reviewers still find...

#45

Fast travel saves substantial time on repeated errands. Arrival points can still require inconvenient walks, and some feel instant travel diminishes the appeal of trains and taxis.

#46

Fast travel can be very convenient, but wanted-state restrictions frustrate when long-distance movement is needed most.

#47

Fast travel convenience is mixed, with praise for resuming from checkpoints but criticism that players cannot freely warp inside levels.

#48

Fast travel opinions were mixed: one reviewer praised dynamic events, while another found it cumbersome and interruption-prone.

#49

Cars, taxis, and especially the Street Surfer make moving through the compact cities quicker and reduce downtime between activities.

#50

Fast travel can be quick and useful once points are unlocked, but late-game backtracking, ship transitions, and long loads on some platforms can turn routine travel into a chore.