I don't know, I liked the idea of feeling stranded deep in the woods without an easy means of transport to hand. Trying not to look at the map and working your way back to the nearest town just by using your instincts and knowledge of the area. I felt really relieved when I came across an abandoned car or quad bike.
Fair enough. I usually like doing the same thing, but in games like Red Dead Redemption or Fallout/ The Elder Scrolls, where aimlessly wandering around and exploring is a much more fun and rewarding experience.
I guess that GTA V's world will end up being much more detailed and crammed full of interesting things to discover, it definitely sounds like it from the Previews talking about all the different environments, weather conditions, animals, and ambient scenarios with NPC's ( like the ATV riders and Fishermen in the Demo's ).
So I would say that GTA V's Game World should be better than San Andreas's barren and bland landscapes.
Yeah that's something true about San Andreas it was a huge map but alot of it was useless space. Like in the country areas there were alot of vertical mountains and that odd river that fucks up the whole trek and results in swimming for 5 minutes trying to find land.