The entire playing experience is far more compact than a PC MOBA, which in turn allows the whole map to fit easily on the on-screen mini-map, making for simpler navigation.
You have the overhead map, the gradually unlocked levels, the mini-boss castles and the boss castles, the flying ships and all the old characters we grew up on.
This decision will partly be based on data obtained from the Mini-Thermal Emission Spectrometer (Mini-Tes), which the scientists are currently using to map the mineral composition of the rocks in Endurance.