>>51247551Paldea at least has potential to be massively explorable, and we already know that the promo map shows us almost none of the small paths and caves that we've seen in trailers. I've even heard some theories that the big vortex in the center is just there to hide the post-game area.
With Galar, you could tell from the moment the promo map was released that it was just one big straight line and that the Wild Area was nothing more than filler. Just look at this shit. There was never ANY chance for fun exploration, just as a result from how the region was designed. They should have stayed far away from the UK for inspiration, I though they'd have learnt their lesson about how limiting an island is for design and exploration creativity from Alola, but I guess not.