>>46470781Well, i was thinking in how its biomes are structured, a Desert and Savannah center (Wild area) accounting for GF "Meh Effort" for the most open part, then they can have the tropical forests and coastlines as traditional routes and dungeons (that they just could have you need to enter like a traditional dungeon, rather be truly open world, after all those areas are usually overgrown), the Great Australian Bight also gives a good excuse to not have the player be able to surf when near the open world parts of the ocean and a Reef equivelant can make be a natural border where it is allowed.
In spite of being "A whole continent" and one of the most unique places in the world it is actually a good fit considering how GFs world design trackrecord with open areas looks.