>>49265572>>49265949There is no guarantee that you won't be gated by a linear progression for the next area in PLA (like "beat the area noble to proceed"). In that case would you still call it "open world" ?
At this point people are just fighting over semantics.
What will be an area in PLA ? Probably a zone with a few entry/exit points with some bactracking elements.
What is a route in Gen1/LGPE ? A zone with a few entry/exit points with some backtracking elements.
Is it "open world" if the whole world is accessible only by the start of a game, or if everything is unlocked by 1/2 or 2/3 of the game?
Or is it "open world" only if you need to walk 15 min to go from a point A to a point B, just to teleport anyway?
