So can we go straight to the final boss?

[Shibby]

Is the open world actually that open?

[WassySK]

What do you mean ? He or She is not walking in a middle of a field. There will be some progress to get to final boss.

[Darhaksterion]

Originally posted by Shibby:

Is the open world actually that open?

Most likely not: Stormveil castle appears to be a gateway of sorts to the next region ad I guess he pattern will repeat, so your path to the final battle will be likely physically blocked by other demigods.

[Mecharion]

Supposedly you can travel to the most of the six parts of the map free. But there are Dungeons in each. I bet you need to clear all the so called legacy-dungeons first before reach the End-Boss.

Maybe this Dungeons are a type of gate between the regions. We will see soon.

[Deadoon]

As far as I know, there is separate regions which must have a specific boss/dungeon defeated in order progress into the next region. So it isn't quite BOTW level open world, but still quite open, as you can just go straight past almost all of the field bosses and dungeons that dot the regions.

[Shibby]

Originally posted by WassySK:

What do you mean ? He or She is not walking in a middle of a field. There will be some progress to get to final boss.

I mean like in Breath of the Wild you can go straight to the final boss if you really want to. I am just wondering if the game is actually open world or is it just a big map with the same areas like the old games did.

[Mecharion]

Originally posted by Deadoon:

As far as I know, there is separate regions which must have a specific boss/dungeon defeated in order progress into the next region. So it isn't quite BOTW level open world, but still quite open, as you can just go straight past almost all of the field bosses and dungeons that dot the regions.

I heard that you can chose what region/boss you will do first. Maybe you cant access all six at start. Could be simmilar like in DS3 where you can chose between Farron Keep and Cathedral of the deep for example.

[Darhaksterion]

Originally posted by Mecharion:

Originally posted by Deadoon:

As far as I know, there is separate regions which must have a specific boss/dungeon defeated in order progress into the next region. So it isn't quite BOTW level open world, but still quite open, as you can just go straight past almost all of the field bosses and dungeons that dot the regions.

I heard that you can chose what region/boss you will do first. Maybe you cant access all six at start. Could be simmilar like in DS3 where you can chose between Farron Keep and Cathedral of the deep for example.

Ah, if Roundtable Hold is indeed a hub region it might be connected to more than one, so you can choose how to progress. Sounds sensible.

[Freak4Leeks]

no you can't it would be more like forcing you to do the 4 divine beasts before killing ganon.

[Shibby]

Originally posted by Freak4Leeks:

no you can't it would be more like forcing you to do the 4 divine beasts before killing ganon.

Hmm that kind of sucks that it's still gated off. Not a deal breaker but feels limiting.

[RyuKazé]

Even in an open world, i doubt the map will be that open and you'll still have some transitioning to do. Those transitions will be blocked by bosses so you'll either have to defeat them or somehow glitch your way to the God Queens doorstep.

[Varit Rockatansky]

I don't really understand how Emilia Clarke can be so beautiful man. She's gorgeous. If I could choose between her and a hammer directly to my nuts, I would choose her every time.

[😎Astran😾]

Considering the game is planned to be somewhat short (30 hours main quest line) - you are practically going to the main boss with a delay for the "tutorial".