The amount of loading screens in this game is kind of absurd.

[Zfz]

I want seamless worlds, and it's less due to immersion or loading time, it's just that seamless feels better.

[Phe]

?

funny that you quote FFXI and relating to the cities you are partially right, but the cities were much bigger.
and in FFXI there were several big dungeons not split into zones and the game was also on console.

[Felis]

The system needs to load for the surroundings or w/e computer term you want to apply, hence the loading.

Heck even RO with 2D graphics loads everytime there's a portal inbetween zones.

The graphic is 3D. Only the characters, NPCs and enemies are 2D

Here, I found this
Aurun Vale 1.0, no PS3 version, 4 zones





Or the old Cutter's Cry