Quote Originally Posted by Ibi View Post
According to Yoshi-P in an interview with Reddit at PAX East earlier this year, the people that want the open world used are a small enough minority that they have no plans to do so:
That's a relief. The open world is not something I want to deal with, I have other games that I can play for solo open world content. (Because let's be honest, forced grouping open world is absolutely atrocious.)

Solo open world stuff is barely palatable, forced grouping would be nauseous.