Diablo 4 may have a more open world, but the story will have "a beginning, middle, and end"
Diablo 4’s world will permit players to leave and pick up the story at will, but although it will “allow for non-linearity”, the story will have “a beginning, middle, and end”.
In an interview with IGN, Diablo 4 director Joe Shely and general manager Rod Fergusson opened up on what the new adventure has in store for fans of the franchise, as well as give a little insight into how the game’s storytelling mechanics will differ from the Diablo games that have come before it.
“One of the concerns about putting ‘open world’ in a big neon and flashing that sign is that people have that notion of Breath of the Wild, ‘oh, it’s completely organic and I can go anywhere and do anything’,” Fergusson said, as transcribed by NME.
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