Final Fantasy XV isn’t completely open world in a traditional sense – focusing on both open world and linear segments toward the later parts of the game. We’ve known this for some time and with playable builds abound, the game’s full structure is slowly coming into view.

“To go back on the more linear part of the game… It actually transfers into that linear part of gameplay when the story ramps up and gets into its final stages,” said Tabata in an interview with Dualshockers. “Rather than the latter half of the game, it’s very close to the end of the game so to speak.

“After the train segment, the whole structure of the game completely changes. You cannot go back and forth on the world map between the two parts. That said, there is a gonna be a menu function that allows you to access the earlier areas that you roamed around in the earlier parts of the game.”

That said, the train segment doesn’t signal the end of the game. Tabata teases there will be much to look forward to – though he’s keen on keeping that a secret for now.