(Is this what you call an RPG?!)
They honestly admitted that they are making an action game.
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(Saliens): Will Dark Messiah be similar to Half-Life (where we have to follow the script all the time) or will it be more like Oblivion (where we can go wherever we want and choose quests ourselves)?
Answer: The game will be closer to Half-Life. It will focus on action, and the world will be closed off. We decided this because we made each level very carefully so that you could use the environment.