WMG / IFSCL

The Hermitage will be formally introduced as in in-game location in either Chapter 11 or Chapter 12.

Not only are they among the first chapters of "Act II", according to the Changelog, but their introductory cycle is also the one that will introduce freeroam in free mode. The significance? If the Hermitage is going to be introduced in the same cycle as freeroam, it may be because freeroam needs to wait until every possible location the player can freeroam to has been properly designed and coded into the game. Once every last location is ready for the play feature to be properly implemented, it can be. And that last location, by the looks of things, is gonna be the Hermitage.

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