Endgame Doldrums: Can They Be Solved?

Or you know, just build it in:

http://kotaku.com/final-fantasy-xv-s-first-half-is-open-world-but-it-s-s-1785784414

“As for Final Fantasy XV’s structure, it has both an open world part and a linear part. The open world element continues throughout the first half, and because of the story, the second half progresses linearly.”

As noted in the article, that's the reverse of the traditional FF formula where it's super linear to begin and becomes more open world at the end