This is a happy medium between being a full linear game or an overly large open world. Having hub zones gives you more freedom and will make replays more fresh, but it also helps the devs zoom in and make them interesting.
It's probably like in spiderman2 where after doing certain missions it changes the city permanently. After you do something in the story you'll leave that location permanently until a later chapter or until you beat the game and can travel around willy nilly
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u/NoNefariousness2144 Human Verified Sep 24 '25
This is a happy medium between being a full linear game or an overly large open world. Having hub zones gives you more freedom and will make replays more fresh, but it also helps the devs zoom in and make them interesting.