Well, apparently they went the safe route (feature-wise) of adding more interesting mechanics (specially turning the world into a sandbox) and polishing existin

Well, apparently they went the safe route (feature-wise) of adding more interesting mechanics (specially turning the world into a sandbox) and polishing existing ones. Pretty much like GTA after GTA 3. My guess is that they'll continue this trend by making the game richer and bigger...until they get a Zelda online game like GTA.