In terms of combat, for example, we're making that more interesting, but a lot of the audience said they want more in terms of exploration, so that's something that's going to be in the game, that we're trying to improve. Lords of Shadow Mirror of Fate and Lords of Shadow 2 will be much more focused on exploration.
The article is here. Some fans of the original canon weren't too happy about the game being linear. You've probably seen such comments yourselves or maybe you were one of the people writing them. Either way, it seems LoS2 will focus more on letting players explore. To what extent isn't specified, and given that
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the game will be set in modern times
where exactly the player gets to explore is not 100% clear. Still, sounds interesting
