I think i may have gotten confused at some point; originally, i was under the impression that the game was going to be open-ended/self directed, with free-ish roaming about the map. I've just gotten to chapter 6, and i've been wanting to interact with the parts of the world the game has shown me, but so far it's felt like most of the game has been about walking directly to objective points, getting a new objective there immediately, and having to walk straight to the next objective. no wandering, and every time with an implied urgency that makes me feel like wandering isn't intended either. this has been going on for six days of in-game time... will the whole game be like this?

I think i can see the appeal of a visual novel style narrative told through a worldmap rather than clickthrough menus as a change, But if that's what the game is intended to be i want to know so i can adjust what i'm expecting.