The opening stages of Pokemon Legends: Arceus can be pretty slow, with the game perhaps holding the player's hand a little too tightly early on. After the first few story missions have been completed though, it loosens its grip just enough for players to get a fairly decent idea of what exactly the Hisui region's open-world has to offer, with the fourth main story mission giving players complete freedom to explore the Obsidian Fieldlands' entire first section.