Grimrock

Yeah I know intractable NPCs are possible with mods, I was just wondering if an intractable NPC will ever be featured in the main game of grimrock 2, outside of mods. I understand why there wasn't any in Grimrock 1, I was just thinking it would suck a little if they have all these areas outside on t...

A couple of questions... Will Grimrock 2 have friendly NPCs of any kind? It must be difficult to expand upon the lore of a game when it has no npcs. Also since you can venture outdoors, is the game more open ended and less linear than Grimrock 1? I obviously dont mean open world, I mean things like ...