Even if free roam was possible on the game engine we have now, why would you want that over the instanced? I mean think about it if you had five minutes to spare would you rather spend it running around getting to the cave, or would you rather spend it running around clearing the cave and gaining gp and xp? I mean ya if your sitting at home and have a couple hours to kill a free roam would is cool, but this is a phone a phone with very limited battery life, a phone that you goof off with on your lunch break or at the store or while waiting for food at a deli. This game is genius in that you can pick it up, kill a few hundred quirky little monster, then go about to something else. I wouldn't trade this system for anything I love it.