User blog comment:Fandyllic/Diablo III Beta impressions (late Dec 2011)/@comment-82.128.247.173-20120102015049/@comment-24.209.46.131-20120109063245

@Fandyllic: Really, I think starting the game off with a tank/healer (for people who haven't played the beta, you can set your starting companion to either heal both you and himself or taunt mobs when you drop to 50% health) is a marked improvement.

Also, there are still a few locked gates here and there so I'm not even sure that they're giving us all of chapter 1 (though it does feel complete; perhaps you backtrack there later in the game?). I suppose we'll find out later this year!