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Death Stranding 2 will let you clear bosses without actually defeating them
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Didn't play the first one yet, but your insight is very interesting. Honestly, I cannot understand why any game wouldn't offer the "storytelling" mode. It's a solo game, just let people play how they want to. It's like selling a toy car and saying "You can only drive it on a carpet with four wheels touching the ground at any time". Nope, my (hypothetical) toy cars will be goddamn submarines if I want them to.
I 100% agree. Games are about what's fun, and that differs for everybody. Difficulty selection exists for a reason. My mom LOVES the playstation first party games (god of war, horizon, etc) but she always plays them on story mode. It's not because she can't handle any higher difficulties (she's been gaming since before I was born), she simply doesn't care about the challenge and just wants to experience the story.
Games are for us to enjoy, and short of cheating in a multiplayer game I don't really think there's a wrong way to enjoy them. Opening up more avenues for more people to enjoy them is just a net positive in my opinion.
Death Standing is a single player game, but I'm not sure I would call it a "solo" game.
I don't want to spoil it for you, but the "asynchronous multiplayer" stuff, and how the delivery process evolving over time through cooperation with real people you will never see or meet, parallels the story, was my favorite part of the game. And why I will be 100% playing the sequel.
Oh right! It's not a spoiler, it was one one the announced features, I just misused solo vs single-player.