Death Stranding 2 Will Become a Visual Novel to Get You Through Its Most Difficult Parts 1

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach will have a fascinating solution to the difficulty predicament which prevents many from playing games.

According to a translation of a recent Hideo Kojima radio show, those who fail to beat any of the game’s bosses will have an option to “skip” them and enjoy them as visual novels instead.

“There will be an extra option on the game over screen below the ‘continue’ option,” writes Genki on social media.

“This option will let you clear the boss battle and show you image and text descriptions of the battle like a novel instead to let [you] clear the boss battle more easily.”

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It sounds like this function will be completely optional, and will potentially only be offered on the lowest difficulty tiers. It’s led to some already complaining about the extent modern releases “hold the player’s hand”.

But a game like Death Stranding 2 has universal appeal, and the difficulty will likely be the only thing preventing less experienced players from trying it.

Thus, if this is a completely optional addition, then we don’t really see who it’s hurting. It’s important that games remain accessible to as many players as possible, as a growing medium benefits everyone.

Personally, we reckon this sounds like a smart way to handle it: give everyone an opportunity to beat the battle first, and if some players are getting frustrated, give them the option to skip through it without missing any crucial story context.

It all makes sense to us!

[source x.com]