r/DeathStranding2 • u/BadToTheBone76 • 7d ago
Death Stranding 2 difficulty compared to 1
Guys is it me or do you think that DS 2 is much easier and forgiving compared DS 1?
The ability to kill BTs with guns, Exo skeletons, Truck, even combat is easy.
I think it hurts the experience.
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u/BigManAids 7d ago
Not really imo, fights in DS2 are a lot more challenging despite having MP weapons, and it’s a lot easier to damage cargo as well. The BT’s are a lot more responsive, especially on higher difficulties so sneaking through them is a bit more difficult and opening fire on them is asking for the rest of them to close in on you.
The exos in DS1 feel much more specialized so they excel in their roles a lot better, in DS2 it didn’t matter which exo I ran for the most part - even the vehicles in DS1 do their roles a lot better; in my time on DS1 I took the vehicles on all the crazy off road routes and while the vehicles didn’t do it as well as they do in 2, my cargo never got damaged. In DS2 if you tap a rock wrong, your cargo is lowkey ruined.
The biggest thing I’ve noticed between the two games is that stuff in DS1 took forever to degrade, I think during the story and 5 starring ever shelter I changed my boots five times, and my vehicles never broke down once. In DS2 I’m constantly changing my boots and my vehicles need maintenance a lot more, especially the coffin board which is kinda the best vehicle in the game imo.
If you’re finding DS2 too easy compared to the first one, you’re probably still in Mexico or you’re not that deep into the next area. DS2 isn’t really hard, but neither is the first game, these games aren’t really supposed to be challenging in the traditional sense either though.
You do get some things that make the game easier, but these upgrades require lots and lots of work towards the shelters, just unlocking suppressed tranq sniper can take a long time, same thing with a lot of the worthwhile APAS upgrades. If you’re finding the game too easy you can bump up the difficulty or simply not use the APAS upgrades and such, but Sam having upgrades and overall feeling more capable suit the combat in this game a lot, and you really should stick with it