I completely disagree lol. I don’t think I’ve ever looked at a game and said wow that gameplay makes me want to play the game. And I don’t think I’ve ever played a game where I skipped the story mode. I actually get angry when I accidentally skip a cutscene lol. Gameplay is important but I find myself moving on from games if they don’t have interesting characters or stories to play out.

There’s really no need to play through a story mode multiple times unless there’s different outcomes or unless you really enjoyed it. I didn’t really find it problematic that your options were limited after completing the sorry. That’s what the other game modes are there for lol. The great thing about SOD1 for me were those options. You could play through story mode then choose to play as the military to see how they’re handling the outbreak or play with more freedom in Breakdown. There was something for everyone. With SOD2 if you don’t fit in their cookie cutout then you’re out of luck! I just hope they add lots more to this game over the next couple years.