Death Stranding and Red Dead Redemption 2 Share a Strangely Satisfying Obsession with Mundanity
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There`s nothing at all wrong with coming home after a long day at work and not wanting to worry about carry weight and the condition of your equipment in Death Stranding. After all, one of the main reasons we play video games to begin with is because they allow us to reject mundanity and embrace escapism, even for just a couple of hours. It`s a little strange then, that there`s an odd satisfaction to be found in carrying out the most mundane of tasks in titles like Red Dead 2 and Death Stranding. Perhaps subconsciously we`re compensating for the fact that we`re playing a game instead of attending to our own chores in real life. Or perhaps it`s simply a case of these banal tasks being relatable.