Maybe, maybe not. Thats like saying "the entire point of the game is to speed run it" I mean, who are you to tell them how to fucking play a game? People play for all sorts of reasons and I've learned ot just accept that instead of forcing this fucking argument that the game was MADE to not have modes or something, I can believe that early in gaming, I can't when we've had decades of having many modes. I enjoy playing theses game btw, I love playing MGS on Boss Extreme, I do not how ever tell folks "the entire point of the game is " XYZ etc.
Nah.
The entire point of the game is what ever the fuck that player decides they want to focus on based on their reason for playing. Some might play for skill, some might play to speed run, some might play for the entire experience of the lore, story telling etc.
I don't see how someone else playing a different mode would fucking bother you. If i mod my game, you going to start crying and sobbing or? Who cares? Play what you like, how you like. I'm ok with what ever the developer does with this game and I have no issue with how fans play it. Focus on why YOU are playing it, I don't see how someone else playing it a different way is relevant to you.