Couple questions:

I want to play Death Stranding but I already have the base game for free on Epic. I feel dumb paying for a Director's Cut of a game I already have, is it worth paying for the upgrade?

Is Talos Principle worth playing if I want a puzzle game with a bit more "substance" like Portal 1 and 2? I like puzzles and admittedly Portal is easy but I'm a storyfag and part of why I like them so much was story, setting, characters, etc. Pure puzzle games like Portal Reloaded were cool but without a story to anchor them I wasn't very invested.

How is Animal Well?