The second one compared to the first?

Hello everyone, I have a question. I bought Death Stranding 2 a few days ago and I'll be receiving it soon, and I was wondering if I'll actually like it. I played the first game two years ago, and frankly, I found the story good but incredibly confusing. I mean, I didn't understand anything towards the end, and I only moderately enjoyed the gameplay, for one simple reason: I found it incredibly satisfying to bring back all the packages, etc. But the problem is that at a certain point, you just end up taking the truck and playing the whole game in one, which is terrible because you go from good on-foot gameplay to just pressing R2 to drive. So, am I likely to enjoy the second game more, or am I likely to have the same reaction? I checked the Metacritic scores for both games and was shocked to see how the second game had far better scores than the first. Thanks for reading!