Can anyone tell me ?

[Ecvstrong]

I've been playing tld for a while now and I love the game but I have never played winter mute or did the challenges..... so I have a question.... does it benefit survival mode at all by doing those?  Or would it benefit me ? Would it be a good idea to do all that stuff instead of just playing survival mode ?  

[Ecvstrong]

Right on thank you very much ! ... that is what I wanted to know 

[Sherri]

I like that it gave me some context & story to the game world that I appreciate even on Survival mode.

[PrincessAutumn]

I personally think story mode is just another mode of gameplay but it does give you a backstory but then again, I'm mainly a survival mode player and I like to create my own story but with The Long Dark as a supporting theme