As a mostly open-world RPG, DOS 2 doesn't restrict the player in any way. You can make the game as hard or as easy on yourself as you want, and you can skip as much of the content as you want, if ...

9 DOS 2: Dynamic Environments Despite the more versatile combat in PoE 2, DOS 2 still has its own merit. The environment in the game is a character on its own, thanks to how interactive it is.

DOS:2 is a big part of that. Admittedly I haven't bought it on Switch yet, but that's more because I dislike the idea of paying for a game I already own just to play it on another platform.