No, I've never played explorer mode. Thats their word for Easy then I'm assuming, thanks
Yeah the reason they don't call it easy mode is because there is a growing number of consumers who consider "easy mode" to be an insult.
So most games don't call it easy they call it... Story mode, explorer mode, or they call it normal mode.
But it is interesting how this is causing some confusion with people who would genuinely need such a mode.