🚀 go-pugleaf

I did something that normally I greatly dislike doing. I played the 
final scene in god mode because after about 30 times of trying and no 
way to down grade the difficulty from hard mode (not Nightmare) I 
decided that it wasn't worth it to keep banging my head against this.

During the final scene you get very little in the way of positive 
feedback that you are making progress, there is just too much to contend 
with and the slow running speed doesn't allow for enough escape prowess.

A max of five Artifact uses during this end sequence doesn't help either.

When it appears that the thing is starting to hurt, it finally comes 
down to perch giving you a better opportunity to shoot at it but then it 
rains down red hot boulders every where. Trying to shoot it and dodge 
the boulders at the same time is just too much of a PITA when you have a 
slow run speed. (Yes you can shift to faster running mode but it doesn't 
help enough)

And then you have the near ceaseless flying skulls that even if you are 
in Artifact mode will still greatly upset your aim and quite often knock 
you over a ledge. So you must finish them, you can use the gravity gun 
on them.

You can also use the gravity gun on the flaming boulders that the beast 
spits at you but it very difficult to get all the timings right so you 
can actually hit it. The beast also keeps moving most times making it 
that much more difficult. There is one spot that it hovers at longer 
than the others (besides the perch) but unless you are in Artifact mode, 
you won't be able to take advantage of it.

Overall, I'd say it was not a fun experience, I'd probably have a less 
displeased view if at least I was allowed to change the difficulty when 
required. The entire end is based on movement and timing which means 
that tactically speaking, there are almost no tactics.

It appears that once again a modern FPS relies too much on eye candy and 
less on actual playing dynamics to provide a fun experience for the player.

They don't make em like they used to...