prime 4 ending spoilers, but also endwalker ffxiv spoilers
It is really, specifically hilarious to me that two phases of Sylux's boss fight are, "we heard raids in FFXIV were cool" without committing to understanding the mechanics.
I spent the first phase screaming, "dammit Mackenzie, stop standing in the mechanics!!" And phase 3 mentally hearing, "A TEST OF YOUR REFLEXES!!"
prime 4 ending spoilers, but also endwalker ffxiv spoilers
There are so many, many nitpicks I have with 4, but I love it anyway, despite the former Halo devs on Retro betraying my empathy for their characters and the pervasive male gaze throughout. Hoo boy.
But to be thrown into an FFXIV-style raid encounter unexpectedly, with none of my tools, and none of the AI respecting mechanics, dealt to me a very specific form of psychic (ha!) damage.
prime 4 ending spoilers, but also endwalker ffxiv spoilers
Duke: *stands in a very clearly marked AoE ground target, dealing Black Mage DPS uptime, in clear range of a Rescue cast that I know I would be able to get off. And at half health, with me not able to heal them unless they fall to critical*
Me: *eyetwitch*
prime 4 ending spoilers, but also endwalker ffxiv spoilers
Honestly, they really should let yoship design Prime 5.
It'd have the same volume of cutscenes, the character writing would be superb, and set piece mechanics would have had a little more time to cook.