Aight, I'm in a somehow awkward spot.
The gameplay keeps improving, it's still as exhilarating and the ever-evolving level design coupled with the new abilities bring me immense pleasure. I'm still of the opinion that strictly gameplay wise, this is one of the best and most fun game I've ever played.
But the cutscenes
It got to a point where I skip them, which
I never do (did).
And the kicker is the gameplay being so good probably contributes to my annoyance at long, drawn-out dialogues that interrupts me from enjoying flying around, dodging, hiding, and taking down entire rooms at lightning speed.
It's one thing to not be original. That doesn't take anything away from a work of art. But for god's sake, at least execute it well. Or fast if it's not interesting. When it's to the point I can see every dialogue beat a mile away but the game still take alllllllll the time in the world to act them out in the most painfully explicit and long-winded way... Is that how it feels to be new to anime? Add to that the sick pleasure they seem to take at doing useless exposition with nonsensical tech mumbo jumbo... Yeah I'm skipping.
I'm stuck anyway now.