What's the point with that quite lackluster story in Endwalker?

[TheMightyMollusk]

Forgiving that, we still beat Hermes at his transformed best, bringing him to his knees. He should have been put in restraints immediately, instead of having Emet-selch monologue while he caught his second wind.

To be fair, we do this with major antagonists all the time throughout the entire game. Everyone has to get their big speech in before the story moves on.