Quote Originally Posted by Jeeqbit View Post
Was anyone upset that Estinien got the final blow on Nidhogg in The Aery? I wasn't - that was exactly what I wanted to happen. I didn't need anymore accolades at that point. Estinien had worked his whole life for that moment.
That fight didn't throw it in your face, it was also better before they changed it to remove Estinien from the fight itself because he was actually there, it made sense for him to be there and the plot clearly calls for him to do it. Aery Nidhogg and later Nidhogg trial is fun and satisfying to play. DT's last trial cannot claim the same thing, it has the same thing that E8 does, except where E8 is merely irritating because (again) it makes some sense and the party is actually caught out and incapacitated, DT's last trial forces this upon you out of nowhere simply because the writer's beloved Wuk Lamat is not present. The attack that "incapacitates" the party is nothing new, we went through it two minutes earlier without issue, it's no different this time save for "plot". Wuk Lamat can have her moment in a cutscene after the fight, just like Estinien does, the HW writers knew and understood this.

The worst part of it though? I liked the fight design, I enjoyed the mechanics, they just ruined the whole thing pulling that stupid stunt.