How did everyone feel about the endgame's pacing?
I recently finished the game and I was left with an odd feeling. I was sort of spoiled about items and upgrades to come, like the ice rifle or ice shotgun, or about the ox lamp.
Thing is, to get those final upgrades you need frozen essence, for that you "need" the ox lamp, so you'd need a thermocell, that's cool and all but by the time I get my hands on a thermocell recipe, its main purpose is making the flamethrower to access fragments... And once I access fragments it's basically a non stop sprint to the finish line. There are no more barriers to progress.
So it feels weird to me like there's these "endgame items" that you basically unlock an hour or so before the final boss. Up until reaching the residence sector I was loving the pacing of the game, it felt like each upgrade to my gear was organic, you would hit a snag to advance the story and it would naturally create downtime to improve your loadout, but not after residence. Anyone else feel the same?