Finished brutal mode for the first time just now totally not by abusing glitches and cheats to skip the bullshit encounters. Seriously don’t even bother with this legitimately, I love Crushing but Brutal is pretty obviously not tested lol.

Anyways I still like this game about as much as when I first played it. The level design definitely doesn’t feel as grand as some of the later moments in the series but it still manages to be engaging and the narrative reflects this too, with also having an ending that I just find really dang satisfying. Cool game.