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The glory kill mechanic is absolutely fantastic in the package of things.Yea I agree with you OP. The games immensely boring even on the fabled ultra violence. The games built around the shitty glory kill mechanic meaning the enemies will sit there and tank 1-2 hits because the game expects you to always glory kill. Finding the collectibles and completing the challenges makes you absurd powerful, the game has no flat difficulty plane, I have to gimp myself and avoid that stuff to create a challenge. Nightmare doesn't change anything since now you die in 1 hit and completing the challenges and collectibles is required to even survive. Spoiler for end gameeven in hell and after, the game never fully goes off the rails and push you to your brink, there's a very clear enemy limit and everything always feels held back. The final fight before the final boss is no different than any other encounter in the game.
I do kind of agree with your last point though, the one section where the screen whites out on you is somewhat like what I would have wanted more often.