Originally Posted by abbaon
That wasn't the conclusion. This was.

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One solution to this tedium is the extreme one - get rid of everything that isn't a boss. The excellent action game Shadow of the Colossus does this. It's just 16 boss fights (with tedious but relatively quick horse rides between them). It's awesome.

Yep, you're right… was a solution, not a conclusion. Can't say that makes it less silly… sorry.