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It might be overquoted, but I hope you'll forgive me for deriving joy from a game however I can. If you don't know which quote I'm referring to, it's probably safest to err on the side of caution and assume that it's all of them.

There's two ways to go in this fight: Either you're nickel-and-dimed to death by gunfire and griffons over the course of the fight... or you get one-shotted by the Kraken. Now I'm fine with bosses and boss-like enemies in FPSes that deal stupidly huge amounts of damage (e.g., getting hugged by a Shambler or eating a rocket from a Battlelord or Cyberdemon) because even if it *can* kill you outright, there's still a chance that you can survive and recover from it and - more importantly - it's not something where you make one mistake and lose all the progress you just made. Several mistakes, yes, but getting punished for just one? No. If you absolutely must have instant death traps or moves in a game, the least you can do is telegraph them or not distract the player with other dangers when you pull them out.

I can't speak for anyone but myself in this, but even if I'm off in idiot land I'd feel better knowing that even if people don't agree with me they understand my reasoning.