honestly i'm surprised they don't use boundary push gameplay for event stories
imo the storytelling would be more engaging if there was dialogue playing in the background while you ran around as opposed to the awkward "long VN cutscene -> two minutes of dialogueless xcom gameplay -> long VN cutscene" approach
plus they could even do cool scripted setpiece moments outside of cutscenes
i just wish they'd do more with it in general desu, feels like a waste of a cool mode since it pretty much turns into another chore after you max out the skill tree

and just like that 45 wins again