This stupid thing doesn't even look like it's from the Kiseki series or any Falcom work; it looks like the Grendel had been copied for some Shonen manga or Saturday morning cartoon.

Whoo-hoo. Another shit cult that more invincible and almightier than the last 200. WILD guess: Time travel. Causality. Different plane.

In Zero/Ao, the enemy's true power was cunning and subterfuge. Now it's always some laughing freak who shows off another god-tier gadget.