Putting this in markdown mode cause I don’t really want to spoil it for people who haven’t reached it yet.
SPOILERS For a Pretty Hype Moment in Part 4, relating to the Cenrics
When I got to that conversation (monologue) with Cyril Cenric himself, I was getting MAJOR Senator Armstrong vibes from him. I mean Armstrong only shows up in Metal Gear Rising for like an hour max, but Cyril here felt like a majorly enhanced/expanded version of him. And I fucking LOVED it. Cyril felt like what would happen if you took Armstrong and properly built him up throughout the ENTIRE game instead of only really at the end. Their goals both appear to be very similar; do evil shit, to basically REMOVE evil shit forever. Yet in that one conversation, Cyril had more lines and character building than I think Armstrong ever had. Cyril also seems to be an intimidating as fuck antagonist/anti-villain. I loved that conversation with him outside the ball. Really good scene!
(Clarification: MGRR is Peak, this is not me shitting on that game, genuinely a really fun game with a neat, simple, yet enjoyable story.)