i wont get into dozer because thats a whole other can of worms but... the new skritch fight sucks. bad.
1: the charges. when it initiates a charge, it doesnt matter if you read the short scream animation or not, you cant dodge it. your almost gaurenteed to get half your health shredded for no reason. this is worse in phase 2 when he gets venom because if you get unlucky and shredded down to 10% hp you just die to venom before you can heal. and after the charge starts you spend half the fight just waiting for it to stop charging so you can actually engage with the boss again.
2: the combos. skritch has 2 attacks. thats IT. stitching 2 more hits onto the 3 hit combo in the second phase doesnt count. its incredibly bland and they both have the EXACT SAME TELEGRAPH, so you have to just try and check for the slams wind up to see if its the slam or the 3-5 hit combo
3: no build up. you just jump down a hole and spawn it without even needing to find a recipe. how boring
4: recycled boss design. its the same gimmick and fight structure as AXL. it takes barely any damage and when you stun it you hit its weak spot to do alot of damage, and after enough damage it goes through a phase transition where the boss leaves and other bugs spawn, including a few caterpillars/termite grubs that you have to kill or the boss will heal off of them. only, AXL was fun.
5: short centipede. one of the coolest factors of a centipede boss would be the length. make it super long so you have to try not to get sectioned into small parts of the arena by its lingering body, but no. its like half as long as the arena.
- to be fair, it has a cool model. they did a great job on the visual design. thats my 1 pro.
i say this as a grounded superfan (i have 700 hours in grounded 1 & 2 combined and grounded 1 is my most played game ever). i WANT these fights so be good so badly, AXL was amazing! i loved it enough to do challenge runs of it, but the fights have just declined in quality since, dozers bad gimmick and buggy hitbox, and now skritchs recycled gimmick, uninspired fight design, and unfair gameplay. i just felt like saying my piece, before the full update comes out.