Man, going back to the Sage of Six Paths power-up feels like rewatching a whole different show sometimes. Remember how he used to rely on that rasengan spam and shadow clones? Suddenly he's floating, throwing truth-seeking orbs that erase matter from existence, and has that insane chakra cloak with the staff. The mobility alone changed everything—dude could teleport, fly, tank hits that would've vaporized him earlier. Felt less like a scrappy underdog and more like a force of nature, which honestly took some getting used to. I missed the tactical improv from the Pain arc.
Still, that final fight against Kaguya where he uses the lava style rasenshuriken? Pure spectacle. The god mode basically turned his fights from ninja brawls into mythological clashes, which fit the scale but lost a bit of the heart. You don't get those 'believe it' moments when he's already a demigod.