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the part where it's really boring and nothing happens then the pirates show up and i don't care.
The desolation was supposed to setup a spooky atmosphere. It doesn't really work that well from a 7th gen perspective, but oh well. It hardly does any injustice to the later, more fun parts of the game.
It's why I've never bothered to speedrun Super or Prime. I like the atmosphere too much.