So will the new combat system also get some "unexpected victory" scenes?
Before the combat overhaul, it was basically impossible to win some of the story fights, but now you can very easily defeat both Second Form Ghost Tucker and First Ember completely legitimately, simply by putting all passives into damage and health and spamming Focused Beams (worked for me at least). You can also outheal and wear down Spectra's 2nd fight if your stats are high enough.
It's not immersive when we can kick their ass, but the cutscene plays as if Danny got thrashed instead.