Hmm, yes, I meant how he couldn't have beat him down like Gilgamesh. Even if though imitation is one rank lower Archer should've been able to overcome Berserker's God Hand, especially if he used Reality Marble. I base this on that Gilgamesh effortlessly destroyed Berserker by standing in one place. Let's not forget that Archer somehow got back up after taking various Noble Phantasms into his body and then pulling a graceful deus ex machina to save Rin. It just seems like he'd be able to take out Berserker completely.
Unless Archer only had five A rank Noble Phantasms.
And there's one thing I never really got. Why, exactly, did Archer show sympathy towards Saber? I know he was Shirou in the future, but does that mean that the Holy Grail War was a part of Archer's history? And he knew that Shirou would ultimately beat him but he tried anyways? Or did he actually have amnesia? I clearly missed something. :/
Also, how does he keep Ilya's heart alive for so long? Huh. And he said they were in a hurry because of it. Lying bastard, Gilgamesh clearly had the time.
And your second spoiler makes it sound as if Shirou got even stronger in the third route. Sigh. So that attack was even stronger than Caliburn.
Now I want to play it even more. I'd use Atlas, but personally, it just kills the game for me. All suspense and everything is lost IMO. I hope mirrormoon works diligently on it and has it out soon. Even though they say they're only about half done...
On a completely slightly unrelated note, every time I see the header image I rejoice at Rin's and Shirou's superior relationship. Although I have yet to observe the "goodies" in HF I, by a significantly large margin, like Rin the most. It doesn't matter how hit it is. She'll always be hotter. In that sexy skirt, and those sexy stockings, with her sexy hair and everything else.