What sorts of modifications could even be made to Go that it doesn't turn into an imbalanced mess?
This means that an advantageous board position is much less important, and it will be in both players favour to keep the board position very near evenly matched.
In go the last 8 moves is almost never going to make the difference (the last 20-40 moves in a game that doesn't end in resignation there are almost no mistakes in pro games).