I am playing Horizon Zero Dawn and haven’t gotten to the first main event, but it gives me this feeling like if I upgrade all my equipment now it might be for nothing. I know that is not the case, I looked it up, but what are some games that are the worst offenders? One I can think of is Aerith in the original FF7.
I always thought that was clever. It doesn’t take long before you’re basically back to your old build, and every shot gets you there exponentially quicker. It was never a death moment as much as a temporary hinderance.