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 liked that decision from a tactical perspective. The early rings were broken and losing them makes you realize how you may have been depending on them. It was a solid change up to take them away.
It sucked from a planning perspective. You can’t get the abilities on those rings again until you’re very deep into the game.