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.
Not sure if this counts, but Deus Ex: Mankind Divided encouraged you to upgrade your implants to a certain level. If you do, though, they get turned off for a fight, leaving you severely weakened. If you don’t get the v2 upgrades, the boss you’re fighting can’t shut them off and you get to keep them for the fight.