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.
It’s not really an “offender” though. You don’t invest in any of the weapons in any meaningful way like modifying them, specializing in or having to purchase them, plus it’s only for the final chapter of the game.