Bit of a weird question, but do any of you have a moment where not understanding how a certain game mechanic worked actually added to your experience with the game in some way?
For me, when I got to the final boss in age of calamity, I was initially playing as Link. But then the cutscene played where Terrako sacrificed himself to weaken Ganon and then I thought “You know what? This is Zelda’s fight to win.” And switched to Zelda.
The problem was, I didn’t have Zelda at as high a level as Link. So during the final phase when Ganon lowered me to a measly quarter of a heart I got worried. I considered switching back to Link, but I didn’t know if Zelda could take that hit as an AI without dying.
And since Zelda being defeated was part of the levels fail conditions, I thought it was a risk I couldn’t take so I kept playing as Zelda…..with a quarter of a heart……at the final boss.
The fact that I managed to defeat Ganon before he scored that last hit still feels pretty great to this day.
(you can see the blue collar and the edge of the jacket)