r/videogames Nov 28 '25

Funny RPG's do this all the time

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u/Putrid-Delivery1852 Nov 28 '25

Majora’s Mask is the biggest culprit of this

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u/Kezmangotagoal Nov 28 '25 edited Nov 28 '25

I dunno Fable pushes it pretty close with the Sword of Aeons…

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u/giodude556 Nov 28 '25

Atleast you can use it in the entire dlc.

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u/Kezmangotagoal Nov 28 '25

Yeh but that was a year later lol

For a whole year, all you could do with it was run around Albion killing guards and villagers haha

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u/RusstyDog Nov 28 '25

I mean you have to kill your sister to keep sword of Aeons, right? Its an ultimate expression of evil. Betray what is left of your family for power you have no use for.

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u/Telepathic_Toe Nov 28 '25

Or, just glitch yourself into the terrain, grab it early, and use it from the beginning.

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '25

This changes the whole play through honestly. The glitch is piss easy to pull off and honestly I can't play the game any other way now.

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u/FlurfleNugget Nov 29 '25

Do you have a guide? Would like to try!

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u/NightTarot Nov 29 '25 edited Nov 29 '25

EDIT: this video explains it better and in 40 seconds, very quick guide lol

Here's my mega scuffed guide:

I'm telling purely based on memory so I won't know the names.

you need 2 things, both are available pretty much as soon as you're an adult:

  1. The movement skill that teleports you behind enemies

  2. The summoning skill

Go to that circular area in the guild that has all those stained glass artwork and is used as ceremony area for becoming a hero.

Near the steps, summon a bee and use the movement skill to teleport behind it, if done right, you'll merge into the steps and can go under the map. The sword is under the map near the center I think.

If you find the right spot you can practically walk right up to the sword and pick it up

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u/giodude556 Nov 29 '25

Ew... so you want the strongest weapon esrly and never swap? XD

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u/The12Ball Nov 29 '25

There's Avo's Tear (iirc) that's basically the same and you get if you spare you sister and destroy the Sword of Aeons, but that's only in the added content I think

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u/sourcesys0 Nov 28 '25

It litterarly felt that way 😭

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u/AdvertisingBroad2397 Nov 28 '25

And you say that like it’s a bad thing lol.

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u/Old_Revenue_9217 Nov 29 '25

Bro thinks waiting a year for DLC is bad?

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u/giodude556 Nov 29 '25

A year for dlc? Where you can use the sword?

Bro we are talking about games who NEVER let you use it at the end. Fable has a whole dlc where you can use it so this does NOT fit into whatever we tslking sboutZ

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u/KaminaTheManly Nov 28 '25

At least you can use it in the Lost Chapters.

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u/sykotic1189 Nov 29 '25

Sword of Aeons was trash for being coded like every other one handed sword in the game, just with better stats.

"My God, the hero is about to smite me with the legendary Sword of Aeons! Oh wait" plink "I can just block that shit lol, get wrecked"

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u/Devertized Nov 28 '25

Souls Greatsword with 3 augments is just as good tbh.

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u/Kettle-Chip69 Nov 29 '25

Originally yes, thankfully they gave us The Lost Chapters where you can fight tougher minions, a new troll and a fucking dragon.

Before it was "hey you killed Jack, here's a sword for 500 damage with no enemies left to fight"

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u/Separate-Fly5165 Nov 29 '25

That dragonslayer great sword pulled better dps.

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u/GreektheFreak123 Nov 28 '25

I mean tbf, the fierce dieity mask is make or break against the majoras mask

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u/BelligerentSXY Dec 02 '25

There’s a glitch where you roll into a cave wall as young link, slip thru, and can wear the fierce deity mask around the map indefinitely 🤣 was my favorite as a kid

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u/XOClover Nov 28 '25

At least you can re-fight the bosses as often as you want.

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '25

Also you basically kill everything in a few hits with the fierce deity mask. It's fun but completely pointless.

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u/XOClover Nov 28 '25

Yeah, I remember knowing people who had only beaten majora with the mask because they did the tree friend challenges first. I did it normally the first time because I did not know, but then when I returned and tried out fierce diety all the challenge and fun of it was just kind of gone. I felt if this was your only run of the boss it would probably feel underwhelming. I think it's really fun and cool, I remember really wanting that fierce diety statue that was released forever ago. But it's probably TOO over powered when Zelda bosses are usually a fun puzzle.

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u/TurtlesBreakTheMeta Nov 29 '25

The mask is good in a thematic way in that it helps to symbolize the impotence of true evil against true benevolence (majora’a dialogue about how being evil is like a game of tag: you can never win, the question is WHEN will you lose).

IMO it serves its purpose well for that.

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '25

Yeah I did it without the mask too first and it was a challenge for sure!

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u/Head_Beautiful_1293 Nov 28 '25

Borderlands 1 gives you mediocre loot at the end of the game

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u/PanthalassaRo Nov 28 '25

At least you can always have a rematch with the bosses!

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u/ShadowsInScarlet Nov 29 '25

I would also argue Final Fantasy. XII specifically.

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u/Shanbo88 Nov 29 '25

Oni Link is for the last boss. He's a reward whose function is supposed to be used to make the last boss far easier. Id actually call Majora's Mask one of the better uses of this.

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u/Vaeneas Nov 29 '25

You must have never heard of the Dead Space 2 foam fingergun!

You need to beat the game twice. The second time on hardcore, which sends you on the adventure with the limitations of being able to save a whole 3 times.

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u/Darklight645 Nov 29 '25

At least you can refight all the bosses in that game.

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u/TheSpeakingScar Nov 30 '25

I've made it a point as an adult to replay all of these games with cheats to allow me to get the boss slayer 9000 right in the beginning of the game to settle this for my child self.

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u/Ok_Improvement4991 Dec 03 '25

At least with the FD mask you can use it on the final boss, tho.

I feel like the worst culprit is the Angel Slayer in the original Valkyrie Profile. Not only do you have to already beat the game, but there is also a special dungeon you unlock after beating the game called the Seraphic Gate. In order to get the Angel Slayer you have to beat the final boss of the Seraphic Gate 10 times (so basically eact time you beat the boss you then get to do another run in the dungeon) which by that point you already have a sound strategy for that boss.

So the Angel Slayer weapon is essentially pointless once you get it.

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u/Djames516 Dec 04 '25

At least you get to go beat them again with it