"YOU CAN STEER THE TORPEDO?" moments

[sammysoso]

I didn't know about Mass Effect's Mako heavy canon until pretty far into the game...

Took me a helluva long time to kill a Geth Colossus

 

[siebje]

Oh I got another one.

Final Fantasy 7 was my first real JRPG play-through and I was at Cosmo Canyon doing fine until that boss at the end of that place. You know, the undead guy. Obviously, the easiest way to beat him is to use some powerful healing item on it such as a Phoenix Down or an X-Potion. Things that you get moments before the encounter. However, being my first game like this, I did not realize that this tactic was a thing, so I tried to actually fight the guy. After something like 3 or 4 hours of dying, grinding, and repeating, I finally gave up and asked my brother to do it. I felt pretty dumb when he beat it in less than a minute then handed me back the controller.

EDIT: Should mention that my brother is kind of an ass and knew the whole time that I could beat it easily, but didn't tell me because my frustration was funny to him.

Actually, I'd consider just throwing a Phoenix Down or X-Potion cheating. It is a legitimate boss, which can be beaten just like any other.

Oh and on topic: HOLY CRAP YOU CAN SAVE PAHN???
In Suikoden I, I always assumed that Pahn was destined to lose to Teo since the fight seems impossible and the story continues if he loses. Little did I know that by winning I'd also save Gremio eventually (albeit AFTER him being eaten alive by man-eating spores)

 

[Brodre]

Playing "SimCity something something old" as a young kid
English isn't my first language, and I didn't know which button was save and load, so I guessed every time and got it right about half the time.
Accidentedly saving over a completely destroyed metropolis (a pre-made map), and losing loads of my own save games =)
When i finally got it, I was like, "OH, this is the save button"