>>724752432
>Playing FFVI back in the SNES days
>Climbing the cultist tower
>The tall ass tower full of fights with no save points
>The one where if you lose you have to start all over again
>Fight Magic Master, the final boss of the tower
>Kill Magic Master
>Sweet. Time to move on to the ne-
>"LOL, just kidding. Even though I'm dead I'm going to cast Ultima, the strongest spell in the game that can't be reflected and one shots your whole party."
>Get a game over and sent back to the bottom of the tower.
I stopped playing the game immediately, and it still haunts me to this day. I am wary of "gotcha" ass mechanics in RPG bosses to this day.

Inb4
>"Dude, just Reraise/Osmose. Super obvious."
I was 12, and this was before the days of wiki faggotry and game-specific internet subcultures.