Realized I had been playing Breath of the Wild wrong for 80 hours when my buddy showed me you can parry guardian beams

I just thought you had to run away from every guardian until I saw him do it on accident last Tuesday, and now I'm mad at myself for all the wasted ancient parts - anyone else have a basic mechanic they missed for way too long?

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the_richard23d ago

Did you also just assume the little laser targeting noise meant "start sprinting" instead of "hit the perfect button timing"? Because I spent way too many hours getting blasted into the sky like I was trying to catch a ride on a guardian express. I think my Link is still traumatized from all those wasted fairies.

lee.diana22d ago

Oh man, "hit the perfect button timing" - that's exactly what I thought too! But here's the thing, I spent 60 hours in Minecraft before I realized you could actually craft a shield. I was just running around with a sword and getting wrecked by skeletons, thinking the game was SUPER hard. My friend saw me playing and asked why I was just tanking arrows like a dummy. I felt so stupid when he showed me the recipe. So yeah, I totally get that "why didn't I know this" feeling.