r/gaming • u/MakisDelaportas • 1d ago

Rites of passage in different games

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Skyrim : Getting launched to space by a Giant.

The Witcher 3 : Farming too many cows in White Orchard will spawn this high level Chort to try and stop you.

Elden Ring : The teleporter chest in Dragon-Burnt Ruins that takes you to Caelid.

Feel free to add other examples.

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u/R_V_Z 1d ago

The real Witcher 3 rite of passage is thinking "surely Geralt will have no problem with this five foot drop" and finding out he very much will.

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u/lnfx 1d ago

Helping this tree spirit and freeing the children is the right thing to do, and no one will get hurt!

Oh… ohhhhh no

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u/fonaldoley91 1d ago

Those crones are obviously evil, so I should do the opposite of what they tell me!

Uh oh.

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u/A_Stoned_Smurf 16h ago

I mean....it looks really bad, but the spirit only killed a town of cultists that willing fed their own children and flesh to the crones. She did save the children, too. She may cause more problems, or go be a benevolent tree spirit somewhere else where she's not imprisoned and tortured for eternity. I didnt exactly shed tears for those murderers.

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u/lnfx 5h ago

Unfortunately most players will start the Tree Spirit quest after meeting the Crones, which means:

“I’ll be good and save the spirit!” = town murdered

“Oh well they were bad cultists and I am good!” = Anna Strenger cursed by the Crones

“I’ll be good and try and save her!” = Anna dies

“Ohhhh fuck” = Bloody Baron hangs himself

So IMO very much a rite of passage for new Witcher 3 players to have your classic “good” RPG decisions absolutely go haywire in the first main quests, which is really the whole theme for the game

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u/SHEV-THE-CYKA-BLYAT 2h ago

Rite of passage is trying to romance triss and yen on the first playthrough then finding out the consequences