• Blackmist@feddit.uk
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      21 hours ago

      Yeah, same with Switch and current gen console suspend mode. Saves so much time.

      Last time I tried this on a Windows PC the games had a 75% of fucking up when you powered it back on.

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    Rimworld: if you wanted to play on tutorial difficulty, you should have chosen that at the start

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      I’ve never done it, but can’t you change storytellers at any time in Rimworld? Or have I been mislead.

      I usually just go with Randy

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        I was more referring to the choice of “Reload Anytime” versus “Commitment” modes at the start of the game.

        Though on 2nd look that’s not quite the same thing as the OP

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      This is what I’ve been doing for every game since I had a New Vegas save get corrupted and I had to almost completely start over. I go overboard and make like 5-10 saves now at various points in a game.

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          You can never be too careful. I’ve lost decades worth of crap I’ve collected when drives go bad.

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    Save game Save game and save exit save game exit. Exit savegame and save save exit save. Save save exit save save save i dont feel too well i think ill lay down…

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    1. Save game.
    2. Save and exit game.
    3. Immediately restart game.
    4. Load from last save.
    5. Immediately save game again, 5 seconds after last save.
    6. Save and exit game. Again.

    Should be all good, I think.

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    I’ve been playing games for 30+ years, I always have 3+ separate save files.

    Yet I don’t think I’ve ever had a corrupted save so I don’t even know why I formed this habit lol

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      I broke a 60+ hour save gave of Final Fantasy XII when I was a teen by only having one save, and saving between boss phases in one of the optional boss fights that apparently I wasn’t prepared for (and probably never should have beat phase 1). It would not let me leave, and the only way out was through. And it was a loooooong fight. Like I’d fight him for 90 mins and then die.

      I must have spent at least 30 hours trying every single gambit strategy I knew to fight my way out of there but it was no use. Still never beat that game.

      Since then I have like at least 5 separate saves when I play a JRPG.

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        Damn that’s not fun lol

        That just reminded me of a horrible time I had with metal gear revengence. Near the end on your way to the boss you have things thrown at you that you’re supposed to use the games slicing gimmick to break, but my game bugged and I couldn’t rotate the blade so by the time I got to the boss I had a small sliver of HP left…

        Took like 4 hours to beat him and then during the cutscene that happens just as you’re beating him the game froze…

        To this day I never finished that game either lol

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    Bruh, I hate how Nintendo only lets you have ONE save file in most of their games, especially in BOTW and TOTK so I have to intentionally try to trigger the autosave and use that as a reload point when I’m not ready to overwrite my only save yet. Like I would load the save, before doing anything, i’d fast travel to a random shrine or town, wait for the autosave icon to pop up, wait for like 5-10 seconds, check the load menu (basically “copying” my only save into an autosave, since I haven’t done anything in the in-game world yet, I can reload this autosave in case I make a mistake with my manual save), and then I go explore a new place or fight some monster.

    But they only allow 5 autosaves, so if you explore too long, you can’t revert the state of your world.

    What the fuck nintendo?

    Also, wtf is a monthly subscription to backup save files?

    And for third party games, you cannot export the save files to a pc.

    Fuck this bs, worse mistake of my life.

    (BOTW was fun, but nintendo sucks, TOTK feels kinda like a clone of BOTW, got so burned out from nintendo games)

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      The underworld on TOTK just burnt me out. There’s so much of it and it’s all so samey and bleak, like if all of Dark Souls was Blighttown.

      I took a break of about a year before going back to polish off the story.

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        Oh man I loved the underworld. One of the very first things I did in that game was trying to get to all the light roots. Skipped past most of the monsters and treasures, just grinding the travel.

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          This is what I did. I didn’t even come close to getting 100% of the collectibles, but I really enjoyed my experience with TOTK. I love both for what they are. BOTW to me was a very peaceful and moving experience once I got into it. I hated it at first and hate played through some of the main story then I said fuck it I’ll just get all of the towers and open up the whole map. In doing that I kind of fell in love with the game. The different areas, the scenery, the freedom, the music, it was a great game.

          TOTK didn’t have that same emotion from the ambience, but I enjoyed the story and crafting. It did feel like it was missing the uniqueness that I loved in BOTW, but overall it was a good experience. I’d love a similar style game, but in a new version of Hyrule.

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      BOTW is fun, Nintendo sucks, TOTK is glorified BOTW DLC for standalone release price.

      Honestly much better experience emulating them on PC where you have full control over your save files and you can mod if you want. Nintendo could make a lot of money if they officially released on PC but they want absolute control over the hardware and software.

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        I forgot to check if I could pirate and just went ahead with the switch purchase assuming piracy was impossible. Lol, worst mistake I ever made. Now I have a save file in TOTK half-way done with the game and idk if I would ever finish the game.

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      I’d assume it is by design. But also fuck Nintendo. Don’t spend money with them. Bet you can save as much as you want when playing in an emulator.

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      You could make a second profile for an additional save, but then DLC gets complicated.

      I always make a second profile to play through Pokemon games a second time.

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        But you can’t make a save A, then do something, then make a save B, then decide oops, I wanna revert back to save A because I broke my best weapon and I don’t wanna lose it.