Man the pax forum is really abusing the shit out of the awesome reports.
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I mean there is a report for awesome about the weather, so I figured "Oh ok this must be a good post about the weather in seattle for the weekend." No its just moe saying someone else is good at saying what the weather is.
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
there are obviously terrible choices in save point placement in lots of games
but the only answer isn't 'save whenever I want, always, at no cost'
Why not?
It allows you to play the game on your super-cool "hard mode" and me to play on my laid-back "easy mode" that way.
Because the developer has a right to control your experience. Part of that experience is contributed to by the save system. For instance, Dead Rising's save system contributes to the overall tension. Same as in the Resident Evil series.
I can understand the developer wanting to control my experience, but I want that same control. I want to have fun, and to me save points are annoying, not fun.
there are obviously terrible choices in save point placement in lots of games
but the only answer isn't 'save whenever I want, always, at no cost'
Why not?
It allows you to play the game on your super-cool "hard mode" and me to play on my laid-back "easy mode" that way.
can you stop acting like I'm acting superior? I don't think I've done that at all.
and my answer is because I think it's acceptable for someone making a game to try and dictate the difficulty to some degree. have some level of control over how the game flows.
Yeah, I don't hate save points. I only hate them when they're (1) right before cutscenes and (2) not immediately before any boss battle.
Also when you inadvertently save in a Final Fantasy game past the point at which your party can no longer explore the world but rather has to face the final boss and end credits.
Any game that has "save anywhere" but doesn't have autosave.
Because then I end up playing for an hour without realizing I've been playing for an hour, forget to save, and then yell and curse when I die.
Heck, if a game has "save anywhere" plus autosave, I end up just using the autosave 99% of the time anyway.
Dragon Age Origins would screw me like that. Because autosaves were just at scene transitions and sometimes I'd be playing poorly and oops I died to some bullshit chain stun and LOL you have to do it ALL OVER AGAIN!
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
Any game that has "save anywhere" but doesn't have autosave.
Because then I end up playing for an hour without realizing I've been playing for an hour, forget to save, and then yell and curse when I die.
Heck, if a game has "save anywhere" plus autosave, I end up just using the autosave 99% of the time anyway.
I think the first stalker was like this. I got super sucked into the game the first time I played it, I think I seriously played for about three hours. Then I died. Got sent back to the very start of the game. Didn't play it again.
Winky: ARGH your existence just reminded me of wakfu!
If you don't allow quicksaves in your games you get sent to that circle of hell where you wade neck deep through boiling shit and 90% of the way through someone goes "ooh! you almost made it out but woops go back 1500 years".
Also when you inadvertently save in a Final Fantasy game past the point at which your party can no longer explore the world but rather has to face the final boss and end credits.
Solution: don't play Final Fantasy.
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No really I dislike final fantasy
every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.
Any game that has "save anywhere" but doesn't have autosave.
Because then I end up playing for an hour without realizing I've been playing for an hour, forget to save, and then yell and curse when I die.
Heck, if a game has "save anywhere" plus autosave, I end up just using the autosave 99% of the time anyway.
I think the first stalker was like this. I got super sucked into the game the first time I played it, I think I seriously played for about three hours. Then I died. Got sent back to the very start of the game. Didn't play it again.
Winky: ARGH your existence just reminded me of wakfu!
STALKER did that to me too. I actually played like the first half hour of that game like three times in a row before I learned to love the F5.
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Any game that has "save anywhere" but doesn't have autosave.
Because then I end up playing for an hour without realizing I've been playing for an hour, forget to save, and then yell and curse when I die.
Heck, if a game has "save anywhere" plus autosave, I end up just using the autosave 99% of the time anyway.
Yeah
I recently did this in F:NV, where I ran clear across the wasteland, hunting critters and doing quests and stuff, but didn't trigger an autosave for like 80 minutes because it was all outdoors and I wasn't fast traveling.
Then a deathclaw came out of nowhere and killed me.
i lost my taste for RDR during the mexico campaign
when John sorta absently agrees to help a bunch of banditos round up womenfolk for gangraping purposes
nope sorry game
you can ask a lot of me but that's where i am going to walk away
so i never finished the single-player
the multiplayer is p fun though
The Mexico stuff made me set the game aside for like a year.
Umm... I don't remember that part, at all. Perhaps because I never turned subtitles on, and I don't speak Spanish? I was going for a more authentic experience.
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I liked the Mexico bits. I feel like if the game dropped off anywhere it was near the end. I personally wasn't a fan of the ending either, but also fully understand that I am in the intense minority in this position.
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And so your journey to the dark side is complete.
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Any game that has "save anywhere" but doesn't have autosave.
Because then I end up playing for an hour without realizing I've been playing for an hour, forget to save, and then yell and curse when I die.
Heck, if a game has "save anywhere" plus autosave, I end up just using the autosave 99% of the time anyway.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
I mean there is a report for awesome about the weather, so I figured "Oh ok this must be a good post about the weather in seattle for the weekend." No its just moe saying someone else is good at saying what the weather is.
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I think that I should get one large enough to parry attacks with.
there was one about the pax ap being finished
I see what they're going for but I don't think that's the purpose.
Also when you inadvertently save in a Final Fantasy game past the point at which your party can no longer explore the world but rather has to face the final boss and end credits.
Dragon Age Origins would screw me like that. Because autosaves were just at scene transitions and sometimes I'd be playing poorly and oops I died to some bullshit chain stun and LOL you have to do it ALL OVER AGAIN!
pleasepaypreacher.net
I think the first stalker was like this. I got super sucked into the game the first time I played it, I think I seriously played for about three hours. Then I died. Got sent back to the very start of the game. Didn't play it again.
Winky: ARGH your existence just reminded me of wakfu!
Oh wait its there, just completely removed from the front page
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glad I'm not the only one!
most times when I say this people are like "oh whatever dude it's a game who cares"
I care!
Solution: don't play Final Fantasy.
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the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
STALKER did that to me too. I actually played like the first half hour of that game like three times in a row before I learned to love the F5.
Yeah
I recently did this in F:NV, where I ran clear across the wasteland, hunting critters and doing quests and stuff, but didn't trigger an autosave for like 80 minutes because it was all outdoors and I wasn't fast traveling.
Then a deathclaw came out of nowhere and killed me.
Well, I'm scratching that one off the backlog list. Thanks for the warning!
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
Umm... I don't remember that part, at all. Perhaps because I never turned subtitles on, and I don't speak Spanish? I was going for a more authentic experience.
fuck. that. noise.
you end up going 2 hours without saving because it's easy and then WHOOPS SUDDENLY A BOSS FIGHT
dead.
Are you certain you didn't just wildly misinterpret something?
Guess who discovered this when he was about to move on to the next map and the game crashed?
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LOL WE BETRAYED U TROLL LOL LOL LOL LOL.
*flips table*
A quick googling tells me that no, Pony isn't misinterpreting.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
i quit bioshock 2 when i decided it was a terrible game
so about 30 minutes in
*mutter* settle down.
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Can you linky? Because I'm baffled.
Chu, I have nothing but respect for your spirit animal.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.