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Pet peeve, games that won't let you save (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by nlm@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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I wish all games would just let you save whenever you want to! Why is using checkpoints and auto saves so common?

At least add a quit and save option if you want to avoid save scumming.

These days I just want to be able to squeeze in some gaming whenever I can even if it's just quick sessions. That's annoyingly hard in games that won't let you save.

I wonder what the reason for this is?

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[–] nlm@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Some games seem to manage it quite well though? But yeah, they probably had to pit a lot more energy into implementing it.

[–] ______@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I think some custom game engines have creative solutions for handling instant saving and loading. For example System Shock has save and load without any delay. But it is a fairily simplistic game at the same time.