Submitted by tharealbigjc22 t3_11duziq in gaming
I ask this because when it comes to RPG games, I have a tendency to save right before a boss fight or a challenging dungeon a lot. Like I don’t wanna be too cautious but I like to be safe before I fight a boss. Dark Souls anyone?
this is the only answer. Elder Scrolls Morrowind on the OG Xbox taught me this lesson the hard way. literally every 15-30 minutes i would get this damn, "Disk dirty, can't read disc error", even though the disc was brand new. ever since then i save my games as much as they will let me.
Saving even once is the worst thing you can do. Never save. And you have to beat the game in one sitting or you aren't even a gamer.
I’m over here looking smug in Prince of Persia
Always and often. Never trust auto-saves.
I save a lot because if I do die, I don't want to go back and redo everything I just did.
It's a game. Play how you want to.
The real question ks how much saving is not enough.
Barring a few seconds, it costs you nothing to save and the benefits are pretty clear, so there really isn't such a thing as saving 'too much'
I can guarantee you that however much you are saving is no where near my saving obsession problem. If quick save is an an option, I quick save probably every 15 to 20 seconds, pressing the button wothout realizing it. Manual saves before every npc conversation and multiple times throughout dungeons on top of the quick saving. It started after I lost like 40 hours of gameplay due to a corrupt save and now i have an obsession.
Hohoho
Any amount of manual saving is too much now, the game should handle it all for you.
But if you are playing in a game with manual saves, do it whenever you can.
You can't save too often.
I always save when i can.
You wouldn't need to save as much if you'd just use your potions and scrolls. Yeah, the ones you've been holding onto, cluttering your storage, waiting for the big fight!
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average-egg t1_jaayt8c wrote
it's never too much