Comments on: My one hour Fallout 2 gaming session and bitching about lack of auto-save http://www.gameproducer.net/2012/01/13/my-one-hour-fallout-2-gaming-session-and-bitching-about-lack-of-auto-save/ I bake games. Indie style. Thu, 16 May 2013 13:23:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Nathan http://www.gameproducer.net/2012/01/13/my-one-hour-fallout-2-gaming-session-and-bitching-about-lack-of-auto-save/comment-page-1/#comment-147418 Nathan Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:39:03 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=6438#comment-147418 Late comment, but for the perma-death thing, I think they must have been going for the hardcore (really hardcore) crowd. Some people love that stuff. I guess, for the autosave thing, you just have to save, and save often, just like that old computer saying. :D Late comment, but for the perma-death thing, I think they must have been going for the hardcore (really hardcore) crowd. Some people love that stuff.

I guess, for the autosave thing, you just have to save, and save often, just like that old computer saying. :D

]]> By: Juuso http://www.gameproducer.net/2012/01/13/my-one-hour-fallout-2-gaming-session-and-bitching-about-lack-of-auto-save/comment-page-1/#comment-147340 Juuso Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:17:25 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=6438#comment-147340 Good point. It sure would kill immersion if game would freeze 1 min every 15 minutes. Good point. It sure would kill immersion if game would freeze 1 min every 15 minutes.

]]> By: Ilya http://www.gameproducer.net/2012/01/13/my-one-hour-fallout-2-gaming-session-and-bitching-about-lack-of-auto-save/comment-page-1/#comment-147338 Ilya Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:21:59 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=6438#comment-147338 I did not play Fallout myself, but when I was observing a friend playing it I remember noting how long did the save/load take. I think it was about a minute. I guess it would be annoying to the boiling point if the thing kicked in unprompted every now and then, pausing the game for a minute. It has nothing to do with play experience or permadeath - it was just a convention to have manual save systems these days. I find it hard to recall a few mid-90 games having autosave. Dorin Lazar - you don't play permadeath game to complete them. Think of them like of Teteris but with much longer time per session. When you lose, you just start again and the random generator will make the next time different. I did not play Fallout myself, but when I was observing a friend playing it I remember noting how long did the save/load take. I think it was about a minute. I guess it would be annoying to the boiling point if the thing kicked in unprompted every now and then, pausing the game for a minute.

It has nothing to do with play experience or permadeath – it was just a convention to have manual save systems these days. I find it hard to recall a few mid-90 games having autosave.

Dorin Lazar – you don’t play permadeath game to complete them. Think of them like of Teteris but with much longer time per session. When you lose, you just start again and the random generator will make the next time different.

]]> By: Dorin Lazar http://www.gameproducer.net/2012/01/13/my-one-hour-fallout-2-gaming-session-and-bitching-about-lack-of-auto-save/comment-page-1/#comment-147322 Dorin Lazar Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:12:40 +0000 http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=6438#comment-147322 I was intrigued by this in nethack, and found it awesome. But these days, I wouldn't like it so much, because I have less time to play and I really don't want to be bothered with that. Did I die? Ok, do something and get me back on track, a la Bastion. I want to play for 20 minutes, not think about when will I be able to save my progress. I was intrigued by this in nethack, and found it awesome. But these days, I wouldn’t like it so much, because I have less time to play and I really don’t want to be bothered with that. Did I die? Ok, do something and get me back on track, a la Bastion. I want to play for 20 minutes, not think about when will I be able to save my progress.

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