Poll: Best type of saves!

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Best type of saves!

  • Save Anywhere / Quick Save

    Votes: 115 56.7%

  • Check Points

    Votes: 78 38.4%

  • Limited Saves

    Votes: 3 1.5%

  • Iron Man / Never save!

    Votes: 7 3.4%
  • Total voters
    203
WILD9 said:
Depends entirely on the game but if we are talking action 3rd person/fps then checkpoints. I dont mind playing the same bit a few times if I can try something different each time. The other factor is where the checkpoints are, Ive played some games with really terribly placed chekpoints, like you have to play half a level followed by a bloody impossible boss and then the chekpoint is after the boss.
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Or then you beat the boss only to get taken out by something stupid afterwards! The best games are the ones built around check points imo rather than just casually thrown in here and there.
 
Checkpoints like in far cry but it depends of the game really. For something linear, checkpoint is better. For an open world game, save anytime.
 
I like to save at every opportunity, just so i dont have to go back and replay about 20-30 mins worth of gameplay again.
 
It differs from game to game for me. I think some games suit quick saving and some games suit check points. I played Ghost Recon vegas recently and the amount of reloading I did on that was stupid. I kept dying before a certain checkpoint/savepoint kicked in and it was infuriating to say the least. I would have loved to have a quicksave option available. Some say it adds replay value but in that instance I was too annoyed to care about any 'replay value'
 
Checkpoints. ;)

Some of you are real wimps.
I remember when you just had 3 lives & that was it or even just the one & its game over & back to the very start.
Completing a game was a bigger deal.
 
Ulfhedjinn said:
I remember this too and it was ******* frustrating. Games are supposed to be fun, not a chore.
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I forgot how frustrating it was but you did really get a good buzz when you completed the a game & it didn't need to have even a big flashy ending for you to get it.
 
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Final8y said:
Checkpoints. ;)

Some of you are real wimps.
I remember when you just had 3 lives & that was it or even just the one & its game over & back to the very start.
Completing a game was a bigger deal.
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I liked the "life" system although agree its not practical in todays games.

Voted for Limited Saves (The only one so far) :(
 
2 - Checkpoints, but on two conditions:

1) That they are evenly and sensibly placed.
2) That they save to a different save every-time, so if you mess up a checkpoint badly you can go back from any previous checkpoint.
 
I understand why check points are the prefered option but unfortunately with so many games and so little time the being able to save anywhere feature is a godsend.
I just dont have the time anymore to repeatedly repeat stages this is why I have never completed GTA SA or vice city yet most FPS I can finish in a week.
 
Save anywhere, I want to be able to stop playing when I want and pick up where I left off.
Not when it tells me.
 
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