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

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 45 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Implementation probably. Checkpoints are easy because you don't have to save the entire game state, just the progression.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, good point and that's a valid reason I suppose.

It's still very nice when you have more flexibility.

Wish PC games could implement something like the xbox quick resume or something.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's already a thing on the steam deck and it works with almost any game.

Microsoft could implement it for Windows too, but people will want still use their computer when pausing a game so it's a lot harder to do.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wonder is Valve could implement that on windows as well?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Iirc they are working to integrate it into the Steam client on desktop wherever possible (and to try to allow for cloud syncing the game state between devices.) Not sure how it's been going but iirc it was never going to be made available until after the UI update (which came out quite recently.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

That would be awesome, I hope they can do it!

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