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Originally Posted by Mallus  Most games these days are designed that way, yes.
You played through the entire game again after dying near the end? You, sir, have the patience of a saint. If games didn't have save mechanics, I wouldn't play them (I'd get too bored w/all the backtracking/redoing). | Actually I spent a day or two determined not to play the game ever again. Then I calmed down and decided to do it since I enjoyed just "getting there" well enough to do it again.
Then I played it again as Dark Side. Took me only 3 tries that time. Still, I preferred the Light side play.
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