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<blockquote data-quote="Ulorian - Agent of Chaos" data-source="post: 9644400" data-attributes="member: 16668">Former software architect here. Capturing a snapshot of the current state of a system really isn't much of a technical challenge, especially if you're not allowing saves during points of particular environmental complexity, like the middle of a non-turn based combat. Recall also that most games don't have a checkpoint save system. This is a non-issue honestly.Your second point I agree with... to a point. Whether a scene is 'ruined' by being allowed to save and restart later is not for the designer to decide, it's for the person actually playing the game. I get for certain types of games the designers are trying to enforce a certain level of challenge or mood. In fact, I mentioned this in my original post. It's an unnecessary annoyance to me though, and I think to others as well. I think save checkpoints could and maybe should be a difficulty setting. Or if you, as a user, really want the experience... just don't save!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ulorian - Agent of Chaos, post: 9644400, member: 16668"] Former software architect here. Capturing a snapshot of the current state of a system really isn't much of a technical challenge, especially if you're not allowing saves during points of particular environmental complexity, like the middle of a non-turn based combat. Recall also that most games don't have a checkpoint save system. This is a non-issue honestly. Your second point I agree with... to a point. Whether a scene is 'ruined' by being allowed to save and restart later is not for the designer to decide, it's for the person actually playing the game. I get for certain types of games the designers are trying to enforce a certain level of challenge or mood. In fact, I mentioned this in my original post. It's an unnecessary annoyance to me though, and I think to others as well. I think save checkpoints could and maybe should be a difficulty setting. Or if you, as a user, really want the experience... just don't save! [/QUOTE]

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