I was just wondering if fellow escapists have any tips or rules they use to keep themselves from abusing save/reload to avoid bad consequences in games. Saving every few steps like I tend to do ends up really killing the sense of immersion--in fact I almost prefer a console style system because of this. I think it's particularly a problem in games like Fallout 3, where, for example, there's a big temptation to save before any time you might be caught stealing and then reload if you're caught. It would be much better (more immersive and fun) to actually have to deal with the consequences of being caught.
On the other hand, I don't want to play completely ironman and never save. I was thinking maybe I'd turn off all the autosave stuff and only allow myself to save every 30 minutes. Anyone have any thoughts on that or techniques you use to force yourself to deal with in game failure?
On the other hand, I don't want to play completely ironman and never save. I was thinking maybe I'd turn off all the autosave stuff and only allow myself to save every 30 minutes. Anyone have any thoughts on that or techniques you use to force yourself to deal with in game failure?