I love JRPGs but the intros can be a bit of a drag if you already know the story. I got in the habit of making a lot of saves for a given game when the world opens up. Curious if anyone else does this and for what game and where in the game you save.

For me it's:

FF7 post Midgar

FFX post Operation Mi'ihen

DQ8 post getting the ship

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Saint_Chrispy1 t1_iydt53m wrote on November 30, 2022 at 5:36 PM

I did this in new Vegas and fallout 4 staying neutral until a choice had to be made. Then can revert back without going through 50 hours of grinding again

hambo_81 t1_iydsw2m wrote on November 30, 2022 at 5:34 PM

That's actually a really good idea. Stealing it.

Schulle2105 t1_iydtjf3 wrote on November 30, 2022 at 5:38 PM

I did it for more "open rpg's" but at least for the final fantasy games I can understand why at these points

EnigmaFilms OP t1_iydujjw wrote on November 30, 2022 at 5:45 PM

For the choices?

Schulle2105 t1_iyeajfr wrote on November 30, 2022 at 7:27 PM

Yes to have the splitten ways after the central introduction

Lumpy_Visit9336 t1_iydw20r wrote on November 30, 2022 at 5:54 PM

Yeah Bethesda games are great for this at big story points, but you typically need to spoil it to know when and where to do this. This is a big move too with trophy hunting to otherwise avoid replaying an entire game to go down an alternate path. Also one I love is in faming games like star dew valley or harvest moon make a save right before getting married with all choices maxed out.

virtualpig t1_iyelplx wrote on November 30, 2022 at 8:38 PM

I strongly dislike games with a "save anywhere" feature for this reason. I remember playing Oddworld Stranger's Wrath and saving during boss battles and it just was not a fun experience. I recently played Quake on PS4 and despite it having such a feature, I only save between levels, it's just more fun for me.