discussion Does Anyone Else Drop a Game When Old Saves Don't Work?

[Ernest]

Space Journey X is a pretty bad offender to the point that the dev added so many skips to get back to where you were to compensate. It's a shame too, because the game has a number of things going for it. When I first ran into it, I dropped the game for a substantial amount of time.

Agreed. Waiting for the "Complete" tag.

 

[redhairedwolf]

I dropped Knightly passions until it finished after redoing the game 2 - 3 times

 

[Deco]

I'm one of those who restart the game to get into the mood again, especially when the game has little content per update

 

[RawD]

It's usually pretty easy to skip to where you want. The only annoying thing is unskipable transitions.

 

[london23]

only if it's not a renpy game
otherwise I just skip everything until I get to that place where I left off last time

 

[robbiesmith123456]

It depends on how far into the game I am. If it will take an hour to get back where I was, I'll drop the game.

 

[micmitja]

mostly drop y, specially if have already had to replay game not long ago. am really not fan of endless replay of same thing, there are too many games i havent yet. i rather do those, but they usually go on side and are waiting to be completed or me bored when years pass and want to replay. got bunch of those.

 

[artemis74]

For me, depends on the game and how far I have to go to get caught up again.

 

[Republican Bear]

With me using mods most of my saves always end up corrupted, or not compatible so no I just do a fast replay.

 

[Gravespawn]

At times I tell myself "I'll pick it up later when I have time", but usually I forget.

 

[binstinct]

Wouldn’t fast forward be the alternative?

 

[bulliedhealer]

I often wait for the complete tag, but for games I particularly like I don't mind replaying them. The Guardian is a good example, I actually like replaying it since there are several scenes I like to stop at and take care of business, so it's a pleasure to replay it.

 

[olscel]

It depends on the game. For some games with a certain level of replayability, I don't mind as much, or if I played it a long time ago.

 

[supergamer]

I usual just replay them and sometime find new scenes that wasnt in before.

 

[qyruixyhg]

Depends, if it's an old game where I haven't play it for a while then sure, otherwise no

 

[bulliedhealer]

I also want to say that from a technical standpoint I do have a good understanding of why old saves are incompatible with newer versions. Having worked with databases a fair amount and knowing what a pain in the ass it can be to upgrade an old database schema to a new one when there are major differences between the old and new.

So I might be more forgiving of old saves not working because I look at it that way. It is still sometimes a pain in the ass, but I get it.

 

[Satou4545]

I just can't be arsed most of the time, with a few exceptions of course.

 

[Republican Bear]

It doesn't help that newer Renpy versions now have save DRM were if a save is modified it wont load.

Unless you edit the token file, or use an online site to do it automatically.

 

[banabad0912]

Usually don't have this problem since I like to wait for a game to be completed.

 

[echizen128]

Not at all, I usually check out a game and if I like it I wait for it to be completed and then restart.

Though I have been burned a couple times by a game going to shit towards the end, like DMD and DfD.