Autosaves?

[Cerberus_e]

will prey have autosaves?
I know it will already have deathwalking, but that's not enough http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
what if the game crashes? or our town is without electricity for 15 minutes due street workings all of a sudden? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

what if I'm really stuck?

I always feel safe when there is a good autosave system like in far cry, half-life 2, ...
when there is no, or a bad, autosave system, I always feel tempted to save after every enemy like in doom 3, return to castle wolfenstein, duke 3D, shadow warrior, and pharaoh's tomb

[Reaper]

From the Death-Walking thread:

George Broussard said:
You can quick save/load any time you want.

[Cerberus_e]

quick yes, but auto?

[hell-angel]

Personally I allways save at the beginning of the level, just in case even if there is an autosave function or not. Just became a habbit over the years. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Viper Knight]

Cerberus_e said:
will prey have autosaves?



Probably.

[Reaper]

I think autosaves, if not hidden from the player, could reduce immersion and/or destroy suspense. If you notice it, you might think that a difficult, or scary moment is ahead.

[Viper Knight]

I think Prey will have autosaves but not to the extent Half-Life had. And particularly due to this death walking stuff it will not be required, except for instances of the game crashing or power outages.

[hell-angel]

Reaper said:
I think autosaves, if not hidden from the player, could reduce immersion and/or destroy suspense. If you notice it, you might think that a difficult, or scary moment is ahead.



More importantly, autosave should NOT make you computer stop for a second while the game saves, it should be completely free of hampering the game. and you should not even know it happens unless there is a message printed on the screen. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Viper Knight]

If you've got a fast computer with a quiet hard drive it shouldn't be a problem.

[Cerberus_e]

no, if autosaves are frequent, like HL & HL2 & Far Cry, you will never think OMG DIFFICULT MOMENT NOW when your game pauses a little second.

[JackpotDen]

90% of the time in hl2, I quicksave just before an autosave by accident http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif