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Old April 23rd, 2006, 04:53 PM
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Default Re: Amazing advance in game development

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Agrajag said:
Far Cry only allows you to save in preset locations* and therefore isn't worth even thinking about.
I have not yet played Far Cry. My friend considers it to be the best FPS ever, and this cements it. In most games, you can save anywhere, anytime... which massively reduces the challenge and "fear factor". Far Cry does not have "save locations", but rather, it autosaves for you once at each scarce preset "progress point". Not knowing when you will next be saved forces the player to play for real, like in an Ironman mode.

Well, those are his thoughts. From the way I played Halflife and Deus Ex, with overzealous saves, I tend to agree - the ability to save anywhere greatly reduced suspense and adrenaline.
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