Don't use quickloads to get the outcomes you want.

[Ellie]

Many people are probably new to this kind of game, and to be fair, there aren't many of these games to go around, at least not in a digital format. But, here is an important piece of advice.

Don't exploit quicksave/quickload to achieve the outcomes you want. Allow the narrative to unfold organically. You fail an important role, you get into brawls you didn't want -- embrace it. ONLY load on party deaths, and accept anything else as *YOUR* narrative.

If you do this, you will have a truly unique experience. And the second time around, it might feel like you're playing a different story.

[Zygfryd]

Or just play however you want and use any of the tools the game gives you.

[Kafik]

lmao you can have a "truly unique experience" by using saves to get the outcome you want. There's more than enough choices that change your outcome anyway or quests to skip or choose to do,

[Selunevis]

Remeber kids, the OC wants you to play the game their way, not yours. Reject tiranny, embrace save-scumming (or not, but be yourselves).

[Soul]

Absolutely man, remember the DF philosophy... Losing is Fun.

[zero]

its a video game, there are no rules, do whats fun for you

[Moonbane]

Always save scumming, not seeing the point in going with substandard results.

[Ellie]

Originally posted by Zygfryd:

Or just play however you want and use any of the tools the game gives you.

You can do that. My point is, forcing the narrative down a specific pathway by exploiting saves and loads probably makes your decisions feel less meaningful. And if you're not used to branching narrative games, you may not be aware that there's immersion benefits to allowing the dice to fall as they may.

[Yutiradon]

Most of the time I try to roll with the roll, but sometimes It's simply not fun to fail a speech check and be forced into combat, or worse locked out of a story line. I'm not about to start another 100 hour campaign because I failed a single roll. (I will start another 100 hour campaign to *choose* a different path though)

Besides at the end of the day I payed for this game I'm going to play it however the hell I want, especially considering I play solo.

[KritzelPixel]

Many people are probably new to this kind of chill your base, and to be fair, accepting different realities and adulting is hard for some people. But, here is an important piece of advice: Let people play games like they want to play them.

[TyranntX]

I'm currently experimenting builds, so of course I'm going to save scum to max out as much XP as possible. in my current run I'm nearly level 5 and I haven't even gone to ACT 2 yet

[EricHVela]

While I'll encourage people to try it without save scumming, I won't tell them not to do it.

My next playthrough, I feel certain that I'll savescum until my SSD breaks. (That'll be my 4th, but I said the same thing about my 2nd.)

[Federok]

Originally posted by Zygfryd:

Or just play however you want and use any of the tools the game gives you.

same.

Sometimes i will reload, sometimes i wont. Sometimes i do it to see the other choices, sometimes to get a more enjoyable result.

I truly do not care if im having a "truly unique experience", i just want an experience that I enjoy and cant accentuate enought how little i care if five thousand or five million other people go through same exact story than mine.

[Ellie]

Originally posted by TyranntX:

I'm currently experimenting builds, so of course I'm going to save scum to max out as much XP as possible. in my current run I'm nearly level 5 and I haven't even gone to ACT 2 yet

I should clarify, if you're in it for the story more than the mastery of the mechanics.

[nuts fattenning]

or; and this may be a crazy idea to the original poster...

Let people play how they want and quit trying to tell other's how they should play!

:|

[zacharyb]

Originally posted by Kfuk:

lmao you can have a "truly unique experience" by using saves to get the outcome you want. There's more than enough choices that change your outcome anyway or quests to skip or choose to do,

Ya that's the only way to get a guaranteed different experience.