How do I save?

[Jedra]

I have just been playing Hitman and needed to go and do something else - for the life of me I could not find the save option as there is in the other Hitman games and hence I have probably lost all my progress.

Can someone put me out of my misery and tell me where it is please!

[Treo]

automatic

[Jedra]

What do you mean automatic? If I quit it puts me in the same place? What if I make a mistake? Where does it load back to?

Please, please don't say it's checkpoints.

[nova]

If you close the game, you ahve to restart the latest mission. Within a level, you can go back to the latest checkpoint. I think this is because of the (high-)score system.

[Jedra]

Noooooooooooooo! That's terrible. Jeez, if I had known that I would not have pre-ordered.

[Sir Podrick]

Does the lack of a save function really make that much of a difference to you? It's still a good game, you'll just have to be a lot more careful, it can get frustrating tho but stick with it.

[Jedra]

Originally posted by ToffeeCrisp:

Does the lack of a save function really make that much of a difference to you? It's still a good game, you'll just have to be a lot more careful, it can get frustrating tho but stick with it.

It makes a big difference. I want to play for as long as I want to play. If I want to stop in the middle of a level to go and do something else then I would like to be able to do that. Also. if I make a mistake I want to go back to my last save and try again. With the old Hitman games I liked to experiment with each kill (that was part of the fun) and try different things.

It looks like I can't do any of this with Absolution.

This is so disappointing.

[Sir Podrick]

That's fair enough, I get what you mean with regard to experimenting and such, it does make you a lot more cautious with what you want to try out. I'm definitely erring on the side of caution with each and every mission. I suppose that's what the developers wanted...? It may be a minus point for some but for me it adds to the game, to each their own tho!

[Flash]

One thing my mind just can comprehend is why do the dead and unconscious guards respawn after you restart from checkpoint you used after those guards were already dead.

I KO a guy, steal his uniform and after that save my progress at a checkpoint. At some point later on I get caught so I restart my last checkpoint. And the guy I knocked out and whose uniform I am wearing respawns. WTF!!!


I just don't understand how did they manage to f*ck this game up so badly. They had prefect templates to build upon. Silent Assassin and Blood Money were great games. While Absolution feels like it was created by people who didn't know what were they doing.

[Jedra]

I too just noticed the checkpoints don't work. I walked along a ledge, pulled a guy out of a window, went through the window, killed another guy, took his clothes and gun and then selected the checkpoint. I decided to quit for a while to go and do something else. Came back and hit continue and I was back on the ledge and had to do the whole thing again!

So, not only do they have checkpoints rather than proper saves, they don't even work properly!!

[nightstrike]

Originally posted by Jedra:

Originally posted by ToffeeCrisp:

Does the lack of a save function really make that much of a difference to you? It's still a good game, you'll just have to be a lot more careful, it can get frustrating tho but stick with it.

It makes a big difference. I want to play for as long as I want to play. If I want to stop in the middle of a level to go and do something else then I would like to be able to do that. Also. if I make a mistake I want to go back to my last save and try again. With the old Hitman games I liked to experiment with each kill (that was part of the fun) and try different things.

It looks like I can't do any of this with Absolution.

This is so disappointing.

I couldn't agree more. This comment of yours needs to be nailed the front door of every game developer out there.

[Viracocha]

Checkpoints still not working in my game...

[brimck87]

hello
there is no auto saves because the levels are pretty short-but you do have check points during the game-yes i know its a pain when you get killed or spotted and have to restart the whole level again- but it is still worth it to play it right through to the Finnish-don't give up

[Soul Gaming]

Automatic save

[Deniz]

Originally posted by Jedra:

Originally posted by ToffeeCrisp:

Does the lack of a save function really make that much of a difference to you? It's still a good game, you'll just have to be a lot more careful, it can get frustrating tho but stick with it.

It makes a big difference. I want to play for as long as I want to play. If I want to stop in the middle of a level to go and do something else then I would like to be able to do that. Also. if I make a mistake I want to go back to my last save and try again. With the old Hitman games I liked to experiment with each kill (that was part of the fun) and try different things.

It looks like I can't do any of this with Absolution.

This is so disappointing.

[jerryccug]

What is a checkpoint and how do I use it. Is it a save each time? Also, do saves only work while the computer is on or not quitting it?