Iron man - how does it work?

[henrywiddas]

I'm a tad confused by the iron man setting in this game, it restricts you to one autosave per day but when I die I can return to that autosave.

But the iron man mode in Pillars of Eternity will delete the single save file you have if the main character dies which ups the ante a lot more.

Are there different degrees of difficulty for iron man then? Is the Dead State iron man more similar to the X-Com iron man?

Also I have always had a couple of save files for each character I've played with in Dead State, even on iron man mode. Don't know if it creates another save file when you leave the game?

Maybe that is just the way of it? Or is something not working correctly?

[Drunk Zombie]

It is working correctly. DS isn't a roguelike where death means having to start completely over. The idea of its ironman is so you can't go back and undo something or save scum.

[henrywiddas]

that's great thanks, i'm going to use a self-imposed roguelike iron man for my games though, see my other thread for the reasons :)

https://steamcommunity.com/app/239840/discussions/0/598198356197105236/