Main problem I remember from this game is the Magic Rings

[Crimson Phantom]

I believe that's what they were called; it's been a long time. But, if I recall correctly, you needed magic rings to save, and they were in very limited supply. That was a real turn-off.

[Camerooni]

I only play games in 20min-1hour bursts.. needing magic rings to save has completely killed my enthusiam for this title.. I was really getting into it as well.. but I'm still right at the start and have probably saved 6 times.. oops.

[Camerooni]

Cheers thanks, will have to check it out..

[Nuku]

It's not really a problem, there's enough rings throughout the game, just don't save like mad, not every savepoint is a must-save.

[Camerooni]

It kinda is when you only have 15-20 minutes per play session.

[Vi]

Does the trainer work?

[Angel.9 Rakou Cobra]

There's also this one http://illusionworks.tripod.com/ that I've been using since I unfortunately end up playing in shorter bursts as well.

I like the idea they were going with (a living world/not reloading constantly)... but I've got too many time constraints now to not be able to save and leave when I need to. :|

[SuPiRoSu]

Don't do it man! Managing your magic rings is one of the main things you have to do on this game!

[Vi]

There is nothing to "manage" about these rings, you either have them or not.

[joliet_jane]

I bought this game years ago on disc, and I was so disappointed and enraged when I found out the game wanted to dictate when I can stop playing and LIVE MY LIFE! You can't do that, game! No!

Hopefully I can get those mods to work so I can finally play this damn game.

[Boner Queef]

Originally posted by V R.:

There is nothing to "manage" about these rings, you either have them or not.

Well, then that would be called "manage"ing them, now wouldn't it. Cause if you have them, and then you don't, then you didn't manage them very well. So, who here hasn't played Resident Evil?

[Chick'n'Duck]

This brought me nearly to stop playing the game. I misused all my rings for advices and saved often, cause the game doesn't tell you anything about it. Without rings, the game is terrible, cause you don't know where the next rings might be and you have to use a walkthrough.

[thetrellan]

I have installed the game many times on many systems and never had a problem saving before now. A glitch appeared to prevent saving entirely. But I disconnected the monitors not used for gaming and it disappeared. It still happens, though. I can tell when I find I can't sort through the sneak items any more.

Saving is tricky when you first return to the game because no indication is given that the save happened. It looks for all the world like you were just booted out of the sneak instead. So whenever I started a fresh install, I always ended up wasting the first 3 saves.

No trouble with running out of rings, though. But as many times as I've played through, I now have a good idea where to find them all.

Trying to play any game 20 minutes at a time would drive me absolutely batty. 2 hours seems like barely enough for looking around. But if you don't feel like downloading some third party hack, I suggest devoting your system to it. Instead of saving, leave the computer paused until you can return and play some more.

[thetrellan]

Exploration spoilers for those who have wasted their rings.

Progress is fairly simple, and items scattered throughout the city are never located in the elevators. Not looking in them will save a ton of time. Load an early save and play through the main story without actively looking for those few seteks and documents, and catching up is pretty easy. It may not be the best solution imaginable, but you can never know your way around the city well enough anyway.

Anekbah's design is basic but organic enough to confuse. It's only now, after two decades of open world gaming, that I feel I know my way around it completely. The side that the game opens up on contains gates to Jaunpur and a secondary one to the pleasure district Qalisar. Only 2 apartment buildings contain collectibles. They are together, across the street from each other. That is the street that intersects the main street. You will not need to go looking, as the story will lead you to the first apartment. There is also a bar containing 2 documents, but you will find the same elsewhere without having to look here. Otherwise you don't need to search that part of town.

[Lord Tony]

I beat the game with like 20 magic rings left.