Can't go back to explore certain area?

[giga-ganon]

Hello, i'm right here on chapter 5 (the tower) :

http://i.imgur.com/ZGyuHna.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ddlwTM4.jpg

is there anyway to go back in the previous area to search the secret i missed? or am i obligated to restart once i finish this chapter?

thanks

[krev]

If you miss any secrets anywhere, you can go into mission select and replay the mission to nab 'em; anything you earn in it will carry over, even if you exit out of the level early (for example, if you do a challenge, finish it, but don't feel like beating the level, you can just exit and it'll stay completed).

[Elenoe]

no, there are very few levels where you cannot backtrack past certain points. This is one of them.

But don't worry, end level and start again from menu. It really takes fracture of time second time and you can quit when you get you collectable. All upgrades and points still count to that campaing.

[giga-ganon]

Originally posted by Krev:

If you miss any secrets anywhere, you can go into mission select and replay the mission to nab 'em; anything you earn in it will carry over, even if you exit out of the level early (for example, if you do a challenge, finish it, but don't feel like beating the level, you can just exit and it'll stay completed).

ho great, i was affraid that i must complete the level again! will do that, thanks again

[ZeNeX]

but do they add to your saved game? so on level 3 saved and decide to go replay level 1 to get secrets. can i then go and reload my lvl3 or do i have to start it again?

and does it save as soon as you get a secret so can then just leave the level without waiting for next save point?

[Ransom]

ur upgrades will be carry over but not ur loadout...

the secrets, upgrades and upgradepoints will be saved instandly when uve got it ;)

but im not rly sure about that because ive played the whole map again because its rly fun :D
just try it dude. there is nothing u could damage on ur savegame

[Elenoe]

yup, secrets and upgrade points and such are saved immediatelly to your "global" as soon as you find them. You can replay previous missions/challenges and then "continue" on your last checkpoint with all new things you've unlocked/found.

The only thing that won't work you can't have more checkpoints beside your main one. So if you replay the level you cannot quit and return. Same goes for CTD, you will need to start mission replay from start.

[V I D A L]

That is the one thing I hated in this game... Pretty much every level after level 2 has points of no return.. more than one even.

[Elenoe]

not every level. Just some of them can't be backtracked actually. But all in all it was annoying and unnecessary.

[ZeNeX]

so i can reload my saved game and will then include what i have just gone back and got, id expect no and just restart the level im currently on to continue with my found upgrades etc

[HooksGURU]

Originally posted by Fx2050:

so i can reload my saved game and will then include what i have just gone back and got, id expect no and just restart the level im currently on to continue with my found upgrades etc

You will not get every challenge and collection your first level playthough. You will have to restart the level from the main menu under "Missions." It saves progress made for each however, so you will not have to repeat as you complete them. Certian levels are designed with a more linear path system; thus you can't return in the direction you came. This is why Mission Selection is available to the user.

[Elenoe]

you might "expect" that but it works differently here :)

it's easier to understand when you try it first time. Everything is just "unlockable" here. Weapons, upgrades, runes, masteries, upgrade points and such are saved in one "file". And "continue" checkpoint is completelly separate one. They don't depends on each other at all.

So just replay mission at any time and you will see what happens.

And NEVER ever reset your level for whatever reason. It's always better to finish it and then replay it to do what you wanted to do when you though you need level restart. If you miss collectible at beginning. Just finish the level, replay, pick your collectible, exit and continue the game.

Also good for masteries unlocking and such if you can't find good opportunity to do them in later levels but you already want them where you are.

It's actually good way to do things. No regrets you missed something. No destroyed saves because you reloaded something and it rewrites your quick/autosave, no lost progress etc. I like it.

[ZeNeX]

so it does update my saved game or just start the level im up to after i gone back and collected

[Elenoe]

update, just try it already and you will see

[ZeNeX]

ok ill get round to testing at some point, cheers

[animalmagic]

Originally posted by Fx2050:

so i can reload my saved game and will then include what i have just gone back and got, id expect no and just restart the level im currently on to continue with my found upgrades etc

except if you restart the current mission you lose anything that you got between the start of the current mission and the continue point.