Help! Can't Save My Game

[bindercd]

I've never been able to get very far in the game because I keep dying and the game won't ever allow me to save my progress in the menu. Neither quick saving nor regular game saving will work it always says I can't save the game no matter what point I'm at. When I die it always takes me back to the main menu and I have to start the whole game over again. Anybody know what the hell is going on and how to fix this?

[Aemony]

Have you gotten past the prologue and arrived to the Bunker?

[bindercd]

I've made it a little bit past the dude with the buzz saw at the beginning after your ship crashes. That's as far as I can go on one life without saving.

[Xamn]

You have to make it to the first boss and defeat it, before you can save. Roughly an hour after you start.

[Beato_dim]

What difficulty are you playing on?

[사랑해요]

you need tactics or just swtich to easy mode with auto chips on.

[Beato_dim]

Originally posted by 󠀡𝖇𝖑𝖆𝖉𝖊𝖘𝖔𝖋𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊:

you need tactics or just swtich to easy mode with auto chips on.

Playing with auto chips is boring though. I'd say it's best to try and get through it on Normal, it gets easier after the prologue.

[DOUBLE [R]]

Originally posted by Xamn:

You have to make it to the first boss and defeat it, before you can save. Roughly an hour after you start.

I read up on the "no save" aspect of the game, and turned the game on to easy. Took me about 40 minutes.

I did die the first time on normal, right before i meet 9S..

[F4lc0n]

Even when playing on normal the game automatically uses healing items that should prevent you from dying. After the introduction (which can take about one hour) you will be able to save.

[Aemony]

@OP: The first boss just after the initial shoot 'em up section is actually rather easy as long as you generally do not move. Check the video below out from the 7 minute mark and forward to understand what I mean:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orTILQqEXes

[SleepingPaws]

Learn how to evade and dash through the air. This will help you with the bosses and future fights. Evading is taught to you already by the game, just utilize it. Dashing using the bot wasn't taught to you I don't think. On keyboard and mouse it's Shift and space bar. Also don't for get to use the bot's laser cannon, it's very useful for more damage output.

[SleepingPaws]

Originally posted by Aemony:

@OP: The first boss just after the initial shoot 'em up section is actually rather easy as long as you generally do not move. Check the video below out from the 7 minute mark and forward to understand what I mean:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orTILQqEXes

Yeah... it's a lot easier and faster to just smash it with your sword and gun and the laser cannon. It can barely hit you if you use your dashes/evades.

[Void#151625]

you can switch difficulty any time you see start easy to make yourself familiar with the controls once you got the hang of it you can later replay it on any difficulty
crash once with the plane to get ending W

you can switch difficulty any time you need in game as long you not in combat and you can not change settings while on the plane, but you can change settings befor you start and load that save slot!

Difficulties explained:
easy mode has auto fire and no deaths (good for funds and exp and chips and learning the game)
normal you can die and no auto combat +you can target lock on.
hard you can die and no auto combat.+ you can not lock on target
very hard you can die and no auto combat.+ you can not lock on target and you get one hit killed

hardest is playing with only OS chip what in some situation is close to nightmare and close to impossible.

it takes 1200000+ exp to reach level 99 after that it stays at it. can be reached at ending A the exp and level and all stays for the whole save as long the save is not deleted!

very hard is use full for level 99 when you online network play and want to create body for extra upload and items and follower

btw dieing is a function of the game what allows you get exp, items and game endings!
simpler said even failing counts towards game progression!

some game choice require you at least 2 save slots that start New Game for ending A, to get the diffrent sub quest so its at least 52 endings you need to do that way!
some choice alter aviable sub quests thats why you need at least 2 diffrent saves!

choice at sub quest at ending A stay in that save thats why you need 2 diffrent save slots

for 3ed save slot not sure if both save slots with total 52 ending in save slots done will alter the New game and so the 3ed save slot I need still to test this!

ps DLC ending not included in that calculation.

the diffrent in the sub quests choice is:
1 is more towards 9S and the other is more towards 2B as far as i seen.

Nier Wiki for info as quest, endings and more: https://nierautomata.wiki.fextralife.com/Nier+Automata+Wiki