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[Hulk_Smash]

What in the holy hell raking pants pissing motherfucking hot dick sucking controller breaking save system does this game have?!

An hour in and I still can’t save? I die to a buzz saw and the game has the fucking audacity to send me back to the beginning? And runny watery diarrhea cherry on top is that I can’t back out to the main menu once it starts back at the beginning. What. the. hell?!

There is no fucking excuse for not having an option of backing out of a game any time you desire.

And don’t give me this “get gud” bullshit neither. I’VE JUST STARTED THE GAME.

I don’t care how good this game is and how “meta” it is not to give you a save option. This isn’t Ghost n Goblins. Give me a chance to learn the game before you make me replay shit in a TUTORIAL that I’ve already learned!

Please tell me it isn’t like this throughout the game. I swear if I have to repeat long ass sections of the game because of a poor save system, then I’m uninstalling the game now.

 

[Hulk_Smash]

Edit: I asked a mod to change the title because of a typo and they didn't just fix it, they improved upon it. Bravo.

 

[GhostOfTsu]

Please tell me it isn’t like this throughout the game. I swear if I have to repeat long ass sections of the game because of a poor save system, then I’m uninstalling the game now.

How about repeating the game 3 times to finish it? I played the first 2 playthroughs on Game Pass Xbox because I was told the third playthrough is the "real" game but there was barely any differences so I gave up on it at the beginning of the third. I felt like I was wasting my time. Also too many robots. Deleted.

 

[longdi]

git gud mate. the game difficulty is nothing on normal setting, certainly easier than most 3rd person action games

 

[TaroYamada]

I enjoyed it but sympathize, I almost finished the third playthrough but was annoyed near the end. Also games which don't just let me save anywhere are starting to lose my interest. You either need save anywhere or very generous checkpoints. I'm an adult, I don't necessarily have 1-2 hours uninterrupted to focus on your game.

 

[Hulk_Smash]

git gud mate. the game difficulty is nothing on normal setting, certainly easier than most 3rd person action games

Been playing games for 35 years. I am gud.

That no-save shit when you are still in the tutorial section is dumb and you know it.

 

[Boaty McBoatface]

Been playing games for 35 years. I am gud.

That no-save shit when you are still in the tutorial section is dumb and you know it.

It's a short enough section that you don't need to save. The boss is easy enough as well, just spam dodge. You should be glad to replay the music is so fucking godly it doesn't matter anyway.

 

[JORMBO]

The intro segment doesn’t have a save but once you get past that it isn’t as bad the rest of the game. I died at that same part my first play through also. You can just sprint back to the boss pretty quickly.

 

[Danjin44]

There is no trophy for hard difficulty, so you can put it on easy and pass the first section then put it normal or hard after it.

 

[KiNeMz]

Spam dodge bro.

 

[Wunray]

git gud

 

[Justin9mm]

I played it on GamePass and believe I had passed the tutorial and defeated the first 'saw' boss or whatever it is and then died some time after and was taken back to the very start and was like fuck that for a joke and rage quit and never went back to it.

Can someone advised where the first save is and how to save it?

 

[YukiOnna]

Pretty sure you can save after the prologue. Just set it to easiest difficulty or whatever and get past it if it's a problem.

 

[cireza]

And what an ass it was !

 

[Mokus]

That annoyed me too. But simply play it on easy, later you will be able to save the game.

 

[Plantoid]

Overrated Game, fixed camera sucks.
Thank God for gamepass or i would've bought this, now I only wasted like 3 hours

 

[Aldric]

You've got unlimited invincible dodges, just mash that shoulder button. You shouldn't have any trouble if you're remotely experienced with this kind of 3D beat em up genre, it's really not a hard game.

 

[bender]

You can goat your ass fairly cheaply in Tijuana.

 

[Zheph]

using the sword with the flight unit is super powerful and you don't risk much

 

[Vaelka]

Gamers these days.



People seriously had a problem with the beginning of the game xD?

 

[Mmnow]

It was a weird decision, but it wasn't that tough and you can get through the prologue pretty quickly if you get a move on.

The most annoying thing is if you play it while it's installing. The first hour turns into basically a demo, you can't save and it won't let you continue into the main game, with no warning.

If I hadn't enjoyed the atmosphere enough to rush through the prologue again, I'd have never played the main game.

 

[Kholinar]

I honestly might have to agree, even as someone who loves the game to bits. Maybe the meta-reason was beyond me, but I never understood why there wasn't a checkpoint autosave system. I ended up getting booted right to the start of ending C because my game crashed before I could get to a save vendor.

The game is good, but it's not a game you can play without regard for when you want to stop. If you only have like, say, 30 minutes left of free game time before you have to clock in for something else, I'd honestly put the game down and return later because you'd never know when you're going to see the next save vendor at times.

Also, does the Gamepass version have raw-input camera? I know it implements most, if not all, of the FAR fixes. I heavily advise you play this game with a controller because controlling the camera with a mouse is pure torture, lmao.

 

[SkylineRKR]

I suspect the prologue is a Yoko Taro troll move. It gets easier after that.

 

[killatopak]

scrub

 

[Graciaus]

I'm not really sure what you are talking about since it's been awhile.

But as someone who 100% the game it is more the story then the actual gameplay for me. I doubt you'd find many people who did that and not enjoy the end result.

 

[M1chl]

Turn on that "Automatic mode" and you are basically do not have to be in same room to finish it.

 

[Hoya Destroyer]

A good game with great character design (2b).

 

[GHG]

It must hurt being so wrong.

Your loss.

 

[AV]

It's dumb, but it's literally just for the long tutorial section. After that you'll never have that kind of problem again.

Just sprint back through it.

 

[GHG]

What's funny about the intro is that it 100% makes sense within the context of the game, you'll realise that later.

Congrats on your first ending.

 

[Rickyiez]

How to whine 101. OP is one of the worst brat I've seen. 35 years of gaming? More like 12 years old attitude.

 

[Punished Miku]

I died on the boss too. Just suck it up and push through. Its a masterpiece of a game.

Back in my day we had to play on NES pads in the snow, barefoot.

 

[Hulk_Smash]

How to whine 101. OP is one of the worst brat I've seen. 35 years of gaming? More like 12 years old attitude.

You’re mom has a 12 years old attitude.

 

[TintoConCasera]

That kinda pissed me off too because I started playing it on hard. Just restart on normal and then pump up the difficulty if you like.

Game is awesome, you'll be missing on that with that attitude.

 

[killatopak]

Honestly, the best way to do this just put it on easy difficulty for the prologue then turn it back to a higher difficulty afterwards.

It makes no sense to keep beating yourself over such a small thing.

 

[scoobidoo112]

You’re mom has a 12 years old attitude.

 

[GymWolf]

The game is a bit overrated but not for the start without saves...

Still a good\great game.

 

[Rickyiez]

Further proven my thoughts

It's the kind of people where both your EQ and IQ drop the more you interact with them .

 

[Rikkori]

Don't listen to weaboos when it comes to games. Especially if you ever see them use the P word (philosophical), just stay away from it because that's a code word for when they start rationalising why they're actually "playing" such games. Real philosophy consists in reading & thinking, then debating, not hearing fortune cookie trivialities as an excuse to stare at underage npcs in underwear.

 

[Mokus]

What's funny about the intro is that it 100% makes sense within the context of the game, you'll realise that later.

Congrats on your first ending.

Yes, quite important for the story and atmosphere, but it takes too long until you reach the point where you can save. What makes it worse, if I remember correctly, you can't skip the dialogue scenes while in gameplay mode which are quite long. In my opinion they could have come up with a more accessible intro without losing too much from the build up and presentation.

 

[ValiantTraveler]

Set the game to easy difficulty and breeze through the intro. Go back to Normal difficulty afterwards and you will be able to save very frequently. You don't even have to git gud.

 

[Sevenfold]

Gamers these days.



People seriously had a problem with the beginning of the game xD?

I've worked with this woman. She's a fucking nightmare.
/OT
I enjoyed watching Nier destroy XQC a couple years back. He just cockily starts on highest difficulty and manages to fluke his way a decent distance towards the boss before the inevitable.

 

[strange headache]

Been playing games for 35 years. I am gud.

See, that's the problem. You're getting old

 

[Guilty_AI]

 

[Topher]

 

[Guilty_AI]

Don't listen to weaboos when it comes to games. Especially if you ever see them use the P word (philosophical), just stay away from it because that's a code word for when they start rationalising why they're actually "playing" such games. Real philosophy consists in reading & thinking, then debating, not hearing fortune cookie trivialities as an excuse to stare at underage npcs in underwear.

 

[Hulk_Smash]

Yes, quite important for the story and atmosphere, but it takes too long until you reach the point where you can save. What makes it worse, if I remember correctly, you can't skip the dialogue scenes while in gameplay mode which are quite long. In my opinion they could have come up with a more accessible intro without losing too much from the build up and presentation.

Yes! The unskippable dialogue scenes. I knew I was forgetting something. And the beginning takes so long because of the forced tutorial.

 

[Hulk_Smash]

Further proven my thoughts

It's the kind of people where both your EQ and IQ drop the more you interact with them .

You’re mom sucked my EQ last night.

 

[Neff]

It's a shit game, and nobody has ever been able to give me a convincing reason as to why it isn't besides coom value.

There's some decent cosplay porn of 2B, it has to be said.

 

[fermcr]

I honestly don't understand why people like Nier Automata so much.
Played it for a couple of hours and didn't think much of it. Maybe some day I'll reinstall it from my Steam account and check if it gets any better...