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[–] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 108 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I quite liked this in Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

[–] bagelberger@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

This was incredibly helpful for me, as I took a long pause between playing after ending up on the second map

[–] ObtuseDoorFrame@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Cool! I'm on the last quest of the first game and will be starting KCD2 at some point. I got sidetracked by horror games (tis the season). The Medium and Silent Hill 2 are so good I decided to buy Cronos as well. I'm on a Bloober kick.

[–] Endmaker@ani.social 70 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (7 children)

Pokemon FireRed (and LeafGreen) does this!

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By the way, these "flashbacks" aren't static images. Your player sprite would be animated doing the last thing it did in that frame!

Also, the controls are simple enough in this game. No need for any tutorials.

[–] spacegoat@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This was such a great implementation. I want this in literally every game.

[–] degen@midwest.social 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The best part to me is how it emulates the anime recaps

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[–] Aralakh@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ahh nostalgia! The last ones i played, next thing i know they've got pokemon modelled after a garbage bag. 🫩

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Leave Trubbish alone, he's one of my favorites.

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[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 30 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

This is the main reason I hate quests. I would start something, not play for a month or so, come back and having to figure out where I had left off. By the time I was caught up, my gaming time was over.

[–] MoonMelon@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Detailed quest log/journal is a must. I hate it when quest logs don't show what you've already completed.

Ok, I have to break into the office to steal the trophy but WHY? Talk to Fred, WHO THE FUCK IS FRED?

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[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 27 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Honestly, we need more ADHD-friendly accessibility features in life overall.

I really hate that ADHD doesn't get taken seriously as a disability, because having it certainly makes me feel disabled compared to most people.

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Disabilities in general don't get taken seriously. In addition to ADHD, I have an eye deformity that requires $5000/year special contact lenses and just keep getting told to pound dirt :/

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[–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I feel like an extraterrestrial when someone tries to teach me a new board game. I don't understand what they're telling me, and they don't understand what I'm asking (or WHY I'm asking it). I feel like the instructions could almost always be expressed succinctly as a flow chart, but I've never actually encountered that in the wild.

[–] Axolotl_cpp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

A flow chart? That's interessing... I never made a board game but if i ever happen to, be assured that i am prolly gonna use one, it just seems such a good idea

[–] TeaAndHotDogs@lemmy.zip 23 points 2 weeks ago

This is why i never finished Bloodbourne.. twice. Fantastic game. Take a month off. Load in, walk around in a few circles. Absolutely nothing to reference for what my goal or progress toward it was. Probably taking notes would help, yeah.

[–] GenitalHurricane@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Steam overlay has a "Notes" feature to keep your thoughts and allows you to resize however you want and optionally overlay it on top of your game instead of having it hide when you minimize the steam overlay, for quick referencing recipes/guide info etc. it also persists through sessions. I frequently use this in survival games or rogue like games to write myself a debrief before I get off at the end of the night knowing that I won't remember certain details tomorrow.

[–] kestrel7_7@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Hahaha, that's awesome. I've still just been taking physical notes with pen and paper like it's the 90's but I'll have to check this out

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[–] TheGoldenV@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago

This would be the best gift

[–] DrBanjo@reddthat.com 17 points 2 weeks ago

I was playing a Professor Layton game and it had a recap of the past thing you were doing every time you opened the game. Loved it, so helpful

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 15 points 1 week ago

Press [X] to reload muscle memory

(Tho it's a hella good feeling putting old 1k hours of training to good use & finding that you can still play effortlessly-ish. You are just 10+ years older now, no biggie. You'll be dead soon, so play the damn game.)

[–] joranm1@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 week ago

Dragon Quest XI does this, you also can talk to party members that will remind the player of different aspects of the story. It's actually quite well crafted

[–] wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

This is my biggest hurdle to No Man's Sky, NGL. Thankfully, there's an option to reset a quest to a more local star system, but that can be tedious if one's near the end of said quest, as it completely undoes any progress before moving the marker to a spot closer to me.

Maybe I'll get to it this time, maybe I'll get distracted and run out of playtime.

That's the real game, ya know? 🤷🏼‍♂️

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[–] xylol@leminal.space 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

One of the reasons it took me do long to beat the main quest on skyrim, and I'd always convince myself to just start over because this time for sure I'll get through it all

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[–] ArmTickles@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 week ago

I wish every game had an ultra easy/explorer mode for this reason. I have zero interest in having to become “good” at a game in order to move forward. I’d love to give Elden Ring and such another try but I’m just a regular dude with a job and a family. I’m not trying to make video gaming a new “skill”, I just want to play the stupid game for a bit, put it down, maybe forget about it for a month before I have time to pick it back up again…

[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Witcher 3 has a little bit of that but could be better for sure

[–] greatwhitebuffalo41@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I do this for myself because same lol. I post PC so I usually keep a text document open so I can write down things I'm working on or, things I need to know I finished or, quests or whatever.

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[–] NightShot@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Death stranding 2 does this perfectly. Gives a summare of the story so far when it seems like it has been a while since I played last time.

I came back to play Celeste after months and spent like 2 hours racking up deaths playing on a self-imposed ultra hard mode because I forgot there was a grip/climb mechanic. I was barely scaling some jumps to ledges by the skin of my teeth after crashing into the wall 100 times before I accidentally rediscovered the button. Didn't stop me from dying hundreds of times still, but at least for less stupid reasons... usually.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Back when you could write your own savefile names i‘d cadge together some shorthand for the filename to help: sdqstswordgetthing.sav or some such. “Side quest to get sword get the [item] next on the list.”

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The newer Deus Ex games had something like that, the loading screen would be a "Previously on Human Revolution" sequence like with a TV series

[–] TrackenDaKracken@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't care. I play helter-skelter anyway. Just jumping around to whatever is fun, forgetting where I was, repeating stuff I liked. Never finishing the game. It's all good.

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[–] 16mhz@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

This is a must have feature in today's world. My busy adult life taught me to avoid anything with a steep learning curve and almost anything with open world

[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Please! I'm half way through BotW and every time I pick it back up I need this.

[–] Underwaterbob@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's a Zelda game? You traverse Hyrule trying to defeat a manbearpig by the name of Ganon and once in a while the princess shows up and gives you some encouragement.

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[–] gigaqps@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Here's a reminder of the last things you did and where you need to go next.

“Your current objective is trying not to cum while playing this game. The last thing you did was cum while playing this game.”

[–] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The whole reason I have to play RPGs all at once, no bouncing between games. I WILL forget what I was doing if I take more than a couple weeks off from playing. I'm really trying my hardest to get through Dawnwalker so I can get onto the other half dozen games waiting for me.

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[–] Berlinblades@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Is that the Nine Inch nails Guy?

[–] VampirePenguin@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

That's why I love retro gaming. No saves, no elaborate narrative, just two buttons and a D pad. Easy in, easy out.

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[–] Aeao@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Also grinding should be less difficult. Like we get twice the exp or money

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[–] impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

...huh. if they implement this, I might start playing rpgs. Right now I only play games with no plot because a busy week at work means I don't remember the plot anyway...

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[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Too real. Was really hard coming back to Celeste and any of the Witchers.

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 5 points 1 week ago

It took me years to complete skyrims main story because I load in and have no idea what character I have or what I was doing so I would start again.

That and my chronic obsession with getting side tracked

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[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Kim's dialogue in disco elysium is pretty much this dressed up as a conversation

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[–] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is why Satisfactory should have a built-in Kanban board!

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