Forgetting to save

[Zeldy]

I started playing Zelda Ocarina of Time Master Quest awhile back, and I completed the spirit temple all on my own (okay, pretty much on my own, come onnnn, it's the last one and the hardest!). I've been playing for like, 7 hours. I'm there talking to my brother, and without even thinking what I'm doing I stand up and turn off the gamecube. My exact response was "oh my GOD I didn't save".

It took me a few hours before I would assess the damage. When I finally did, I was at the beginning of the spirit temple, I died a little inside. I ended up doing it again, much quicker this time!

Has this happened to you?! did you die a little inside like I did?!

[Araciel]

Ugggghhh I don't forget but lately Fallout 3 has been stalling my PS3 This causes a lot of dismay when in a dungeon with no load screens (for auto-save)

[Jings]

I'm a chronic saver to the point where it interferes with my enjoyment of a game. So no, it is not possible for me to 'forget' to save. The very concept is foreign to me.

[Pheesh]

It happens to me a lot in BioWare games, and yes, it kills me every time. I usually can't even look at the game again for a few days.

[Vermachtnis]

I'm usually OCD about it, it's only happened once. I was grinding in LeafGreen to fill out some of the Dex. I went to the Pokecenter, healed-up and just turned it off.

[NorthernChaosGod]

I'm a chronic saver to the point where it interferes with my enjoyment of a game. So no, it is not possible for me to 'forget' to save. The very concept is foreign to me.

This, except I wouldn't say it detracts from my enjoyment of the game. I just habitually save at time intervals or after doing something particularly difficult.

[Wolf Kanno]

With the exception of MGS the only time I ever forget to save is when the game gives me the ability to save on my own anywhere I want. This was especially frustrating with Lunar cause I desperately depend on save points to remind me to save and I always shut down before I remembered to.

[Raistlin]

I am almost OCD about saving. I save at every save point, regardless of how long it's been, sometimes more than once (if there's detours and hidden treasures nearby). I save, if possible, before every important encounter (boss fight, etc.). I save after every town in which I did something remotely significant.

As a result, nothing like this has ever happened to me.

EDIT: @WK, Lunar's style actually resulted in me saving more, because there weren't save points limiting my ability to save.

[Shiny]

Auto-Save is my friend.

[Rad Bromance]

That happened to me years ago when I was replaying FFVII. I got all the way to the part where you have to cross the marsh, I ran into the Midgar Zolom, tried to run but he killed me before I could escape. The last time I had saved was in front of Aeris' house, when she takes you there. Needless to say I didn't play FFVII again for a very long time after that.

Aside of that I can't recall it ever happening to me though. I typically save at every save point I come across.

[Wolf Kanno]

EDIT: @WK, Lunar's style actually resulted in me saving more, because there weren't save points limiting my ability to save.

I don't have saving OCD like you and usually I'm so enraptured in the game that I won't bother to save until I see a save point. Especially since Xenogears drilled into the idea that Save points mean trouble.

I am much better at saving now thanks to MegaTen games where death can greet you with every battle.

[Yeargdribble]

I'm pretty OCD about it like Raist. However, I've tried to back away from that a bit... but each time I do I have a horrible moment where I forget and then kick myself violently back into OCD afterward.

Most recently was with Half-Minute Hero where I beat Hero 3 and then didn't save. I blame the PSP. The ability to just switch it off makes me grow complacent. Then I forget that I have to save and exit the game to listen to music or something on it and then end up sad about my lost progress.


I was probably the worst when I was younger. I played HL1 literally taking no damage. I kid you not, I would reload if I lost even 1 health until I found a way to deal with every scenario without losing any health. It made the game very choppy and was so silly.

[Mo-Nercy]

I save a lot these days. Ever since I started re-playing PSX FFs on my PSP, I've had to get into the habit of saving a lot because the games have a tendancy to wig out randomly (especially FFVIII... I can only draw a few times from each monster or else I'm risking a freeze. Bosses are even worse. Normally, I'll just draw out the GF and then try to end the fight super fight with limit breaks because even some boss specific special moves freeze the game. And Draw Cast is a big big no-no. I can't do it at all on anything) but in the past, it's been a little bit of a problem for me.

I wouldn't say I go long periods of time without saving (not like Rad Bromance in his example) but sometimes I'll just not bother if I know the next little bit of the game is fairly uneventful or if I'm confident I can beat the next boss. In FFVIII, once I have Enc-None, I quite confidently go without saving for a long time because only specific things in battle trigger freezing. In FFX, sometimes I just use the Save Points to heal and move on because I know it's virtually impossible to die in most battles anyway.

But a friend I was close with in high school used to have to keep a post-it note on his PS2 reminding him to save before he pressed it. =]

[VeloZer0]

I first got into gaming as something more that a diversion with FFVII on PC. It wasn't all that compatible with what I was running, and had the tendency to crash semi-regularly. With that upbringing it is no wonder I am one of the OCD people. I save so often now that it is reflex, sometimes when I close the menu at a save point I can't remember if I just saved or not, and save again to be sure.

[Unbreakable Will]

Ugh, Oblivion for 360... I got used to Auto-save and one time it didnt save after I stole the Elder Scroll and became the Gray Fox... I was so angry...