Game News Colony Ship RPG Update #5: Making a New RPG, Combat and Stealth

[TigerKnee]

People assume that save-reloading is bad in combat.

What RPGs allow you to actually save-scum in the middle of combat itself?

 

[you know what time it is]

You should totally make a Wizardry 8-like game, VD. You could release it before Grimoire, too.

That'd be great actually

 

[HoboForEternity]

People assume that save-reloading is bad in combat.

What RPGs allow you to actually save-scum in the middle of combat itself?

Divinity: Original Sin

 

[Morality Games]

People assume that save-reloading is bad in combat.

What RPGs allow you to actually save-scum in the middle of combat itself?

Divinity: Original Sin

Pretty sure Fallout does. The original two.

 

[SniperHF]

Pretty sure Fallout does. The original two.

Divinity: Original Sin

Add the kickstarter Shadowrun games to the pile.

Funny thing about D:OS and saving, I had absolutely no idea you could save/load during combat because I just assumed you couldn't. I accidentally hit the quick save key like a year later and.....

 

[Vault Dweller]

Wizardry too.

 

[vivec]

People assume that save-reloading is bad in combat.

What RPGs allow you to actually save-scum in the middle of combat itself?

Actually, I was talking about save-reloading OUT of and, rather, before the encounter to get an optimal result. It is an autistic thing to overdo it. But there is nothing inherently wrong with it. In games like AOD in fact, where the die roll can really turn even a favorable battle against you, you might need to employ this as a norm.

The price of overdoing is the time you spend doing the same thing again and again. Some (autists) are willing to pay it and I see nothing fundamentally wrong with it. If you are a good player and can negotiate the game with a less repetative combat encounter, save reload becomes a tool instead of a hob

 

[thesheeep]

I'd always prefer a most open approach to saving.
Design your game for a certain approach if you want, but still let the players pick their favourite method. Preferably as the game starts so that the player knows what to expect.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

This will be a day one purchase for me.
Iron Tower, VD, always great stuff.