How long and how tedious are two very different things. Esc, Save, Overwrite, Confirm name is VERY tedious, and could definitely do with a simple F5 (or whatever quicksave key).HeavyMetalMonk wrote:Out of curiousity I timed myself saving.
Takes a whole 1.32 seconds. Ohhhhhh nooooooooo.
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Wow, people. Are you really trying to convince others that they, the others, are not in fact inconvenienced? 
Hitting the Escape key, clicking on Save Game, selecting a save and confirming the overwrite may only take a few seconds, but it distracts from the game. It's much easier to hit F5. Nobody here is trying to optimize for time, instead people are trying to optimize for convenience. A qucksave is convenient, that's why people decided that it was a good idea when it was first invented.
If you don't need or don't want it - great! Don't use it then. It's cool. But why you try to explain to others that they don't need it - is beyond me.
Hitting the Escape key, clicking on Save Game, selecting a save and confirming the overwrite may only take a few seconds, but it distracts from the game. It's much easier to hit F5. Nobody here is trying to optimize for time, instead people are trying to optimize for convenience. A qucksave is convenient, that's why people decided that it was a good idea when it was first invented.
If you don't need or don't want it - great! Don't use it then. It's cool. But why you try to explain to others that they don't need it - is beyond me.
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earthyearth
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Yes, but it's not so much an autosave as it is a "Save when you click a Crystal thingy". It doesn't autosave when changing levels or based on a timer, only that crystal.earthyearth wrote:isnt there an autosave
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Exactly, it really breaks the flow and brings you out of the game, mentally.Alaric wrote:Wow, people. Are you really trying to convince others that they, the others, are not in fact inconvenienced?
Hitting the Escape key, clicking on Save Game, selecting a save and confirming the overwrite may only take a few seconds, but it distracts from the game. It's much easier to hit F5. Nobody here is trying to optimize for time, instead people are trying to optimize for convenience. A qucksave is convenient, that's why people decided that it was a good idea when it was first invented.
If you don't need or don't want it - great! Don't use it then. It's cool. But why you try to explain to others that they don't need it - is beyond me.
If you don't want to use it, cool. But don't try to ruin it for the rest of us.