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Forums - Gaming - Games that restrict you to ONE SAVE...why is this a thing?

Wright on 26 December 2014
RenCutypoison said:

Wouldn't it be one save per character instead of 1 save at all then ?


It would, but having more than one character per save would enter in conflict with the game's ending. :)



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Mnementh on 26 December 2014
tbone51 said:
Ssliasil said:

This is usually a phenomena associated with RPGs...where you can only have a single save file per system account.  Trying to start a new file on the same account gets a message similar to, "There is already a save file detected, saving/creating a new file will overwrite the existing file..."

 

Why?  Why is this a freaking thing?


Dont know about anythingother than Pokemon but i think for Pokemon's case, the first games were limited to it. After seeing sales and minor complaints, GF decided to make single save file permanent in every installment.

For Pokemon it is a thing, because otherwise everyone could get easily many legendaries.



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Mnementh on 26 December 2014
Goodnightmoon said:

I´m having a similar problem with Smash Bros for wiiu, i bought the game with my brother but we play in the same save file, we  can´t have two, so all the things he is getting on the game i don´thave to get them anymore, that´s annoying, the game is still being great, of course, but that´s a meh thing.

If you log in in two different accounts, the saves should be distinct. Still it is a little annoyance to switch accounts.



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Roma on 26 December 2014

well for some games you need to log on to a different accounts which is annoying as not everybody wants to create an account. they just want to go right in to it. Pikmin 3 had this and I hated Nintendogs for it as well as not being able to restart or erase the save file to start over.



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bubblegamer on 26 December 2014

I actually like that. The souls games do this and they force you to go through with the choices you've made in your progress. We'de just reload endlessly if that wasn't the case.



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Never on 26 December 2014
Mnementh said:
Goodnightmoon said:

I´m having a similar problem with Smash Bros for wiiu, i bought the game with my brother but we play in the same save file, we  can´t have two, so all the things he is getting on the game i don´thave to get them anymore, that´s annoying, the game is still being great, of course, but that´s a meh thing.

If you log in in two different accounts, the saves should be distinct. Still it is a little annoyance to switch accounts.

This might be the reason for some games. At least on some systems. Diffrent people should use diffrent accounts



Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 26 December 2014

I used to think it was due to save file size restrictions cause some games had save files that were pretty big but idk anymore. Wonky design choice would be my guess! Although, I do suppose that now a days, we do have different "profiles" that have saves based on profiles/accounts soo maybe thats why they are doing it



                  

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Mr Puggsly on 26 December 2014

Even worse is games that limit you to a single save AND don't allow you to copy them to another device.

I'm looking at you Fable and Mass Effect games.



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gatito on 26 December 2014

Creating and switching accounts takes less than 2 minutes.



Talal on 26 December 2014
Mnementh said:

For Pokemon it is a thing, because otherwise everyone could get easily many legendaries.


They can make it so the game gives you a warning before you create a second save that says "If you create another save file you won't be able to trade" or something like that.  It sucks that I have to give up hundreds of hours to start a new game. I'd gladly trade trading (lol) to get multiple save files in this case.