Saving in Gears

[ChaosKnight]

Hey everyone, i was wondering if anyone knew what kind of saving methods Gears of War will be using? Cuz I know there will be lots of checkpoints, but Will we be able to save in the middle of a mission? and if so, how will that be set up? cuz I dislike manual saves like Elder Scrolls Oblivion only because my brother uses my user (that way he can unlock some achievements for me hehe), and I've had to accidently save over his files 3 times now and he gets pissed (he saved over mine aswell but im smart... i have two saves hehe.

But my question is Does anyone know how the saving system will work in Gears?

[T8key0medic1ne]

I think they should try to use the Splinter cell saving system in some way in GOW. It saved a lot of frustration for many people, because you could save when ever you wanted to. This was especially useful right before you reached a hard part in the game.

[SupRore]

There are obviously going to be frequent autosaves. I think a SC style quicksave system would be a mistake, though. It would undermine both the tactical shooter and horror elements.

[Buddha]

Think about it. Even if it did only save every once in a while, would you really be mad? Or would you be happy cause you got to go back through a certain part an cause some more chaos? You know everyone here that buys this game when it first comes out will be playing it for hours and hours. "Hope it's not just me."

Buddha

[KoKoS]

I think there will only be saving at checkpoints in the game. That seems best for me anyways.

[PoweR StriPe]

Maybe they will allow you to save whenever like in Oblivion.

>shrug<

Or, maybe just checkpoints.

[Zoso Fan]

"But I'll tell you this. I want Gears to save early, and save often" - Cliffy B

http://cliffyb.1up.com/ on Cliffy's 1up page he talks about Oblivion and how gears will save fast and often.

Im pretty proud of this find. I had read it a while ago and almost forgot about it! :)

[KoKoS]

He said Gears will save, not the player. So it will probably be checkpoints.

[HorTyS]

i have a feeling the saving will be kinda like Halo's, frequent autosaves. i think halo did the auto-save very well. i don't like it in games like Ninja Gaiden or Resident Evil where you have to go up and activate something to save, i just want the game to do it for me or let me pause, save and continue playing. from the sounds of things, i think it'll be like Halo/ Halo 2..

[soda]

i have a feeling the saving will be kinda like Halo's, frequent autosaves. i think halo did the auto-save very well. i don't like it in games like Ninja Gaiden or Resident Evil where you have to go up and activate something to save, i just want the game to do it for me or let me pause, save and continue playing. from the sounds of things, i think it'll be like Halo/ Halo 2..

I hope it will be,
that system of saving was good.

[Zoso Fan]

Gears of war really has no flaws compared to other games. This is almost like a "best-of" game because it takes all the features we love!

[D3LTA 38]

love the autosave feature in the Halo series.

[xMDKx x360x]

we dont know till it comes out or enless cliff says something about it or another member of epic

[elite94]

if you watch the 1st lvl demonstration on teamxbox where cliffy is playing, everytime he completes an objective and it shows the new objective, the game kinda skipped up or hiccuped because my thoughts were that it were saving

[Crazy Danix]

Saves be damned, play the game straight through and never die. That's how I roll. Lol

[rEDChief55]

read somewhere that it will autosave frequently

[Kobayashi]

I remember reading on CliffyB's blog a long time ago that he hated the quicksave feature that some games have. It kept dragging the focus away from the actual game (shoot enemy.. *F5* .. round corner.. collect health *F5* ... shoot enemy .. *F5*)

But, seeing as you won't need a keyboard and all for Gears ya wouldn't have to worry about such things. Autosaving ftw-

[elite94]

off topic, but i have 3 chap. of my fanfic up in the story section, tell me what you think