Does this exclusively happen with New Vegas? That kind of scares me, I'm a completionist and I don't think I could beat the game without maxing out.Brown Cap said:
My Game Just Screwed Me Over
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Stuff like that's happened to me several times, but the one that leaps immediately to mind is from New Vegas.
I'd been using a combination of autosaves and quicksaves (I have good quicksave reflexes from Morrowind and other games that don't bother to bail you out if you forget to save for a few hours). I was on the Strip, with Cass at my side, going to visit the NCR representatives there. I went through two doors on the way in, and quicksaved right before a conversation because it had some big decision in it I might want to go back on in a few minutes... and Cass starts shooting. Just murdering the NCR soldiers around me, despite my having a perfect Idolized reputation before that. ED-E joins in... it's a massacre, my reputation is ruined, and several big quests are broken. No problem, just reload, and either avoid whatever triggered that glitch or wait for a patch, right? But nothing I can do since my earliest recent save can prevent it, and my last named save was like, 30 hours of gameplay ago.
I ended up not playing for a few weeks, then just restarting with a new character.
I'd been using a combination of autosaves and quicksaves (I have good quicksave reflexes from Morrowind and other games that don't bother to bail you out if you forget to save for a few hours). I was on the Strip, with Cass at my side, going to visit the NCR representatives there. I went through two doors on the way in, and quicksaved right before a conversation because it had some big decision in it I might want to go back on in a few minutes... and Cass starts shooting. Just murdering the NCR soldiers around me, despite my having a perfect Idolized reputation before that. ED-E joins in... it's a massacre, my reputation is ruined, and several big quests are broken. No problem, just reload, and either avoid whatever triggered that glitch or wait for a patch, right? But nothing I can do since my earliest recent save can prevent it, and my last named save was like, 30 hours of gameplay ago.
I ended up not playing for a few weeks, then just restarting with a new character.
New Vegas does crap like that to me about every third step.
I really dislike this game, which surprised me because 3 was awesome. But my OCD will not let me leave a game unfinished. So I'm on my fourth character to just try and beat the thing and...Grr.
I really dislike this game, which surprised me because 3 was awesome. But my OCD will not let me leave a game unfinished. So I'm on my fourth character to just try and beat the thing and...Grr.
The xbox version of Oblivion has a "bug" that makes it impossible to finish the thiefs guild, that's all I got.
As many other have said, when it comes to problems like these: PC > Consoles (I mostly play on PC)
As many other have said, when it comes to problems like these: PC > Consoles (I mostly play on PC)
First rule of a Fallout game: Save often and on multiple files 
I learned that in New Vegas when i had just left a settlement to walk around and collect those star bottle caps. I'll just thank god for autosave in that because it randomly froze up on several occasions. These were just minor screw-ups though.
The biggest one i think i've had was when AC: Brotherhood suddenly crashed on me during loading so i had to reboot the console. When i turned it back on i'd lost about 30 of those damned flags, 4 feathers, 3 DNA sequnces (100% synch!), and 6-7 hours of game time. Pissed me off bigtime, and i didn't return to that game for a while.
I learned that in New Vegas when i had just left a settlement to walk around and collect those star bottle caps. I'll just thank god for autosave in that because it randomly froze up on several occasions. These were just minor screw-ups though.
The biggest one i think i've had was when AC: Brotherhood suddenly crashed on me during loading so i had to reboot the console. When i turned it back on i'd lost about 30 of those damned flags, 4 feathers, 3 DNA sequnces (100% synch!), and 6-7 hours of game time. Pissed me off bigtime, and i didn't return to that game for a while.
I had something like that with Halo 3. Me and some friends were going for the "Annual" vidmaster achievement. We had the ghosts and were racing along, and obviously when one of you died, it counted as all of you dying and reloaded the checkpoint. So the ground was falling away from us, and my friend was a bit further back due to having crashed into a wall. So the ground falls away, and he dies. It reloads. We'd just gotten a checkpoint a few seconds before he fell to his death. Not enough time for him to catch up and escape.Dirty Hipsters said:
We were so near the end, too...
GTA 1 - the original. On the third level (the first of the second city) I had the required cash to finish the game (the red arrow should point to the exit) but because I was on a mission it didn't come. I had something like 6 lives and I died and lost them all trying to finish the mission so I could move onto the next level. Suffice to say by the time I was on my last (and second last) life I was fucking pissed.
Incidentally, in GTA1 there were no save points and the level was about 2 hours long.
I had to walk away from it at that stage. I did go back later and finish it but it was infuriating at the time.
Incidentally, in GTA1 there were no save points and the level was about 2 hours long.
I had to walk away from it at that stage. I did go back later and finish it but it was infuriating at the time.
I recently had something happen in Dungeon siege 3 I had just obtained reinhart which was my last companion when the game started going really really slowly then crashed so I reloaded the save before I got him same problem tried every other save and they were all corrupted I even got rid of the updates and reinstalled on 360 to no avail so I gave up 8 and a half hours in.
Persona 4 screwed me over quite annoyingly in Yukikos castle stage when you face the mini boss knight character he attacked first getting a critical on both my characters then following up and almost killing me next turn he criticals both again and follows up and kills me putting me back about 4 hours I was not happy. I did try again and this time he was a pushover thankfully.
I remember my friend had a strange glitch on HL 1 after the train sequence when the doors are about to open the person who opened the doors would die for no reason thus meaning he was trapped right at the very start of the game. He reinstalled and still kept getting this problem apparently he was finally able to play the game years later after getting a new PC and installing it on that although I have no idea how this would have solved it but apparently it did.
Persona 4 screwed me over quite annoyingly in Yukikos castle stage when you face the mini boss knight character he attacked first getting a critical on both my characters then following up and almost killing me next turn he criticals both again and follows up and kills me putting me back about 4 hours I was not happy. I did try again and this time he was a pushover thankfully.
I remember my friend had a strange glitch on HL 1 after the train sequence when the doors are about to open the person who opened the doors would die for no reason thus meaning he was trapped right at the very start of the game. He reinstalled and still kept getting this problem apparently he was finally able to play the game years later after getting a new PC and installing it on that although I have no idea how this would have solved it but apparently it did.
I learned long ago to make different saves at regular intervals just to avoid getting screwed like so many people have.
Gothic bugged out on me when I was using 1 save for that playthrough. I only used that one save, so the whole game (15 hrs at min) was wrecked.
Ever since, I use different saves. I do this to the point that when I was playing DX:HR I constantly had to erase old saves because it ONLY gave me 100 of them.
Gothic bugged out on me when I was using 1 save for that playthrough. I only used that one save, so the whole game (15 hrs at min) was wrecked.
Ever since, I use different saves. I do this to the point that when I was playing DX:HR I constantly had to erase old saves because it ONLY gave me 100 of them.
Skyrim.
Stupid werewolf stupid Companions stupid Companion quests stupid Vikas stupid Vikas quest that quits every time I step out of the door of the hall stupid glitch that has everyone saying I've got a companion with me when I don't stupid Mr. Makt for not saving just before talking to Vikas stupid internet fixes not working (and I've tried all of them that I've found) stupid can't get married (I have to say that because Mrs. Makt might read this post and if she saw "On the bright side, I can't marry anyone." and be slightly annoyed with Mr. Makt) stupid Skyrim.
ARGH.
Stupid werewolf stupid Companions stupid Companion quests stupid Vikas stupid Vikas quest that quits every time I step out of the door of the hall stupid glitch that has everyone saying I've got a companion with me when I don't stupid Mr. Makt for not saving just before talking to Vikas stupid internet fixes not working (and I've tried all of them that I've found) stupid can't get married (I have to say that because Mrs. Makt might read this post and if she saw "On the bright side, I can't marry anyone." and be slightly annoyed with Mr. Makt) stupid Skyrim.
ARGH.
My experience was with Halo 3. Can't remember which level, but I hit a checkpoint while driving off of a cliff.
Other than that, an almost-screwed-me-over time was with Dark Souls, when I was cursed twice and had to get out of the area without getting hit.
Other than that, an almost-screwed-me-over time was with Dark Souls, when I was cursed twice and had to get out of the area without getting hit.
Viewtiful Joe on the game cube, getting a decent v run threw it on V-Rated mode and then trying to get threw the second to last level were you have to fight all 5 previous bosses and then fire leo with out stopping and with out health pick ups, that was hell to get threw with out raging
After that its generally any sort of game were you have prepared yourself as much as possible, ground your way to a decent level, got a the best armor, sword, shield, gun etc for the level you are able to get to, got all your states to there highest point, Feel like your really ready to take on the higher level of the game or the stronger new area and BANG, killed buy the very first thing you encounter -_-
Oh and now that i think about it Asuras Wrath, having not really followed the game but knowing about it i thought it looked like a fun, mindless bayonetta, DMC kinda game i could enjoy a few hours of brutal smashing and killing in, not a interactive anime were every so often the game would throw me a button to push or give me a few enemies, probably my fault for not researching it but i still felt screwed over XD
After that its generally any sort of game were you have prepared yourself as much as possible, ground your way to a decent level, got a the best armor, sword, shield, gun etc for the level you are able to get to, got all your states to there highest point, Feel like your really ready to take on the higher level of the game or the stronger new area and BANG, killed buy the very first thing you encounter -_-
Oh and now that i think about it Asuras Wrath, having not really followed the game but knowing about it i thought it looked like a fun, mindless bayonetta, DMC kinda game i could enjoy a few hours of brutal smashing and killing in, not a interactive anime were every so often the game would throw me a button to push or give me a few enemies, probably my fault for not researching it but i still felt screwed over XD
Ummmm... I've been playing Dark Souls and I lost around 200000 souls and 18 humanity, which basically amounts to about two hours of effort. Ugh.
I sympathize with your plight, but that's not really the game screwing you over...that's the game doing what it was designed to do: autosave every time you enter a new location. Seems more like you just forgot the #1 Rule of Bethesda RPGs: save often. Because oh yes, they CAN screw you over with game freezes/crashes and such and THEN you've got the right to *****. But neglecting to save in order to prevent 5-8 hours of work is more your fault than the game's. But don't get yourself too down, EVERYONE is guilty of finding themselves in that exact same position..."Holy crap (insert game-ending situation) just happened and I haven't saved in 8 hours!"Screamarie said:
As for me, I've been getting screwed over in ME 3 Multiplayer a lot. My game doesn't crash often, but when it does it's ALWAYS during the extraction wave and ALWAYS when there's 30 seconds or less on the clock, screwing me out of my credits/exp.
shame i've done 100% completion for NV twice now and can say its quite fun.Brown Cap said:
as for my fallout blunder was when i quick saved just before my character decided to clip through the ground, fall and die, rinse and repeat for a while before i luckily pulled out my pimpboy and fast traveled out of there. almost lost an hour of gameplay from exploring for fast travel locations.
Your "didn't save for X time" story has nothing on mine.
I lost 4 1/2 hours on Final Fantasy Tactics A2 because the AI is moronic.
While it does some stuff better, FFTA2 really kills itself with the million escort quests. Most of them, when you fail, just say "FAILED" and kick you out, however, there is one during the storyline that shows up without any warning and completely game overs you if you fail. The character I was supposed to be protecting attacked someone with a counter strike ability and got 1 shot by a crit. Technically not completely one shot, she had 210 health and it did 185, but still, how am I supposed to plan for that? I had the guy zoned but she ran up and hit him. I had her healed, but he crit. All that and the game has no auto saves, so it just lost me 4 1/2 hours of stuff, including getting a very good and rare random drop.
I almost threw my DS across the room.
I lost 4 1/2 hours on Final Fantasy Tactics A2 because the AI is moronic.
While it does some stuff better, FFTA2 really kills itself with the million escort quests. Most of them, when you fail, just say "FAILED" and kick you out, however, there is one during the storyline that shows up without any warning and completely game overs you if you fail. The character I was supposed to be protecting attacked someone with a counter strike ability and got 1 shot by a crit. Technically not completely one shot, she had 210 health and it did 185, but still, how am I supposed to plan for that? I had the guy zoned but she ran up and hit him. I had her healed, but he crit. All that and the game has no auto saves, so it just lost me 4 1/2 hours of stuff, including getting a very good and rare random drop.
I almost threw my DS across the room.