Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs Discussion Topic Part 1

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I still save scummed the hell out of Planescape, so I don't think it's a real solution at all. Even if you can't die you still have to walk all the way back to where you were.

I meant it more as a solution in terms of making a save system fit logically into the game world and story, not so much in terms of actual gameplay I agree, all that backtracking was just as bad as in other games.

I think when it comes to solutions for the die-and-reload-problem in horror games, we need to try and think outside the box. Which is always easier said than done
For example we could think of other things than dieing that could happen to the player. Enemies that don't just hit you in the face until you lose all your hp but do something else. Something that matters to you in the context of the game world and story, but not in terms of mere gameplay mechanics... (like losing hp, having to restart from a checkpoint...)