![]() Lovecraft’s Untold Stories 2 continues the narrative of the cult classic first game, but this time players will fight against the unknown with new elements like crafting - using blueprints and resources to create consumables and even new equipment. ![]() Fan favourites from the previous instalment - the Detective, the Witch and the Professor – make their return, joined in their fight against the insanity of the Great Old Ones by the newcomers: Medium, Veteran and Alienist. A new player has no way to know when the game is saving and when it isn't.Lovecraft’s Untold Stories 2 let’s players switch between 6 different characters which can be unlocked during their journey, each one with a different playstyle. I have no issue with the game's difficulty, but if you're not going to allow a player to quit the game, it would be nice to explain that upfront. ![]() Which is why most actual roguelikes (not action roguelites with shorter play sessions) let you exit the game and return later. Other games that use sparse checkpoints use them as respawn points, but you don't respawn in a roguelike. I was more than a little surprised when I played for an hour, exited to do something else I needed to do, and returned with all of my progress erased, even though there is a Continue option in the main menu. Being able to exit the game and return to it later without losing progress is, imo, a pretty important convenience that in no way affects game difficulty.Īutosaves are standard enough that I assumed the game would save after each room (considering the Quit option makes reference to a save system). Quitting those games without saving deletes your save. ![]() Once again, this does not mean there is no permadeath. A save & quit function does not ruin permadeath, and out of dozens of roguelikes I have played, almost every one has let you quit the game and return to the same save later on. Old thread, but this is not a question of difficulty. ![]()
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