Hayashi Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 I don't personally use the quick-save/load function given in VNs, why would you need QS QL when you can just save? Anyone wanna tell me why this even exist in the first place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 I'm guessing it's the same reason as why they exist in any other game - convenience. While saving in visual novels is far easier than in video games, some people just don't like spending those extra few seconds loading the menu screen so that they could save or load. They just want to quickly load back to a specific point of the story for... whatever reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XReaper Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 there is no reason why, and i dont get its purpose either. never used it, probably never will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 I used it a lot in G-senjou no Maou whenever I feel like it's going to move to a new chapter/route. I like to keep each route as a separate reading. I could do that by manually going to the menu and saving, but doing so for every single scene is just impractical. It's the same reason why there are so many save slots available in visual novels, because there are OCDed people like myself with these little habits of keeping our VNs organized in certain ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasDice Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Years of playing Bethesda games taught me, that mashing quicksave every 15 seconds is the best protection from random crashes and other bugs. Which aren't unusual for VNs that are not translated by a (competent) company to have. Lots of fan translations probably have programming issues, due to the amateurish coding. Suzu Fanatic, Narcosis, Khazit and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclipsed Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 To quickly save and quickly load Useless for me though since i tend to hoard saves due to multiplechoices whereas the quickies tend to limit you to a singlesave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Blue Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 I usually save in a different slot every single time and by the end of the vn I used all the slots available, the quick save/quick load is kinda useless in most vns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzu Fanatic Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 I use manual saves as checkpoints, and mash quicksave out of habit from years of games crashing/powerouts/etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleshogun Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 In regard of quick save, I'd rarely use one ie never nowadays. Although I'd using this back when I'd play Shera My Witch though (In fact, I'd always use quick save for Shera before I knew that there's save function). As for the purpose, maybe it's leftover from the game in order to allow us to quickly save the game in case of something like sudden power outage during saving and corrupting the save in the process. Although it's quite redundant though if I may said because nowadays most of saving process in VN were had same time as quick save, but it could still useful in some case like TexasDice and Suzu Fanatic said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorikbad Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 If you like some scene, you can just return to it any time. Or you want to record a fragment with fraps for... general purpose :). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenophilious Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 I use normal saves at important junctions, like choices, and try to make new ones only at points where I can fully understand what's going on if I load it again sometime. Quicksaves, for me, are for when I'll just be reading it the next day and remember exactly what's happening without the need to read stuff over again. Dunno what other people use them for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuuko Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Quick save is the 1 more bonus slot I need when I always use all the normal save slots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barktooth Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 I use it during H-scenes sometimes so that I can quickly go back to when they were in a different position, for example. Often they will be in a good position first and then switch to one that totally doesn't excite me, so I'll just quickload and keep on fappin'. Also, in VNs that don't have a lot of save slots I'll use QSave a lot and only do a normal save between different reading sessions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkZedge Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 4 hours ago, Deep Blue said: I usually save in a different slot every single time and by the end of the vn I used all the slots available, the quick save/quick load is kinda useless in most vns I agree but it does help just in case the game/vn ends up crashing and also it's a bit faster than going into the load menu and selecting the particular file, that being said quicksave is usually limited to one or two that overwrite themselves once you save again, at least that is in vns. I really haven't used it nor do I plan on doing so but I can't say it's useless to have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus-beta Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 to me? in a h-scene? mother going at the room? Quick Save, Alt+f4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dergonu Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 It's a pretty neat feature that speeds up the already rather fast saving/loading, making life easier for a lazy VN reader like myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narcosis Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Quicksave can be used together with standard game save features to speed up reading expotentially in vn's, that contain long, multiple routes which often branch off in many different places. It's really convinient; It's not only about not having to exit the main game and return to menu every time, it's about not being forced to replay certain parts over and over again just to get to a point of interest within the story, especially when it branches off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolverk Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 I use quicksave all the time. Because it's less clicks. Why bother pressing save icon, loading the save menu, pressing on the save icon, waiting for it (depends on game). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melo4496 Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 I mostly use quick save/load when I'm reading a vn without a walkthrough. I quick save when given choices > Pick a choice > See if it leads to the scene of the heroine I want > Quick load if I got the wrong one That's faster than saving and loading all the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosebleed Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 I find quicksaves useful in games with a lot of choices/branches. For the typical moege with like 5 choices though? They're pretty useless, especially when the choices are obvious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castor212 Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 quick save load for normal playing nosrmal save load for before choices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ningen Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 I usually use normal saves at branching paths or scenes i want to go back to. Whereas I use quicksaves as normal save. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pual Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 1 hour ago, Ningen said: I usually use normal saves at branching paths or scenes i want to go back to. Whereas I use quicksaves as normal save. Basically this. Some games implement quick save in a dumb way (like https://vndb.org/v1660) by not showing it in save menu and you can't check WHEN it was saved nor what scene it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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