[JeffersonJones]

I know this issue has come up before in other threads, but its still such a curiosity to me. The inability to name saves is not a HUGE deal, and didn't significantly impact my progress in Tw1 and 2. Yet still I wonder. Why can't we name saves?

Who sat down at the conference table discussing the early games' design documents and said,

'oh yeah that naming saves thing has got to go.'

I can almost understand its dis-inclusion from console games, though the option to override a default save-name with a little on-screen keyboard navigable via controller would be a fine solution.

Now amongst PC games there's just no excuse. What's the advantage of no named saves?

Do game devs think we enjoy tabbing out to explorer and manually re-labeling our save files at significant junctures?

It probably wouldn't rankle me so much except that it seems to be absolutely epidemic among releases these past few years.

I hope CDPR thinks about it for TW3 - there's no good reason Serious Sam 3 lets me name saves but The Witcher series, with its intricate plot and C&C junctures does not.

[.Volsung.]

I agree. I would really like a save game scheme like in the Infinity Engine series (or many other game series for that matter). By this I mean a couple overwritable slots for Quicksaves, a couple cyclical overwritable Autosaves, and lots of individual manual saves that I can name and overwrite at will. Maybe then we won't suddenly have several gigs of saved games

[slimgrin]

I'd much appreciate the ability to name saves. It was hard to keep track of them in TW2.

[Csàszàr]

+2.

[FoggyFishburne]

Damnit, my internet died on me just when I posted my, well, my post

What I wanted to add to this discussion is that it's a small feature that I appreciate but it's not the end of the world if they choose not to implement it in TW3. I'm borderline "I don't give a shit" about it. There are more important things for them to focus their resources on.

[KnightofPhoenix]

Yes please.

How am I supposed to know which save to import?
Now I did have separate save folders that are named so I know, but why all the hassle. Just let us name our saves.

[Glaroug]

This may be a bit too off topic, but here it goes...well, it does allow for organized saves anyway
Would you guys grab your pitchforks and storm the fiends if they made a save system similar to Dark Souls, one that allowed imports but had just ONE slot for a particular play though. In this way, when things auto saved, such as after large decisions, you had to live with it. NO going back.

And the saves are in a nice neat, package.

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[JeffersonJones]

FoggyFishburne said:

Damnit, my internet died on me just when I posted my, well, my post />

What I wanted to add to this discussion is that it's a small feature that I appreciate but it's not the end of the world if they choose not to implement it in TW3. I'm borderline "I don't give a shit" about it. There are more important things for them to focus their resources on. ›››

I would agree with you but just don't see how it would require a focusing of resources to let the player name a save. Its not a big feature, and the decline in allowing a player to type in a save name can't be attributed to a lack of developer resources...

[JeffersonJones]

Glaroug said:

This may be a bit too off topic, but here it goes...well, it does allow for organized saves anyway
Would you guys grab your pitchforks and storm the fiends if they made a save system similar to Dark Souls, one that allowed imports but had just ONE slot for a particular play though. In this way, when things auto saved, such as after large decisions, you had to live with it. NO going back.

And the saves are in a nice neat, package. ›››

I don't think that would be the best direction for a more traditionally structured game than Dark Souls. But it wouldn't require storming the fields, especially if we could view a summary of the major events in any given save block to remind us WTH we did.

[AhmadMetallic]

Naming saves and SEEING THE PLAYTIME OF EACH ONE!
Neither Witcher game lets me see for how long I've played

[Bloth]

Aye.

[FoggyFishburne]

JeffersonJones said:

I would agree with you but just don't see how it would require a focusing of resources to let the player name a save. Its not a big feature, and the decline in allowing a player to type in a save name can't be attributed to a lack of developer resources... ›››

I have no idea either mate. I'm no programmer, I just assume it's not that hard to enable us to name our saves but I don't know. And I agree, how much time and money does it take to add, what I assume is, a simple code? But like I said, I don't know.

Still, it's not that big a deal for me but if they did include the "feature" I'd very much appreciate it. I wouldn't cry my eye balls out if they didn't though.

[Wichat]

Yes. If we'll be able to make differents choices and we must to save before do them it sould be a huge help to can naming the saves. If we must to go back to a saved game personally named instead a repeated standard-generated-location named game, we would enjoy it more.

[secondchildren]

Definitely yes

[VinceValentine]

I'd love being able to name my Saves. So, the answer is absolutely yes!

[Foxlance]

Name save a definitely Yes. I'd go as going for Profiles too, since I share my pc with my brother.

[Chromie92]

Naming saves and an autoslot should be implemented. I can remember playing for just a ocuple of hours to find Witcher 2 had created dozens of autosaves which would make loading take forever.

[4s4sin96]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!