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Pet peeve, games that won't let you save
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this post was submitted on 29 Jul 2023
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Add counters to progression:
20/180 quests completed
1805/9456 dialogue choices explored
567/568 npcs killed
95/102 areas explored
And whatever else you define as progress
Add this info into your save data. When quitting the game, open the most recent save, read the counters, compare to current values, display a nondescript "you've had a little/a lot of/no progress since you last saved, are you sure you want to quit without saving?" Shouldn't take so long that it triggers a lag spike, I don't think.
Will a change in position be considered a progress though? How far?
There are a lot of questions to answer in such a case, so I'd argue that a timer is good enough