Witcher 3 had a little hint of that by giving a short recap on load but it wasn't really enough. Would be cool if narrative focused games had recap movies that you can unlock more parts as you progress (not a big fan of reading since my memory is very visual)

Morrowind fangirl here for duty. I love that games journal system

Lots of games have been doing something like this or similar lately, to the point where Rise of the Ronin basically has an in-game Wiki where you can click highlighted words to jump between entries.

Final Fantasy XVI did an amazing job with their Active Lore... I do like these new features, though I hope that plenty of games still decide to eschew them, as there was something special about oldschool PS1 games and having no fucking idea what is happening or where you're going.

Edit: Rise of the Ronin might have a decent in-game info thing, but I think I was actually thinking of Unicorn Overlord that has the wiki-style thing and it's huge. Either way, it's a good trend imo.

diegetic

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especially : existing or occurring within the world of a narrative rather than as something external to that world

Cool thanks :)

That is one of the more unpolished quests that includes a half hearted trolly problem.

My issue with Mass Effect Andromeda. "Maybe it isn't as bad as people say and I somewhat remember. Why did I stop anyway?"

Get to the same thing that lost my interest last time "Ah, right."

Space Exploration wasn't made to be fun or rewarding. That's just an exercise in masochism

Or basically every game ever if you have ADHD. I'll restart a game up to 3-4 times because it's been a few years/months/weeks/days since I last played it, and as such I have completely forgotten the plot or even how the controls work.

My restartitis is so bad that I can count the number games I've completed on one hand, with multiple fingers missing. One of the reasons why I prefer multiplayer games is cause I don't have to worry about beating them.

Borderlands definitely. I spend an hour looking through weapon inventory trying to remember why some are better than others, or what I like about them. Then I give up and shelve it again.

Yeah I've got all kinds of tricks like that. Leaving things on the ground to spell out a reminder, if you can add custom map tags or signs I'll do notes there, sometimes it's having a system like "if I'm pointing at the ground it means I am not in the middle of anything important and I need to choose my next steps"

One of my favorite features on the steam deck is the ability to take notes that sync to each game. I've wanted the ability to do that ever since Zero Escape included a notepad for memorizing clues.

I kept handwritten notes for that game.

My Morrowind save has long since devolved into designing my own adventures, battles, and objectives. It doesn't matter where I find myself, because I have decades of headcanon to inform my next actions.

And "that game"s save, if the update broke it

This, except instead of a 20 minute update, it's two days of installing mods for the perfect game experience I'll never have.