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    Fallout 3

    Game » consists of 45 releases. Released Oct 28, 2008

    In Bethesda's first-person revival of the classic post-apocalyptic RPG series, the player is forced to leave Vault 101 and venture out into the irradiated wasteland of Washington D.C. to find his or her father.

    How do you save your game? [Poll]

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    #1  Edited By natetodamax
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    #2  Edited By natetodamax

    I create a separate save each time I do so, and I save constantly. Wha 'bout you?

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    #3  Edited By GunstarRed

    all the time, every slot.... I absolutely hate how most 360 games don't let you have any more than one save...  When I play FPS games on the PC I have been known to save after every 5 kills or so.
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    #4  Edited By breadfan

    At one point I had about 400 Fallout 3 saves.  
     
    I've cleared that up since, at the moment I only have two saves.  Each for a different character.

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    #5  Edited By natetodamax
    @Br3adfan said:
    " At one point I had about 400 Fallout 3 saves.   I've cleared that up since, at the moment I only have two saves.  Each for a different character. "
    I have over 400 right now. The weird thing is that I never use any of those previous one, unless it's a different character.
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    #6  Edited By Megalon

    I'm somewhere in the mid-700's for saves on that game, haha. That is with 4/5 DLC though. 

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    #7  Edited By breadfan
    @natetodamax said:
    " @Br3adfan said:
    " At one point I had about 400 Fallout 3 saves.   I've cleared that up since, at the moment I only have two saves.  Each for a different character. "
    I have over 400 right now. The weird thing is that I never use any of those previous one, unless it's a different character. "
    Yeah I let my saves build up because I was not looking forward to deleting them all individually.  Then at some point Fallout 3 was taking up about two to three gigs of hard drive space on game saves alone.  So I had to tone it down a bit.
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    #8  Edited By ArchScabby

    I don't.  
     
    I'm hardcore.

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    #9  Edited By Origina1Penguin

    I quicksave all the time, especially before attempting persuasion, lock picking, etc.  Other than that, I create a new save file at the end of every session.

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    #10  Edited By InsanePotato

    I even save in preparation of saving in Fallout

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    #11  Edited By natetodamax
    @InsanePotato said:
    " I even save in preparation of saving in Fallout "
    Nice!
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    #12  Edited By AgentJ

    I just allow the autosave to do its thing most of the time. 

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    #13  Edited By sjschmidt93

    F8. 
     
    Oh... uh, B.

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    #14  Edited By Seedofpower

    I save before I feel I'm about to make a decision, major minor or other wise.

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    #15  Edited By gingertastic_10

    I save a shit load.

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    #16  Edited By eroticfishcake

    It would depend on the game. With Thief I save a LOT. With RPGs, a good few. With others it's pretty conservative but I'm pretty cautious.

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    #17  Edited By bicycleham

    This game crashes so much that I constantly save. Which then leads to it crashing.

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    #18  Edited By TheMustacheHero

    Depends, if it's a linear game I will have one save file, in RPGs I will have 2 save files just incase I screw something up. Now-a-days though, most games have auto-save features, which is all I use.

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    #19  Edited By Jeust

    B. I usually save from time to time on different slots, so i don't get stuck because of a single one action.
     
    That sucks big time.

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    #20  Edited By Hailinel

    Depends on the game.  I typically keep two save files at staggered points, just in case, though that's mostly for RPGs.

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    #21  Edited By natetodamax
    @Hailinel said:
    " Depends on the game.  I typically keep two save files at staggered points, just in case, though that's mostly for RPGs. "
    Well, this thread is about fallout 3, but I don't mind people answering for how they save across all the games they play
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    #22  Edited By ImperiousRix

    I usually just save on one file, but save when ever I recall which can be quite often.  I've learned after a glitched game or two to maybe keep one other save, but I usually don't ever save again in that one.

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    #23  Edited By Savage

     One character, one playthrough, 30 levels, 20 bobbleheads, 5 DLCs, 58 quests, 44 unique weapons, 121 hours, 47 minutes, 46 seconds, 130094 caps, 873 saves.

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    #24  Edited By galiant

    I usually save twice every time I'm about to quit playing, and while I play I rely on the auto-save feature. It doesn't always work out so well since my game crashes from time to time.
     
    I play on the PS3, with Broken Steel, Operation : Anchorage and the Pitt installed.
     
    I started saving twice every time I quit because my previous save was often overwritten every time I started a new character, which was a major bummer. I still don't know why that happens or what triggers it.

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    #25  Edited By Pie

      I save with multiple files, and I save constantly
     
    After a game breaking bug in oblivion that I couldnt fix because I hadnt been making different saves I meade sure to save constantly in fallout 3

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    #26  Edited By artofwar420

    I just checked the saved files folder and it's about *drumroll* 1GB... no wonder I'm running out of hard drive space.

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    #28  Edited By natetodamax
    @Savage said:
    "  One character, one playthrough, 30 levels, 20 bobbleheads, 5 DLCs, 58 quests, 44 unique weapons, 121 hours, 47 minutes, 46 seconds, 130094 caps, 873 saves. "
    Christ, you don't mess around
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    #29  Edited By 09spade09

    I save over the same slot and at every available chance, my P.C is a bit of a fail and is constantly shutting itself down. What about you?

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    #30  Edited By dying0pedo

    i save my game, every time i can depending on what game it is, if it is like final fantasy, then i try and save it all the time

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