Do you ever continue the save file of the game you don't touch for 1+ years?

I have a year old or so save file of Pillar 2 that I want to finish but I don't know if I can. I remember starting into one of the DLC's and changing my standard party to a party based off what they recommend for the best interaction. This was a bad idea because I kept getting slaughtered. I know I need to revert to a save before that misadventure, I just haven't bothered yet.
 
I start a new save if it's anything over a year.

I've started Mario Sunshine like 4 times over a 15 year period but have never completed it. Each time I started with a new save. Don't really regret as I love the game, I guess I just don't want it to end which is why i always drop it like 75% through.
 
I do this every year with warframe. I play it religiously for a few weeks, get burnt out then don't touch it again for another year. Done it every year since ps4 launch.
 
All the time. My record for the longest gap is Persona 4 on the PS2, which I started in 2009, got about 40 hours in and finally went back to and finished last year.
 
DQ XI has a fucking great summary everytime you load your save file. I think more games should implement this, specially those that are story oriented. For action games might not be as needed, maybe something like the loadscreen from bayoneta where you can practice and check buttons for a bit.
Thank God for that option, it really helps
 
That reminds me, I have to pick up Xenoblade 2 again sometime. Havent played it since 2018 early 2019, i'm 30 hours in so i'm not gonna start over.

I don't know how you guys can go through starting over, it'd make the time you spent on it prior completely pointless, not to mention make the game tedious.
 
I don't know where to go, what to do, what's going on in story when i pick up a game after a break. Even some pc games won't let you rename your save game files, let alone console games.

There should be a optional little box beneath that save files where you can describe your latest status in game, which pops-up on screen when you load your game(like how "civilization" games starts with background info).

Even though you know where to go next and all that, you will lose some technical knowledge about that game(triple jump, crouch than jump while running in mario 64 for example) so completing a game without breaks works best.
 
I tried a couple of times. Couldn't remember the story or what I was supposed to do next. I always have to start over every time.
 
Absolutely. I tend put some games on hold for a while and return to them after a set of time. Its nice to pick up from where you left off and continue on.
 
For the majority of games I do.

Story heavy games I usually restart. I started Pillars of Eternity years ago and plan to restart whenever I play it again.

Skyrim and Dark Souls I usually make a new character.
 
So, last week, I cracked the plastic on a game I bought a long time ago that was on my Pile 'o Shame, loaded it into my PS3... and the PS3 asked me if I wanted to continue my saved game.

So, I was stuck. Should I "keep" playing a game I couldn't remember ever playing before and jog my memory over how I must have played the game somehow way back when? Should I start over and play the game for the first time ever like I thought I was doing in the first place? Or should I cower in fear of discovering further time paradoxes in my continuum?
 
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I have finished Witcher 3 and Zelda Breath of the Wild over 1 year time period. It usually takes an hour or two to get reaquinted with controls and storyline.

You will be surprised to know that these long games are designed in a way that you can play them in episodic manner.
 
I'm typically a start over from the beginning type of guy - which is why I finish maybe 5% of what I purchase. When I do finish a game it's very rare.

Oddly, I would not have said I'm a huge fan of the Tomb Raider re-boot trilogy. Yet I finished all 3 games. That counts for a lot.
 
yea, I do that with RPGs all the time.

I did that with Persona 4, Digital Devil Saga 2, FFV and many more.

Shaqazooloo Shaqazooloo I heard Octopath can drag on like that.
 
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I had Doom 2016 since launch. Dropped it for no real reason. And I loved it then because it was the closest thing I had to Metroid Prime. I'm more into skill-based shooters these days but I did welcome the old school strafe speeds even if crits and accuracy don't mean shit. ... I finished it today after continuing from where I left off over the weekend. Great game but that last stage and boss battle was trash. Didn't end strong at all.

Im 100% done with any new purchases for the the rest of the gen so I'll be doing this quite a bit for the rest of the year and finishing the backlog. I won't start over... well maybe Dark Souls 3.
 
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