Save states have made it so much easier for me to be an adult AND play games.
Oh, kids are yelling? Take a save state. Phone is ringing? Save state.
I can't be in my 30s and tell people "sorry, I was making my way to a save point".
Oh, kids are yelling? Take a save state. Phone is ringing? Save state.
I can't be in my 30s and tell people "sorry, I was making my way to a save point".
Save points were invented because of a lack of space for proper saves and because yes, coding a full state save is hard. But with today's hardware there is no excuse. And if it's an AAA they can just take 0.001% off the marketing budget and pay a team to do proper saves.
If they just save your character at predefined save points, not really.