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Considering new features

While working on Act III, I've been thinking about some new features, which I'm still not exactly sure about.

The big one I'm considering now is the ability to retry a battle that you've lost. I would have it make an autosave file immediately before the start of every fight, and at the Game Over screen, you'd be given the option to retry, load from your last save, or return to the title menu.

I personally think it would remove a lot of frustration in losing a battle because of a silly mistake or losing to a boss and then having to rewatch the cutscene beforehand. The argument raised against it is that it would make the game too easy. That's possible, but the autosave feature would save immediately before the battle. In other words, you wouldn't get the chance to change your party, heal, or move around equipment when you retry.

Anyone have any thoughts?

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edchuy
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I think you ought to go ahead and do it. People would then have the option of using it or not to their advantage this feature. Since the autosave would be just before the battle with no changes, I don't think it would make it any easier to beat the boss, IMHO, since you would be fighting it under the same conditions as before, without the hassle of getting to the fight.
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