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Do you take notes when playing video games? What did you last write or draw?

Unironically, screenshots.

>>723768281 (OP)
>dont forget to download p ctrl+v
I forgot btw

>>723768281 (OP)
unc knows how to write lmao i just type

>>723768281 (OP)
When I played the System Shock remaster.

>>723768281 (OP)
I did when I played Myst remake a couple years ago
I did both physical and digital notes
Witness and Outer Wild's are other "recent" ones I guess
Haven't played a puzzle game in awhile

back in 2010 when i was writing down tricks on finding pokemon in heartgold

>>723768281 (OP)
I drew maps for Summoner on PS2 because the Gamepro review suggested I should and honestly it sounded kind of fun (and was).

>>723769640
You mean area maps, not overworld map? Why did that version not have automaps for areas?

>>723769832
Yes, area maps. And they were mostly for keeping track of the locations of quest givers and things like that. It was an early PS2 game (also on PC) so quality of life features weren't really a thing at the time.

>>723770076
I asked because you do have automapping on PC. It's definitely far from perfect but lacking in QoL is not something that comes to mind when I think of the version I've beaten several times.

>>723768281 (OP)
>Write or draw
Usually after gaming or from the afk escapades from choice MMOs and g*cha really
>>723768413
>Screenshots
This. I don't know why I still keep 'em after sharing them. It has that feeling of intangible progress and growth (especially the live service games) and surprised to have ≈7+ GB, or 3,750+ png screencaps from as old as 2021 March.

I have a small folder of a couple dozen screenshots of various puzzles from a touhou VN with notes about finding the solutions to them because they were difficult enough that I needed to stop and work them out
I used to own a hand drawn map of Legend of Grimrock because it has a version where the dungeon map isn't given to you and you need to map it out yourself on grid paper. That shit was really fun

Tunic has the most real life experience to me with taking notes for some puzzles

>>723768281 (OP)
in the owlcat pathfinder games I write out the important parts of character builds and the synergies with other characters
but its in notepad, not hand-written
I keep a list of my yearly books read in the same file

>>723768281 (OP)
I take notes when I think a puzzle needs it
Last one was probably the V-Jolt recipe since I'm too retarded to remember it.

Remember when manuals attached to games had a notes section? Did anyone ever used them?

>>723768281 (OP)
In dating sim stuff where the girl expects you to remember stupid bullshit about her

>>723771380
These are good skills though. In high school I got broken up with because I thought my girlfriends birthday was November 11
It was in October lol

>>723768281 (OP)
Yes, my last note was for Elden Ring a few days ago and I wrote “FUCKING BITCH ASS ULCERATED FAGGOT”. It’s even bolded in my notepad.

>>723768281 (OP)
9 15 7

it's code for a safe

>>723768281 (OP)
I feel like I did this once while playing a PS2/PS3 game or something but I just don't remember for what game and why

>>723771514
RE2R correct? West Hall Police room?

>>723771263
I never used it because I liked the art in the manuals and felt I would ruin it with my writing
but manuals being interesting stopped when I was in middle school tbf

one time I did acid and later that day on the comedown, I was playing factorio and oxygen not included
I had a huge brain blast while looking at my base and spent like half an hour or something with a notebook trying to sketch out how I wanted the base to be organized, so that I could make it that way when I was more sober
the next day, I looked at my notes and it made no fucking sense
it was just like, random boxes with arrows drawn to them and it said shit like "STORAGE" and "POWER" and "TRASH" but they were written multiple times, and like 1/3 of the diagram was erased and drawn over multiple times so you could barely read it anyway
once again the keys to the universe have eluded me

>>723771637
RE3R

Here's my star control notes after about 10 hours.
Some of it is just shit that could have been in an in game questlog but the cool part is figuring about the world and piecing together a plan and who I should fight or ally with or just run from. Because the enemies in this game will fuck you up in 2 seconds if you try to fight at the wrong time.

>>723771808
Oh yeah I forgot its the same in both

>>723768281 (OP)
Love muh spreadsheets.

I used to until I realized how retarded it was to write things and how much of a pain in the ass it was to keep a notebook and pencil around. Then I just started using spreadsheets like you should.

>>723768281 (OP)
For SaGa Scarlet Grace I wrote down enemy drops, trading outposts, what techs sparked other techs, a checklist of rare collectibles, etc.

I wrote my moment to moment thoughts on the game down in a little notepad when I was playing Mother 3.
There's a page and a half bitching about Jealous Bass.

>>723768281 (OP)
i cant recall which one was more recent. either calculating the maximum potential damage outputs the various main weapons of engi for drg or my broodwar wall layouts for compstomps. maybe there were more recent times when i made a quick note and then deleted it, but these are the ones i saved and kept around.

I had notes for LaMulana and will do the same for the sequel

>>723771263
Instruction manual paper generally isn't good for writing. Ink doesn't mesh with the paper, so it either doesn't write or it winds up getting smudged. Pencils aren't going to write shit. The real reason those note pages are there is because pages come printed on large sheets, and the manual pages aren't usually going to perfectly hit the sheet's total page count.

A long time back i wrote down enough notes on a level 1 dungeon in PMD that it could have realistically been considered a strategy guide

>>723768281 (OP)
I make notes when I play crpg's, if I can't do something in an area right now, like a skill check I have to come back to later, or if a shop has an item I can't afford yet. I have a note where I write those down as a reminder to where I need to return later.

>What did you last write or draw?
pic rel

5 minutes ago, playing Phantasy Star 1 on my Game Gear, also writing notes and stuff

I replayed Fez a couple months ago. Minor language translation in this game. I only needed to draw one thing out for Tunic. Not as much as I used to for GBA games.

>>723768281 (OP)
I write on notepads when playing detective kino. Last time I solved the final puzzle in Muramasa on paper. Was pretty proud of it desu.

I use phone for notes on tracking jrpg quests. Lately been doing SEQUEL and E33 notes this way.

>out shopping with parents
>check out game guides
>write down all the cheats on a piece of paper
Definitely wrote down some San Andreas cheats looking at some game guides at a Target.

>>723768281 (OP)
Not a problem in project Nortubel

>>723768281 (OP)
I usually do it through screenshots and a text file if required. It is VERY rare that I take actual physical notes; I don't think I've done that for any game aside from La Mulana where I had to figure out how the stupid maps wrapped into 5x4 space.

>>723772901
>nearly every single dead end has a spin tile on it
This genre has the most demonic level design.

>>723768281 (OP)
I do on the good ones!

>>723774238
Hardly surprising considering the inspiration.

>>723768281 (OP)
Usually for puzzles, and anything I think I'm expected to know for later if it comes off that way.

The last note I wrote down was about a big mysterious door in the starting area of Silksong. Shortly after that I got the tools to mark interesting locations on the map.
Before that, I took extensive notes on Type Help, The Roottrees Are Dead and Outer Wilds. Last one not so much, since the game keeps track of most important info, but it still kinda helped and I was in the mindset after those two previous games.

>>723768281 (OP)
Like physical notes? Not in years, don't have the desk space. I keep a notepad file up and sometimes scrawl a map in paint, that's about it.

>>723768281 (OP)
Anyone that has ever played this piece of shit game knows

>>723774232
Actually, come to think of it, I used some stupid online flowchart thing when I was playing 2 because I ran out of pencils
I stopped updating it at endgame because there was nothing I needed to reference really at that point

in etrian odyssey it's a key gameplay component

>>723774602
what in the good heavens is this schizokino?

>>723774746
La Mulana 2
Both of these games are annoying as fuck and require keeping track of a lot of random shit

>>723774820
Oh. I played the first one once when I was young, but couldn't figure out what to do in it at all. I should go back to it some time, I was a little bit retarded as a kid. The weird notes look neat.

>>723768281 (OP)
>Do you take notes when playing video games?
Extremely rare.
>What did you last write or draw?
I use txt documents usually but sometimes I'll use a black and white notebook. Last thing I wrote down was the specific things I needed to knock out for Persona 5 Platinum. Mainly keeping track of the Mementos quests so I didn't miss any (missed requests twice during my first 2 playthroughs, which also caused me to miss like 4 other trophies).

If I'm writing or typing anything to it is 99.99% to keep track of trophy related shit. Sometimes I'll write down shit for certain builds in certain games but that's extremely rare. It's mostly trophy hunting shit for challenges, as I hate constantly having to pull up the PS Menu to look at what I need to do.

>>723768281 (OP)
Not at all

>>723768281 (OP)
I usually make a list of heart pieces in Zelda because there's like up to 50 of them in Majora's Mask. I made maps for Riven the last time I played it.

I definitely make lots of notes if I'm playing something poorly documented like The Tower: Bonus Edition or Glider PRO, which I'm making stuff for my website about.

What are good games for sperging with your bros on a lazy night? We already did all the souls games, maybe Zelda?

Just maps and lists. Usually in older games.

>>723775026
Not being able to figure out what to do in La Mulana is the general experience. The game is an obtuse piece of shit.
I cannot recommend it unless you're a certain type of autistic. LM2 is better than LM1 purely because it does not have nearly as many instances of batshit insane moon logic or pointlessly complex backtracking. Some people will tell you LM1 is a better game. They're all lying sacks of shit. Don't listen to them.

I have a notepad just for that. If a game doesn't have a quest log, then I need to write down NPC interactions and quotes. I still fucked up half of the quests, if not more, in Elden Ring. I also reference guides online for missables or certain items and make notes for missables and certain weapons and gear I would want, but try not to do too much spoiling. Also, lists of crafting items I need and in some cases, calculations and working out puzzles like the math codes in Stellar Blade.

Last list I had was a recommended order of progression through Demon's Souls.

>>723775509
I'm fine with La Mulana's moon logic, the fucking healing system, wimpy hit detection and how tanky bosses are while being immune to most subweapons, that shits just not fun.

>>723768281 (OP)
On PC I'll take a crop of whatever I need to know then paste it into my onenote for video games

>>723768281 (OP)
not necessarily on paper
but since steam the notes feature where u can open the overlay and write notes that are per game on it I often write down shit I want to come back to later or things I should remember for later.
otherwise I mostly just remember or do things in my head and don't bother writing them down, I have a pretty good memory.

>>723768281 (OP)
i don't really play puzzle-y type games, but my memory's ass so if the game's got crafting i usually end up writing down shit i need

<= whoever thought that you don't need a journal in an RPG and only NPC's reminding you about main quest was an idiot.
Ended up keeping a quest log just to remember every side quest and recruitable character.

Otherwise I always end up printing out fusion charts for SMT games on larger format to be able to see what I am doing.

there was a demo for a weird game that had you crafting bombs to fuck up the fictional government and they don't just give you a button that says "make bomb". you have to put the ingredients in the alchemy circle, then draw a correct elemental sigil.
The moment that I realized that if I didn't write down the recipes, I feel like something in my mind opened and wished other games did this more frequently.

The game in question:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3503810/TERRORtypeALCHEMY/

>>723768281 (OP)
Beat Resident Evil 1 PS1 for the first time recently. Took notes on what doors needed what keys and if I left any items around. Also did for the door code and V-Jolt puzzle. Felt really sick on the next play through where I knew where everything was.

>>723771790
this post gave me a genuine laugh
thx anon

>>723776975
System Shock?
I like your "t's" :3

>>723776975
>flyde8k

>>723768281 (OP)
no im not 80

>>723777112
>no, i only play casual slop for goyim

>>723777058
yep

>>723777085
I wrote it as flydesk initially

>>723772901
Kino.

>>723771380
>>723771442
>Have to write down what order my girlfriend likes me to caress her limbs in
I did left thigh before right thigh once, that's not a mistake I'll take the risk of making again.

I remember drawing a map of one puzzle-dungeon in Legend of Grimrock 2 where you enter a big room with tiles full of invisible portals that teleport you to the start. So you have to find the correct way by trial and error. Shit was fun.

>>723768281 (OP)
Rarely I have to draw out maps for older JRPGs. Last time I really took notes was to playtest a friend's indie

>>723768281 (OP)
I tried many times but I write too slowly.
Same reason I can't journal. Shit takes me almost an hour.