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I think it depends on the game. Personally I made lots of notes when playing Elden Ring since it was impossible to keep track of all the obscure open quests otherwise (especially before the NPC map markers update).
There are also plenty of games where you need to return to an area when you reach a certain level or have a certain item/ability. I don’t usually make notes to remind myself to do that but since it’s so accessible now I can see myself doing that.
Some puzzle games require note-taking or an extremely good memory, and while some do have internal mechanisms for it, not all have, and sometimes it is really bad. Also, some other games can use notes sometimes, like how many resources you need to get or stuff you need to do before confronting a big boss.
You’ve never alt-tabbed out of a game to research something about it? Now you can paste that information on your screen for viewing simultaneously as you play. Though having a second monitor is nice, most people probably only have one monitor. I think it’s a useful and nice to have feature. Nobody has to use it, but enough will.
yeah, I’ve alt+tabbed for a million reasons before, but I can’t remember “taking a note about this game I’m playing” being one of them. Mainly because the games I play tend to show quest details and goals on the hud already, so requiring the player to take notes just feels like an odd thing to me. Perhaps the game itself should offer a note taking feature if that happens often.
wait, people take notes while gaming? In over 20 years of playing games I can’t think of a single instance that I needed notes.
I think it depends on the game. Personally I made lots of notes when playing Elden Ring since it was impossible to keep track of all the obscure open quests otherwise (especially before the NPC map markers update). There are also plenty of games where you need to return to an area when you reach a certain level or have a certain item/ability. I don’t usually make notes to remind myself to do that but since it’s so accessible now I can see myself doing that.
Some puzzle games require note-taking or an extremely good memory, and while some do have internal mechanisms for it, not all have, and sometimes it is really bad. Also, some other games can use notes sometimes, like how many resources you need to get or stuff you need to do before confronting a big boss.
You’ve never alt-tabbed out of a game to research something about it? Now you can paste that information on your screen for viewing simultaneously as you play. Though having a second monitor is nice, most people probably only have one monitor. I think it’s a useful and nice to have feature. Nobody has to use it, but enough will.
yeah, I’ve alt+tabbed for a million reasons before, but I can’t remember “taking a note about this game I’m playing” being one of them. Mainly because the games I play tend to show quest details and goals on the hud already, so requiring the player to take notes just feels like an odd thing to me. Perhaps the game itself should offer a note taking feature if that happens often.
lmao same, and i have less years of playing games than you