This would be the best gift

I do this for myself because same lol. I post PC so I usually keep a text document open so I can write down things I'm working on or, things I need to know I finished or, quests or whatever.

One of the reasons it took me do long to beat the main quest on skyrim, and I'd always convince myself to just start over because this time for sure I'll get through it all

Witcher 3 has a little bit of that but could be better for sure

Smart!

This is the main reason I hate quests. I would start something, not play for a month or so, come back and having to figure out where I had left off. By the time I was caught up, my gaming time was over.

I was playing a Professor Layton game and it had a recap of the past thing you were doing every time you opened the game. Loved it, so helpful

Got my vote

This is why Satisfactory should have a built-in Kanban board!

a summary of your progress and what you were doing, maybe even an animated one, would actually be a reasonable use for llm.

I'm tired of having llm shoved everywhere except where it would actually be useful.

that being said, if some game implemented it and it ended up being trash, I wouldn't be surprised

Nah. I just finished a playthrough with a friend and my experience is you just can't plan that game. Go with the flow and shit will sort itself out. If you plan for more than the milestones, you'll fail.

Pokemon FireRed (and LeafGreen) does this!

By the way, these "flashbacks" aren't static images. Your player sprite would be animated doing the last thing it did in that frame!

Also, the controls are simple enough in this game. No need for any tutorials.

The Gothic Remake summarises the last few beats of the story on the loading screens.

Edit: And sometimes the hero will think about his next steps when you sit down, kind of like Life is Strange, but not as elaborate.

This is a thing they promise every time new consoles come out and then it never makes it to release. Or maybe it did and no developer ever used the feature.

You beat me to it. As soon as I saw this post I immediately thought of FRLG, which are probably my favorite Pokémon games. The only change I would make would be to implement the phys/spec split

In stardew and Minecraft they have signs. I have signs in different areas for different reminders of what I'm doing just in case I lose my notes lol

I quite liked this in Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

Ahh nostalgia! The last ones i played, next thing i know they've got pokemon modelled after a garbage bag. 🫩

This was such a great implementation. I want this in literally every game.

Here's a reminder of the last things you did and where you need to go next.

“Your current objective is trying not to cum while playing this game. The last thing you did was cum while playing this game.”

Detailed quest log/journal is a must. I hate it when quest logs don't show what you've already completed.

Ok, I have to break into the office to steal the trophy but WHY? Talk to Fred, WHO THE FUCK IS FRED?

There's a journal feature in DPPt too! Not as dynamic as it was in FRLG though

The controls are the biggest obstacles for me, and it's not really even about ADHD to be honest.

Virtually every single modern game insists that it must use every single available button on the controller for vital operations. Most of the time it strikes me as completely unnecessary to be that way.

And even games that are of the exact same sub-sub-sub-genre where it should all be pretty standardized (the gameplay itself certainly is) decide to have completely different controls.

If I can't finish a game in the 2 - 3 winter months of "down time" I have, during which time I might get 4 - 6 hours of week to play, then I usually won't even bother. Because if I don't finish it then, it means 6 - 8 months later when I get another chance to pick it up again, I will have forgotten how to play.

How many stealth archers did you roll up?

Honestly, we need more ADHD-friendly accessibility features in life overall.

I really hate that ADHD doesn't get taken seriously as a disability, because having it certainly makes me feel disabled compared to most people.

I think some games implement a reminder of sorts for quests and stuff. A reminder for the controls, though, would be great.

We need this!!

That's why I love retro gaming. No saves, no elaborate narrative, just two buttons and a D pad. Easy in, easy out.

Final Fantasy XIII-2 did something like this with a recap when you restarted. Really helped with the “now where was I again?” moments.

Back when you could write your own savefile names i‘d cadge together some shorthand for the filename to help: sdqstswordgetthing.sav or some such. “Side quest to get sword get the [item] next on the list.”

I think that such a limited control scheme FORCED devs to be creative. And thus we're so many unique and beautiful experiences born. There's something to be said for working around/with the limitations you're dealt.

Cool! I'm on the last quest of the first game and will be starting KCD2 at some point. I got sidetracked by horror games (tis the season). The Medium and Silent Hill 2 are so good I decided to buy Cronos as well. I'm on a Bloober kick.

What do you mean, no QuickTime events?!?!

The whole reason I have to play RPGs all at once, no bouncing between games. I WILL forget what I was doing if I take more than a couple weeks off from playing. I'm really trying my hardest to get through Dawnwalker so I can get onto the other half dozen games waiting for me.

This is infuriating specially when doing multiple side quests in parallel.

The reason i dropped out of the worst in Stardew Valley: too many characters!

Leave Trubbish alone, he's one of my favorites.

The best part to me is how it emulates the anime recaps

Omfg EVERY ZELDA

This was incredibly helpful for me, as I took a long pause between playing after ending up on the second map

At least you got that far. Usually I run out of time before mandatory updates are done.

Disabilities in general don't get taken seriously. In addition to ADHD, I have an eye deformity that requires $5000/year special contact lenses and just keep getting told to pound dirt :/

I feel like an extraterrestrial when someone tries to teach me a new board game. I don't understand what they're telling me, and they don't understand what I'm asking (or WHY I'm asking it). I feel like the instructions could almost always be expressed succinctly as a flow chart, but I've never actually encountered that in the wild.

Steam overlay has a "Notes" feature to keep your thoughts and allows you to resize however you want and optionally overlay it on top of your game instead of having it hide when you minimize the steam overlay, for quick referencing recipes/guide info etc. it also persists through sessions.
I frequently use this in survival games or rogue like games to write myself a debrief before I get off at the end of the night knowing that I won't remember certain details tomorrow.

It's why I don't play certain games like Civ. I have to keep playing in one sitting to finish or I'll forget what I was doing, such is so frustrating.

You can bet money I never remembered anyone's birthday or the upcoming town events. :(

Yep, this, the integrated guides section and the browser are great features that are handy for anyone

Damn, that's a cute name. I could imagine a street dog with it.

Hahaha, that's awesome. I've still just been taking physical notes with pen and paper like it's the 90's but I'll have to check this out

You can buy a calendar as a house upgrade that tells you all this stuff!