misophist@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I savescummed nethack as a kid, telling myself I was learning how to play. Then one day I decided to play on an online server where that wasn’t a possibility. There is nothing like the feeling of achieving a goal the legit way. I learned soooo much more during those many perma-death runs than I ever did by save-scumming, and I’m actually proud of those ascensions.
cevn@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Ha, I start scum sometimes but save scumming just takes away from the game lol. That feeling of I fked up, or this game wants me dead. All that great stuff you lost and forgot to use. The death screen is the real nethack. DYWYPI??