Skyrim Video is Reminder Why Players Need to Be Careful About When They Save Their Game

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In a game like The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, saving can make a huge difference in how one plays. The player can save frequently, do so just before making major decisions so they can see how both branches play out, or one may forget to save, losing significant progress in the process.

Of course, that's not the only opportunity for a mistake with saving. Skyrim's quick saves let the player save the game on the fly, allowing them to ensure that they don't lose any progress. However, where and when the player puts a quick save into place is extremely important.

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One player found this out the hard way when they quick saved the game in a very poor place. Reddit user ImperialGladiator took to the Skyrim subreddit to share their mistake with fellow players, joking about the decision with 'Nice quick save, idiot' as the title. The mistake is easy to see from the video clip: The save loads, and the Dragonborn finds themselves standing directly in front of a Legendary Dragon. Before the player has a chance to make a single move, the dragon lunges forward, bites the Dragonborn, and tosses him, promptly triggering a game over.

Many in the comments were sympathetic, sharing their stories of similar problems in Skyrim, and even in other games. While it tends to be less of an issue these days, older games usually had much stricter methods of saving, and overwriting a save when a player was under-leveled, ill-equipped, or otherwise unready for a major fight could mean starting the entire game over again. Sometimes glitches can lead to corrupt save files, too. Thankfully, Skyrim allows players to save nearly as many times as they'd like, so with any luck, ImperialGladiator has a