It is not a simple thing to change, because a few people want it, while the majority of their playerbase who enjoy Survival Mode, are happy with it being permadeath. Hinterland intended Wintermute to be non-permadeath, and baked a different save system into the game than the one used for Survival and Challenge Modes. Not an "easy" task, it isn't like pressing a button. They would have to re-write the game (Survival Mode) to include the same save system and Wintermute Story Mode. Ok, thanks, I did not know this, I just assumed the game saved when you quit (because that's how it works in all the other perma death games i've played), even though I always make sure I see the save icon before I quit, because I was never 100% sure it saved at quit, but now my paranoia was correct, good thing I never trusted my own assumptions. I did this once, when I was about to get mauled by a moose. If a bear is about to maul you and you pause the game beforehand, you can just quit game to the main menu and then reload game (your last save). You don't even have to close the program. It's a survival game, risk vs reward where you are trying not to die by making the right decisions, so taking that out of the equation it just becomes a exploration game, and you can easily have that by changing the custom settings. Originally posted by jayjum:To piggy back on this, you can force a save, then if you find yourself about to die, or in bad situation, you can close the program, (don't quit), actually shut the game down, and when you restart it will be the last save you initiated. (Less failure with repairs, fires, able to repair in the dark, ect,) So they are totally different experiences, that may not translate well from one to the other. And in Survival Mode, you start with all LVL 1 skills, while in Story Mode, you start with all skills somewhere around Lvl 3 or higher.
Mechanics are similar, but not always exactly the same, Story Mode has many scripted encounters and events, that Survival Mode does not. Just keep in mind that permdeath is not the only difference between Survival Mode and Wintermute, though. The story remains the same, but you can play them in a Survival Mode manner, and change the way you do things, and the order you do them in. And, to be honest, I enjoy replaying the Wintermute Episodes, trying new approaches and strategies, to see if i can complete them in a "better" time, or end with "better" conditions for Will or Astrid. They are permadeath, but much shorter playtime (Nomad and Whiteout take the longest, depending on how you play them), but they do have set, defined goals you must achieve, rather than creating your own goals, or simply wandering around.
Try one or two of the Challenge Modes, OP.
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