r/gaming • u/MisterToots666 • 1d ago
What games have save info carry into the next game? (Like Witcher and Mass Effect)
I was thinking about this after playing Witcher 1 for the first time and starting Witcher 2. I haven't played Witcher 3 in a while and forgot it asks you questions at the beginning to basically make the decisions from the previous game. Its such a cool thing. I loved it in Mass Effect especially carrying over created character. In Witcher too it carried over special gear I had at the end of 1.
I wish this was a more popular thing but I realize it takes a certain game to pull off. Are there any other games that do something similar that I may have not heard of? Any as good as Mass Effect or Witcher?
Its been awhile since I played so I forget if Baldurs Gate 2 had anything specific carry over from 1.
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u/Traditional-Bet-5658 1d ago
Ratchet and Clank on the PS2. If you had certain weapons in the first game, you would be able to get them free or discounted in Ratchet and Clank 2. Same witg being able to get weapons from 2 in Ratchet and Clank 3.
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u/MisterToots666 1d ago
Oh cool I didn't know this
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u/Quitthesht Xbox 1d ago
To make it even cooler, you get hired by Gadgetron late into RaC1 and Ratchet asks if that means he gets an employee discount, the CEO says you have to be with the company for 2 years before the discount kicks in.
RaC3 released 2 years later in 2004 and you get your discount if you have a save from RaC1 that got to the point where you get hired by them.
Also in RaC3 if you have a save from RaC2 the weapon smuggler Slim Cognito smuggles your old Arsenal in for you (meaning you get most of your RaC2 weapons free).
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u/VaginalOdour 1d ago
You could get a gadgetron employee discount in ratchet and clank three, but only if you had gotten far enough in the first one to be hired by them which happens in a pretty late game hoverboard race.
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u/reallygoodbee 18h ago
IIRC, Ratchet and Clank, there's a joke about you getting your Gadgetron 10% off coupon "in roughly two years". Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal, if you have a R&C1 save on your memory card, you can go and claim your coupon and use it for 10% off Gadgetron weapons.
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u/Nephid 1d ago
Infamous 2 would read your save from the first game and let you carry your character over
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u/MisterToots666 1d ago
Man I played Prototype instead of infamous and have been really hoping for a remaster to jump in.
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u/GaZzErZz 1d ago
They are both excellent games. Don't think you made the wrong choice. Prototype and infamous are amazing
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u/anshuvio2 1d ago
Dragon Age Inquisition is another large one. Lots of choices from Origins and DA:2 carried into that game. You could upload a save or use a navigator to change your choices
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u/pebrocks 1d ago edited 1d ago
And then the next game had 3 choices. 3.
Oh and all those choices you made in the past games? Doesn't matter as the rest of the world is destroyed.
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u/saltlampshade 1d ago
Nothing will ever piss me off more than the fucking disappointment Veilguard was. I loved the story and characters of Inquisition and was so excited to see how the story ended. Instead everything other than the final cutscene was colossal dogshit.
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u/tawoorie 20h ago
Does Veilguard have good combat at least?
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u/Filion199 19h ago
It's pretty good, but relies too much on a single mechanic of priming and detonating combos. I got bored of it before I was done with my playthrough.
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u/Impressive-Dog5301 1d ago
I’m not gonna go to Veilguard but you do have to do some kind of soft reset eventually. Accounting for 3 games worth of sequentially layered choices is nigh impossible. More should have carried over from Inquisition given how much a cliffhanger it left on but you’re still probably looking at a single digit number of choices at best
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u/saltlampshade 1d ago
Yes but Dragon Age Veilguard was not the game to do it because it was the only direct sequel in the series. A reset would defintely made sense after this one but doesn’t matter now because the series is probably dead.
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u/The12Ball 1d ago
But that was (part of) the point of the Keep. Allows new players to go through and make the important decisions without having to play several games
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u/SabresFanWC 1d ago
They had both Morrigan and the Inquisitor in Veilguard, yet the choice of who drank from the Well wasn't an option.
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u/Antique-Income 1d ago
What next game? I thought we were still waiting for Dreadwolf to come out?
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u/MisterToots666 1d ago
I haven't played Dragon Age (yet) but I thought it did too being from bioware it makes sense
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u/GW_1775 1d ago
Dragon Age Origins is one of the best games ever made IMO.
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u/rites0fpassage PlayStation 1d ago
Fine. I’ll buy it.
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u/GW_1775 1d ago
If you get it on PC just a heads up that you will need download a mod to get it to run well on modern hardware without crashing. It’s performance is great in consoles though
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u/brazthemad 1d ago
So much promise. Then DA2 basically took exquisitely crafted, semi original world and applied a mall ninja filter
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u/khinzaw 1d ago
DA2 and DAI have their problems, but imo the most important element for Dragon Age is the writing and it stayed pretty good for the most part.
Then DATV happened.
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u/Natsirk99 1d ago
I'm still trying to figure out the point of the wisps in Neve's room. They were a big distraction, annoying, the story started going somewhere, they were going to catch something and then ...
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u/GW_1775 1d ago
Agreed. I will never understand why they decided to change the art style and then proceed to water down all the things that made Origins unique. I’m still mad that they changed the companion AI programing. There was nothing more satisfying to me than fine tuning my party to behave exactly how I wanted them to without having to actively control them.
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u/docgravel 1d ago
Baldur’s Gate 1 and 2 and the Throne of Bhaal expansion do this so well. Carry over important decision, some items, relationships, who lived, who died, etc.
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u/Sylanthra 23h ago
Lol no, Dragon Age 2 takes a save from Dragon Age Origins and reference some of the choices you made in Origins. Inquisitions takes a save from the previous and completely ignores it. Did a character die? Doesn't matter, they are alive now. Did you make a choice that would prevent something from happening. Doesn't matter, it happened anyways.
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u/Kile147 22h ago
Didn't Inquisition use the Keep system instead of a previous save? Instead of looking at save data you see a tapestry of all the major choices in the previous games and say what you want those to be, then import that result as the start of your Inquisition save file.
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u/Dire_Flumph 1d ago
Used to be very common in old CRPGs to import characters, often with their gear. Wizardry practically required it in some games, the Bard's Tale Games (which even allowed you to import characters from other CRPGs), the Quest for Glory series, the AD&D Gold Box games and the Eye of the Beholder games all had this feature and I'm probably forgetting a bunch.
Baldur's Gate 1,2 and Throne of Bhaal had a fun sidequest where imported characters could aquire pantaloons from the three games and somehow forge them into a player controlled mech in Throne of Bhaal (that was wildly impractical because it was too big to move around several maps)
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u/MisterCheeseOfAges 1d ago
Rea through the comments looking for a mention of Quest for Glory. Thank you
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u/docgravel 1d ago
TIL about the pantaloon mech.
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u/edwinodesseiron 21h ago
You actually got two things over in Amkethran if you carried the pantaloons over. You got a Big Metal Unit, which is a full plate +3 with broken stats (-10 AC, 14 vs slashing, 13 vs piercing and missle, backstab immunity, +5% magic resistance, turns your character model into Iron Golem), and Big Metal Rod (Crossbow) which creates its own ammo - Frag Granade, Pulse Ammunition and Scorcher Ammunition. Basically Skull Trap, Magic Missle and Agannazar Scorcher launcher IIRC
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u/APeacefulWarrior 23h ago
IIRC you literally could not play Wizardry 2 and 3 without carrying a party forwards from the prior game(s). At least in their original releases.
I was still most impressed by how Quest For Glory did this, though. You can carry the same character across all five games, even though the series spanned a decade. That's commitment, especially given how long QFG5 took to come out.
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u/russbird 20h ago
Eye of the Beholder! You could start a new party in later games, but importing a strong team really helped. Man, I sunk days into this one as a kid.
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u/ediskrad327 1d ago
Telltale games like The Walking Dead did. The degree of how much was carried forward changed from game to game.
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u/stevenjameshyde 1d ago
Yes. I wonder how they'll manage this for The Wolf Among Us 2 given that the console I completed the original on gave up the ghost about a decade ago
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u/ediskrad327 1d ago
Easiest would be to carry forward saves from the upcoming remaster. No clue if they'll do (or even if they can) import from the original.
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u/alfooboboao 1d ago
didn’t telltale very smartly make it so it seemed like you were making choices, but it was actually an illusion?
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u/ediskrad327 1d ago
It varied how much depending on the game. Batman Season 2 had massive changes depending on your relationship with "John Doe".
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u/ermagerditssuperman 1d ago
The choices you made in Walking dead had huge effects, like who died. Or if someone fied vs being maimed. Someone hating you enough to leave your group. Etc.
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u/docgravel 1d ago
There were some moments where it was like “who is going to live or die?” only to have the character that lives exist the story in the next chapter anyway. Maybe that character would return for a sequel. Overall I think this thought of the choices not mattering comes from the occasional “<name> will remember that” when you made a choice but it probably barely mattered.
One of my pet peeves in games are that choices are usually “choose option A or B” during a quick time event. Make the things that happen during gameplay matter!
One excellent example of this is that in the original Deus Ex game there is a scene where you’re in someone’s apartment and you get attacked and the objective updates to flee out the window. The character tells you to flee out the window. However, if you do, that character dies. If you stay and fight there’s a way that they live and that character is relevant for the rest of the game. The game also had a few moments where some major plot points could be revealed early if you decided to defend people against your allies if you felt what was happening was unjust. But to trigger these you had to actually engage in friendly fire.
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u/koknight 1d ago
DA Inquisition pulls from Origins and DA2. There used to be website where you could upload the save and then tweak decisions and build a new one. Not sure if it's still up though.
The Banner Saga is really good if you like tactics games. But that carries directly over into 2 and 3. Lime who died, ending you got, even down to the items and things you had.
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u/WordsOnTheInterweb 1d ago
The dragon age keep is the site, it was still up as of a few months ago when I was messing around with the games (and then not playing, as one does). It's pretty comprehensive, although some of the impact is pretty minor, just in the form of a letter or codex entry.
ETA: here it is https://dragonagekeep.com/
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u/LordHayati 1d ago
Legend of zelda oracle games! Whether via code, or link cable.
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u/dre5922 1d ago
I played those games back and forth so many times. I think you had to play 4 full playthroughs to get everything unlocked?
I had a GBC (purple see through one), my brother had the GBA. He even let me use his to get the Advance shop items.
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u/Lightborne 1d ago
I remember printing out the walkthrough off of gamefaqs for one of those at my grandparents house, not thinking it would be an enormous number of pages. Grandma was pissed that I wasted that much paper / ink.
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u/AmberPeacemaker 1d ago
Hahhah I did the same with a walkthrough of Golden Sun. But in my case I printed from a pdf of the Prima Official Strategy Guide. In full colour. Surprised I didn't get beat for that one, it was like 300 pages IIRC
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u/sandius_maximus 1d ago
The Armored Core series does this. You can carry over your parts and builds between games in the same "generation."
Meaning, for example, that you could bring the same mech from Armored Core 3 to its sequel, AC: Silent Line, then to Nexus, Nine Breaker and Last Raven. But then Armored Core 4 came out, which started a new storyline and combat system, so you couldn't carry over to the new generation. (Especially since it was on a different console anyway.)
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u/invyros 1d ago
The Metal Gear Solid Ground Zeroes save file would transfer into Phantom Pain to unlock some stuff, like a sneaking suit.
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u/Careless-Peach9283 1d ago
All I can do is picture solid snake yelling where is my sneaking suit?!?
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u/tsoliasPN 1d ago
Dead Space 1 into Dead Space 2 into Dead Space 3
Having a completed Dead Space 1 save gives Isaac access to his classic refurbished Plasma Cutter at the very first store kiosk in Dead Space 2. In Dead Space 3, having a Dead Space 2 save unlocks the heavy Planet Cracker Plasma Cutter immediately upon reaching the weapon crafting bench.
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u/Yaroun-Kaizin 1d ago
Trails in the Sky, Baldur's Gate trilogy (1, 2, ToB).
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u/Dreaming_Dreams 1d ago
i really like how in trails npc’s you helped in previous games will remember you and have unique dialogue
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u/MisterToots666 1d ago
Ah Baldurs Gate did. Do you remember what carried over I cant remember for the life of me
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u/Fugaciouslee 1d ago
I think you could import your character, you lost equipment and were set to level 8 if I remember correctly.
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u/Wullsterino 1d ago
Yes, but some of the equipment could only be found if you'd got them in the first game like Balduran's helmet and the golden pantaloons. You could also (if you were very quick hammering the space bar) pause the game in the black screen just before loading in and being "killed" drop all your equipment so it was in the cage when you started playing.
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u/Fugaciouslee 1d ago
Oh, I didn't know about that last bit. Not that it matters much, you get powerful fast even without the cheese. Drizzt never stands a chance.
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u/Zleck-V2 1d ago
From 1 to 2 it was stats, class, level, Bhaal powers and whether you kept the golden pantaloons or not. As i recall if you did keep them they were stashed close to where you start
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u/brazthemad 1d ago
There were several other unique weapons that could be upgraded in later content including the flail you got from the gnoll keep
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u/Gcleff06 1d ago
I'm curious, if stats and everything carried over, did the game get harder from the get go if you did that?
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u/Zleck-V2 1d ago
Nah it stayed the same, as i recall if you created a new character you were only a level or two below the max in BG1. There were no feats or skills in 2nd Edition DnD which BG 1 and 2 were based on, so the difference was like a couple of HP and an extra 1 or 2 on the dice roll.
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u/Valuable_Idea_995 1d ago
Shenmue 2 allows you to carry all the money and collectible items you earned from forklift racing and the like from the first game. Also, the photos taken with the in game camera which was probably the coolest feature.
However, your character has all of his money stolen in the first 5-10 mins of the game so the only opportunity you have to use it is by buying a map of the starting area. A cool idea but poor execution.
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u/Loser-kun 1d ago
The Quest for Glory series. You can bring your character through all five games. There's even a fun mechanic in the second game that tracks certain things you did or didn't do, and if you avoid doing anything dishonorable, you receive the title of Paladin. If you then import your save to the next game, the Paladin class is available to you! I managed to do this with a thief, which is not easy because you can't steal
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u/hawque 1d ago
Suikoden data could be imported to Suikoden 2 but it was fairly limited iirc. Unlocked a little bit of extra stuff and would rename the first game’s hero to match your save - sort of. It only took the capital letters, so if you’d named your character John it would update from McDohl to JcDohl.
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u/taco__night 1d ago
I think this was fixed in the remasters!
Also, wasn't there some data transfer between S2 and S3?
And S4 to Suikoden Tactics?
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u/WarmPandaPaws 1d ago
Destiny 1 to 2 let you bring your character forward, but I don’t recall it having any meaningful impact on anything. Still appreciated it. Same for Champions of Norrath back in the day.
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u/EvilEmuOfDoom 1d ago
Some dialog changes as well but nothing significant. Still kinda cool though.
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u/spiradreams 1d ago
It's been a while since I've played BG2 but you can carry over your character. I don't think any decisions from BG1 effect the playthrough though.
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u/NoMorePorridge1 1d ago edited 1d ago
There is of course the famous secret if you keep the Golden Pantaloons! [Importing to BG 2: "My Claw of Kazgaroth, gone! Everything gone! Huh... Why do I still have the Golden Pantaloons?"] I think it makes sense not to export the Helm of Balduran but to export the Claw of Kazgaroth because its better. You only keep one and the Helm supersedes the claw IIRC.
The only other thing that carries over is the effect of stat books, so you should use them all on characters you're going to export to 2, even if the stat-gain is more useful for an NPC.
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u/Royta15 1d ago
IIRC in the SNES version of Wizardry, your party from WIzardry 1 carries over to 2. If your party dies in 2, you legit have to replay part 1 to get a new party.
Golden Sun had a carry-over of your party to the sequel, which was really cool at the time. Would carry over everything, from gold to items to level. You could use an (insanely complex) password, or link two GBA's together.
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u/Excellent_Mixture 1d ago
I remember trying to enter that insane password for the second game. I had written down one letter wrong I'm guessing. I tried about 50 times, cried and gave up. I had rented the original game from Blockbuster, so there was no recovering my password.
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u/El_pika 1d ago
Golden sun one and two. You carry over all your characters, items, Gold, everything
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u/SmugCapybara 1d ago
Crusader Kings 2 - Europa Universalis 4 - Victoria 3
Not quite what you had in mind, but definitely a unique experience
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u/PhateAdemar 1d ago
They don't really allow it. You have to convert your saves using mods made by community.
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u/SmugCapybara 1d ago
Yes and no. CK2 to EU4 has an offical converter, as well as community-made ones with different functionality.
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u/fake_dann 1d ago
Kingdom come deliverance 2 should've had that imo.
Other fun example is might 4 and 5, which, when you have both installed, actually combine into a one big game.
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u/SuperSlacker420 1d ago
MiddleEarth: Shadow of Mordor / Shadow of War
The nemesis system was so friggin fun
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u/MisterToots666 1d ago
Damn another game I played but dont remember what carried over.
Nemesis was so good. Other games need to figure out how to get around the stupid patent
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u/SuperSlacker420 1d ago
Your highest level / most used body guards & your most fought enemies carried over. Made it even more epic right from the start
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u/Bsoxfan34 1d ago
Animal Crossing City Folk had an option to import your character from Animal Crossing Wild World.
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u/ShoutingWhiteBoy 1d ago
The Hall of Monuments in Guildwars can unlock a number of things in Guildwars 2.
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u/Alternative_Mode_721 1d ago
Suikoden 1> 2 has some information carry over about the original hero if i remember right.
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u/DigNitty 1d ago
Ubisoft Connect does this.
I don’t like Ubisoft connect. But it does answer the question. For instance you’ll get special weapons in assassins creed games if you’ve played others.
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u/MisterToots666 1d ago
It is kinda cool to get a little treat or bump at the start for playing the previous games
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u/VeryNoisyLizard 1d ago
the walking dead series
this is not exactly info from inside a save, but NfS Shift and Shift 2 unlocked some cars for you (that you couldnt get otherwise) if you had saves from previous NfS games
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u/BadDogSaysMeow 1d ago
Arkandian Legends. gave you extra content and bonus items depending on your choices and achievements.
What's so special in this you ask? It's a series of FLASHGAMES,
a series of flashgames had saves carry over in-between installments.
I think you can still play it on flashpoint, but I don't know if the carry over feature works there.
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u/MisterToots666 1d ago
Oh that's cool would it just make a save file locally to read from or use cookies?
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u/BadDogSaysMeow 1d ago
Sadly I have no idea,
the thought that flashgames could read data from other flashgames seems like a huge security issue; but flashplayer was lynched for being unsecured; so maybe.
Butif it were so easy, then why didn't other flashgames do this?
Flashgames were passion projects, I bet most developers would love to collab with other artists by giving you bonus content if you'd played games of other authors. But I cannot think of a single game that did so.The other thing that's possible is that it needed internet connection to read your Kongregate (one of the mainstream game websites) profile and checked achievements there, and unlocked content based on them.
In that case the carry over feature probably doesn't work on flashpoint.
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u/MisterToots666 1d ago
Huh that makes sense with the website. Flash games really are a lost art form and and (probably like most) my original introduction to gaming as a whole. But its awesome things like Flashpoint exist to preserve them.
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u/AmberPeacemaker 1d ago
So in the case of Arkandian Legends, the creator put out a complilation on Steam that has practically every game they created in Flash.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2957890/Undefined_Game_Pack/
I played the shite out of their games when I was younger.
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u/cleerhil 1d ago
If you loved Mass Effect, you definitely need to play Dragon Age.
BioWare built a whole web app called Dragon Age Keep just so you could carry over dozens of complex decisions, ruler choices, and character fates from Origins and DA2 into Inquisition
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u/ResidualToast 1d ago
frog fractions 2 lets you import a mass effect 2 save file
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u/MisterToots666 1d ago
Lol to do what?
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u/ResidualToast 1d ago
It sets the color of your zzt style cube, I forget what flag it uses to determine what color you get
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u/Billmlln 1d ago
A Crusader Kings 2 save (grand strategy game that covers from the 9th century to 1444) can be carried over to Europa Universalis 4 (1444-1800s)
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u/actuallyquitefunny 1d ago
The original Lego Star Wars game was about the prequels, and Lego Star Wars II about the Original Trilogy. If you used a save from the first one, you could play Original Trilogy levels with prequel characters (ie: Jar Jar Binks fighting Darth Vader in Cloud City)
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u/King-Gabriel 1d ago
I think the game series that you can retain the most in would be the Pokemon series.
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u/MisterToots666 1d ago
Oh I didn't think of this you mean with the ability to transport pokemon to the next game?
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u/fake_dann 1d ago
Where? Yeah you can transfer mons, but that aint usually untill post game. Or isn't worth mucg
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u/Tiffa_Adil 1d ago
but that aint usually untill post game
You've been able to transfer Pokemon as soon as you get the PokeDex since gen 6
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u/adol1004 1d ago
but pokemon bank/home never opened to a new game day one. so I never had the pleasure of transferring my old game mons right away.
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u/DimensioT 1d ago
Baldur's Gate 2 allows importing a character from the original. All items are lost (except one) and it does not retain any game choices, though.
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u/tsoliasPN 1d ago
The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit into Life is Strange 2. The exact superhero costume choices you made as Chris, along with specific dialogue decisions and hidden discoveries, carry over into the main campaign when Sean and Daniel cross paths with him.
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u/boxing-boxing 1d ago
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance into Radiant Dawn. I spent forever maxing Ike in PoR and he showed up in RD an absolute unit. One of the few times overleveling actually paid off across games instead of just being its own little hobby.
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u/Rohen2003 1d ago
spellforce 1
spellforce always made stand alone spinoffs (so each spellforce 1 2 and 3 had multiple campaigns you could purchase and play on their own).
if you finished spellforce 1 the order of dawn or spellforce 1 breath of winter, you can then use those saves to play further in spellforce 1 shadow of the phoenix.
interestingly, the player character you would NOT choose to play as in the third game would still show up there since the two artifacts you find while playing those games have to be combined in order to defeat the enemy.
all 3 spellforce 1 games are btw available on steam as the "spellforce: platinum edition" for 10 bucks or 2.50 on discount (like right now).
they might be over 20 years at this point but I still consider spellforce 1 the order of dawn to be the goat pc game so anyone with interest in rts/rpgs should try it at some point, it even got a qol patch 3 years ago for its 20th anniversary to smooth out a few things.
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u/adol1004 1d ago
not exactly what you are finding but, Legend if Zelda Breath of the wild lets you have a wolf link as a companion with an amiibo. but if you have a twilight princess HD remaster in WiiU and played that with the same amiibo, the wolf had more health in BotW.
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u/chumblestiltskin 1d ago
Sorcery! is great for that. You get a code moving between the 4 games that carries over your character and items. Some random items you pick up in game 1, might be vital to your playthrough of game 4.
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u/LifeIsOnTheWire 1d ago
Shenmue 1 and 2.
You could import your Shenmue 1 save game in Shenmue 2. It would give you your progress in fighting moves, money, and inventory.
One notable benefit is that you get robbed early in Shenmue 2 and lose all your money, but you can visit pawn shops to sell your collectable items. You could buy vending machine toys in the first game, and then sell those collections in the second game
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u/Silluvaine 1d ago
Dragon age, in the later games you'll have to recreate your choices in a save game creator but its essentially the same
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u/Loser-kun 1d ago
The Quest for Glory series. You can bring your character through all five games. There's even a fun mechanic in the second game that tracks certain things you did or didn't do, and if you avoid doing anything dishonorable, you receive the title of Paladin. If you then import your save to the next game, the Paladin class is available to you! I managed to do this with a thief, which is not easy because you can't steal
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u/bearface93 1d ago
Life is Strange. LiS 2, Double Exposure, and Reunion ask when you start a new game what your final decision was in the first game, and there are some dialogue or setting changes based on that.
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u/thalandhor 1d ago
Baldur's Gate 1, 2 and Throne of Bhaal were the Mass Effect before Mass Effect. It's really fun to see your character go on this huge journey.
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u/ozymandieus 1d ago
I just started witcher 3 again and dont remember any questions? I think it allows you to import your save from 2
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u/funAlways 1d ago
not released yet, but cassette beasts will have some data carry over to cassette beasts 2002
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u/The_Final_Gunslinger 1d ago
There was a line of old PSX RPGs called Arc the Lad. Every one let you load up your team from the previous game.
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u/TurboZ31 1d ago edited 1d ago
Quest for Glory, I think you can use the same save through all 5 games. Very old but a ton of fun and really great if you're into pixel art
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u/NineEightFive 1d ago
Trying to rack my brain as to a game that hasn't been mentioned by someone else already.
The best I've got was the transfer of all your cards from Pokemon TCG Online to Pokemon TCG Live. Technically two separate games that had a temporary window for your data to be transferred.
Maybe this will jog someone else's memory but there probably is a car game that let's you transfer your garage or something...
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u/AToqueIsAHat 1d ago
I think the old .hack games on the PS2 did this. I only ever owned the first one, though. Also, I think the Xenosaga series on the PS2 did this as well.
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u/Xeadriel 1d ago
How does that work with cartridges though? Are they just saved in ram? I don’t think you can switch cartridges just like that, can you?
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u/Sphynx87 1d ago
Quest for Glory series you can carry your save between all 5 games and there is even a special class you can unlock for the 3rd game if you do specific stuff in the 2nd game. A bit of an old series though so might not be your cup of tea.
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u/PloppyTheSpaceship 1d ago
Shenmue.
Then all your gear gets nicked anyway in the first two minutes.
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u/BlackRoseXIII 1d ago
The dotHack series and the sequel series dotHack G.U. both do this. They actually flow almost seamlessly into the next game, carrying over every item, experience point, skill, etc.
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u/TheTexan94 D20 1d ago
Ace combat ps2 trilogy, if you had save data from AC 5 on the same memory card when you booted up AC Zero, you automatically unlocked the X-02 Wyvern
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u/NoodleDoodlesocks 1d ago
Shenmue 1 saves carries over to Shenmue 2. Sadly this feature was not included with Shenmue 3.
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u/HumblestRedditor 21h ago
Going a bit obscure now, but the Realms of Arkania RPG series on PC. You could import your party to the next game. The series has great world building, but the game mechanics are a bit archaic. It's basically a conversion of a German tabletop RPG.
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u/SentientDust 21h ago
Your ending of The Suffering determines the beginning of the sequel, Ties that Bind (which itself has 3 endings)
The Suffering is a real forgotten gem, the atmosphere it had was immaculate
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u/urbanreflex 20h ago
The Shining Force III trilogy on the Sega Saturn did this. Characters, levels, story choices - these would all carry over from part one to two to three. This was especially great (IMO) because parts one and two take place roughly at the same time, you just experience the events from a different point of view. Part three then ends the story and your choices come to a conclusion.
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u/Prime406 19h ago
Fire Emblem Radian Dawn has characters gain bonus stats if you have a completed Path of Radiance save where that character reached max level and capped out that stat
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u/psychoPiper 19h ago
Technically AC2 lets you transfer your save to the next game, but you just lose everything at the start of the game anyways iirc
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u/reallygoodbee 18h ago
If you linked Pokemon B2W2 to a copy of Pokemon BW with the Hall of Fame unlocked, you got some additional content for B2W2 related to N and where he went after BW.
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u/zurcn 18h ago
adjacent at best
if you bought the newest Hitman triology as it released you were able to import your location data to the following games and it meant that you would start the next game with some items already unlocked. (more from 2 to 3 than from 1 to 2)
all of those have since been scrapped and you get all levels just from buying the most recent game
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u/_Lemuron 18h ago
In the Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom you can access your horses from the previous entry The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
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u/DecadentToast 16h ago
I think shadow of Mordor has something like this where you import loyal orcs
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u/Offw0rlder 16h ago
Kotor 2 kinda has it but doesn't feel like it actually affects the world. Like asking questions about how and who you were in the first one
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u/_FrenziedFirekeeper_ 15h ago
Dragon Age lets you import your decision to Set the world stage for the next :)
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u/Shinjischneider 13h ago
Back in the day the "Quest for Glory"-games did. Which added certain classes like Paladin if you had played a knight in the previous game
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u/talented_fool 1d ago
Golden Sun on the GBA, had the option to import the characters from the first game to the second with a custom code. No code and you still got the characters but not the exact stats & inventory from first game.