>game gives you quest >save and go to bed >boot up game

No you are not. And I give a lot of RPGs shit for this very reason. Very simple solution drastically increases quality of life for the game.

>>384633087
Weren't you taking the notes? What do you think the blank notes section in the manual is for, anon?

>>384633087
Uh, just keep an RPG Journal. I've got journals for every RPG I've ever played. Helps me to really role play.

>>384633170
Battle Network had the BEST solution to this.

>Pressing L in the overworld has Lan/MegaMan tell you exactly that the current objective is, even if it's just go to sleep

>>384633087
>tfw this is probably the reason I stopped playing a bunch of games lately.

my problem is some weeks I can't play, so I came back to a game like 7-8 days later and not only I can't remember what I am supposed to do, but also keep failing mechanics and skill moves a lot.

>>384633087
Earthbound often doesn't tell you what to do without talking to the hint guy anyway

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>go back to a game after not playing it in months
>completely forget everything about it
>power through and eventually figure out what you're supposed to do and beat the game
No better feel. I used to restart from the beginning in RPGs whenever I hadn't played them in a long time, but breaking that habit was the best thing I ever did.

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>he doesn't have a portion of his brain dedicated solely to retention of videogame progress

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>>384633087
I have seen like three threads with an image of EB in the last couple hours, are they all you? If you want a mother thread just try making a actual mother thread.

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>>384633087
dumb faggot

>>384634617
no, the only other thread I've made this week was the one asking about NES Zelda hitboxes.

>>384633087
>stop playing pokemon game on handheld for a month
>return to it
>in the middle of nowhere, no idea where to go or what to do

every fucking time.

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>>384633087
I'm glad Shenmue had a notebook

>>384634891

Check how many gym badges you have then chester yourself

>>384633087
How's that ADHD treating you?