This immediately breaks immersion for me and takes me completely out of the game. I feel like it pushes me into a more completionist kind of mindset where I want to keep multiple saves every time a choice is presented to me. The common implementation of player choice where you must select dialog options to drive the story has always bothered me. The world helps you along and you help yourself to things you have learned within it.

Powers that can trigger in combat under certain conditions or from investigating objects in the world. With this in mind consumables have been replaced with what I feel are more interesting mechanics. In contrast to classic consumables Estus Flasks feel like a missed opportunity when you don’t use them because you know that just around the corner you will get them back. This is a limited use power that heals you and recharges at each bonfire. A stark contrast to this would be powers such as the Estus Flasks in Dark Souls.

The majority of the time I felt like I should stockpile these items and never really got a lot of fun out of them. For instance I might use a Potion at the beginning of Pokemon generally in the first fight but then never again for the rest of the game. Many times I find that I never use consumables in the single player games that I play or I use them very early on and never again.

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