Trek to Yomi can be a challenging game, so it's important that players know how to save their progress. Especially when playing on Ronin mode or Kensei mode, players will likely find themselves dying quite a bit as they unravel Hiroki's story, making save points crucial. To save the game in Trek to Yomi, players need to find shrines in the game world and interact with them. Though this may seem simple, there are a couple features about these shrines that players will want to know in order to get the most out of them.
Trek to Yomi is featured as one of June 2023's free PS Plus games, so even though it released back in May 2022, many new players are experiencing the game for the first time. It can be a somewhat unforgiving journey, making shrines one of the few saving graces players will find. Here's what players need to know.
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Players can save their Trek to Yomi game by approaching one of these shrines and pressing the interact button. This will not only save the player's progress, but also fully restore their health. Each shrine can only be used once, so players can't return to a previously used shrine to heal up or make another save after defeating a tough enemy. There is also no autosave feature. Only the last shrine the player interacted with can be used to reload if the player dies or quits.
Shrines can be hard to see sometimes, especially since there is no map in Trek to Yomi that points out where they are. Players will need to keep a sharp eye on the background as they play in order to find them.
There is strategy to consider in deciding when to use a shrine to save the game. On one hand, if players make it to a shrine and they are already full health, it may be worth venturing on a bit, clearing out some enemies, and then backtracking to save and recover health. On the other hand, there are usually plenty of shrines in each Trek to Yomi level. If players happen to die without stopping at a shrine, they might have to replay quite a bit of the level to get back to where they were.
When to save is really dependent on the situation and how confident the player is in their skills. Generally speaking, it's usually safe to save whenever the player comes across a shrine. Being at full health is always helpful against the game's challenging enemies, and losing progress in Trek to Yomi's seven chapters is never a good feeling.
Trek to Yomi is available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
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