History Main / OminousSavePrompt

* ''VideoGame/MOTHER3'' prompts you to save at the end of each chapter, after the chapter epilogue has played and the screen has gone black. A couple of the [[SavePoint save frogs]] also have dialogue where they really recommend that you save now.
* The sequel of ''VideoGame/TouhouMother'', a crossover between the ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' and ''VideoGame/{{Mother}}'' series, in the first chapter, before battling [[spoiler:Ran Yakumo]], a save screen will suddenly appear before the boss battle.

* ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve'' prompts you to save at the end of each day, and also does so after a particularly lengthy cutscene (and just before a particularly difficult battle).

** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'', the item description for the cursed lamp that contains a boss battle with Diablos is: "You should save your game before using this."
** Though ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' is an MMORPG, and thus does not have save points, it still achieves this effect whenever it warns you that a series of cutscenes will soon take place and the player should set aside time to view all the cutscenes in full. Almost always, when this warning shows up, a major WhamEpisode is about to take place.

* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'' sometimes gives you a "vision" of potential hazards nearby, or has Atton mention [[MySignificanceSenseIsTingling he had a bad feeling]]. It's pretty forthright about how you ought to save when it does.
* The remake of ''VideoGame/WildArms1'' normally gives you the traditional save points. But there are two occasions in which the act of entering a door causes a save prompt to appear. Both are preludes to fights with the BigBad, and both of them are ''definitely'' warranted.
* Near the end of ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime'', after blowing the Princess Shroob's FlyingSaucer out of the air, [[ExpositionFairy Stuffwell]] urges the brothers to save the game before going after the princess, and also announces that he is capable of bringing them back in time to before they entered the final room, in case they wanted to go back to search for missing items. Predictably, after leaving the area with the save block, the final battles begin.

* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'' recommends the player save as often as possible in the eponymous AnotherDimension, since "the planes of Oblivion are a dangerous realm". They aren't kidding -- [[DeathWorld Oblivion]] has ''[[EverythingTryingToKillYou plants]]'' that try to stab you when you go nearby.

* Certain dungeons in ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers'' are divided into multiple sections, with a [[SavePoint Kangaskhan Rock]] waiting for you at a 'safe point'. While normally Kangaskhan Rocks let you store and take out items, these variations only permit you to save. In ''Sky'''s second [[ADayInTheLimelight bonus chapter]], Armaldo explicitly points out that finding one inside a dungeon means there's probably a boss up ahead.
* Just before a major boss battle in the latter half of the game in ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger: Shadows of Almia'', your Operator contacts you and asks if you are ready, and encourages you not to enter unless you are fully prepared.

* ''Dink Smallwood'' mods do this on occasion, varying by author. One rather strange instance in ''As Good As Eternity'' involved a fountain outside a food storage building full of monsters (instead of the normal save machine) and the man on the top floor telling you to "wash your hands in the fountain" as part of food safety procedure.

* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' usually does this before the FinalBoss:
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'' has a save point right before the final boss. Trying to open the door leading to him the first time gives you the ominous message at the top of the page urging you to save.
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' does this as well. This time, you have to choose the option to open it.
--->''"Beyond this door lies the beginning of the end of your journey."''
* ''VideoGame/EtrianOdysseyNexus'': At the end of the 2nd Labyrinth, [[spoiler:after defeating the Berserker King, an even stronger boss (Cernunnos) shows up, and you are prevented from just jumping back to town, though Wiglaf shows up to fully heal your party, Force Gauges included]]; a save prompt then appears, which normally only does in the series when you rest at the local inn or interact with a geomagnetic pole. The game will strongly advise you to save in a new slot and that saving over your existing file could "greatly affect the game", as loading the save back up [[spoiler:will jump you to the boss fight right away; you can [[UnwinnableByDesign wedge yourself into a "no choice but to start the entire game over" situation]] if you don't have a town save to fall back on]].
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel'' games allow you to save anywhere on the field, but will sometimes prompt you with this sort of warning before a lengthy series of cutscenes. Given that these can sometimes run around a half-hour or so before you regain character control, you're probably best off saving.

* For most of ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend'', you can save as and when you please. Your first hint that Bad Boys Love is going to be [[MoodWhiplash a real]] [[SurprisinglyCreepyMoment roller coaster]] is the game's first save prompt appearing.
* In ''VisualNovel/CookingCompanions'', the game pops up to tell the player that now would be a good time to save the game before going onward. Particularly in Nightmare Mode, when the game tells you to make sure to save before making a decision regarding a ritual and notes that your choice cannot be undone.

* ''VisualNovel/{{Arcade Spirits}}'': Right before the [[spoiler:confrontation with Sue]] in Level 08, Iris will outright say that there ''is'' a chance you can fail and have to restart before prompting you to, "back up your data".

* Right after TheReveal, ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'' features a long hallway with nine save points right at the end game. The final two boss fights are right through the door past the save point.
* In ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'', the room that lies right before the final boss fight features a very conspicuous save point.
* The Nine Save Points are back as part of a MythologyGag in ''VideoGame/SilentHillOrigins''.

* Prior to fighting the Black Guardian in ''VideoGame/EternalDarkness'', the game directly tells you to save.

* The Console/PlayStation 1-era ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' games did this at the end of each disc, which were almost always immediately following major plot events (though a very obvious reason for it is simply a failsafe in case something goes wrong during the disc swap.)

* The UsefulNotes/PlayStation 1-era ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' games did this at the end of each disc, which were almost always immediately following major plot events (though a very obvious reason for it is simply a failsafe in case something goes wrong during the disc swap.)