Trying to work my way through DS1 (Gaming)

by Korny , Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Friday, July 11, 2025, 09:17 (7 days ago) @ Cody Miller

Due to never transferring my save to the Director’s Cut, I had gone ahead and restarted the whole game, and let me tell ya, I needed it. Nothing stuck in my head other than “hold the triggers at all times lol”.

And I got to the part of the tutorial where you leave central knot to establish the first Q-pid. I struggled trying to figure out the pre-trip inventory management, but after some random button presses and experimentation, it clicked.
Working my way up the valley, I picked up every piece of cargo on the ground, remembering that I had wished I’d done that the first time I played.
I carefully hobbled up the mountain until I hit the cliff, saw the Climbing Anchor tutorial, and went into my quick-pocket… and saw nothing there.
Can’t be right.
I check the other pockets… nothing. I read and re-read my inventory…
Nothing but lost cargo and the meds…

I left the rope at home.

Surely the game has contingency plans, right? An easy plan B route for the gaming journalists? This is the tutorial!
I look to my left, and then scan longer to my right- and it hits me.
I have to walk back to grab the rope.
I get a notice that my stamina is dropping.

It starts raining.

10/10 I missed this game.