Imagine walking past a NPC, not knowing that the NPC was secretly loaded from a previous save file? Opens up many possibilities doesn't it?
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What about very character and enemy is just an earlier save of your character? You have to fight your past.
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A random save file if there is one. If not the NPC isn't there...
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Like he came from a save where you killed everyone and recognises you as a mass murderer?