[OG_Gleep]

I hate it when games don't let you save anywhere any time. Anyone remember the first vampire game? There was such an uproar on the forums, they quickly released a patch to put it in. Many console/pc games when developed together will have a save point system instead of a save anywhere anytime system that we are used to. IMHO thats lazy game design. Now a days with harddrives coming standard on consoles, it will be less of an issue down the road.

But by and large save point systems suck. It forces you to replay the same sequence of events, often scripted, over and over again. If someone wants the challenge, in a save anywhere system, they can just avoid saving often.