One reviewer mentioned being sent back to a checkpoint when you died. Is this the kind of game where you can only save at checkpoints, rather than anywhere, anytime?
Edit: I looked it up and it says that while it has an autosave feature, you can also manually save. They don't say specifically whether that saves your progress at your exact location, or if it saves you at the your last Checkpoint. I am guessing the first. But you never know with games ported from a console.