One problem I have is things like checkpoints or other methods of saving where I'm limited. Doom had an example of a good save system, I could save wherever I want and how often I wanted. Popular FPS games nowadays have taken to using checkpoints where I can't manually save, but rather my progress is automatically saved at a specific point. I can't choose where to save meaning that I end up re-playing easy sections over and over if I encounter a hard part of the game. IE, getting through a checkpoint, going through a large part of the map with little enemies then suddenly encountering a horde that destroys me, I should be able to save before the horde and not have to do the easy stuff before over and over. Halo at least lets you load from the checkpoints always, some games only let you load from them if they were saved in the current playthrough. IE, play halfway through the map, decide to give up and come back later, only to find that the saves were temporary and I have to start the whole mission again. I know it adds to the challenge but it's really unnecessary.
Also, limiting the amount of times I can save is sometimes annoying. In Hitman, you are limited in your number of saves under some difficulties and this is understandable, since it is part of the challenge but is not too frustrating. In games like Tomb Raider 1 or 3, I had to have a save crystal (and, I believe, I could only carry a limited number, unless that was a different game) which is pointless.
Speaking of Hitman, I don't see why they changed the save system in Hitman Blood Money. In BM, if you save your game then quit or restart the mission, the saves are eradicated. In Hitman Contracts and the games before it, saves were permanent and I could leave a mission and come back to it at any point. They removed this in Blood Money and I can't imagine why.
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