If you have friends that still have the game on earlier consoles, you can hook up and go exploring in dungeons together! (onrpg.com)
But soon, when the hype and the joy is gone, we'll see it in the same way all early consoles are seen, all dressed up with nowhere to go. (gamerassaultweekly.com)
Explicit save points were popular with early console games, both for storage reasons and for game design reasons, but there's just no good excuse for them today. (mandible.net)