The first time through can be a pain with dying. The game can lull you to sleep with an hour of easy to medium strength opponenets and then bam - your dead. There are some areas that just need to be left alone till you level up. Course the 1st time through you won't know which places to avoid. Saving every 30 minutes isn't too bad. Anyway without dying the game would be too easy and boring. Once you play through, its fun to see how far you can get the next time before you die. I sometimes just start completely over if I am only level 6 or 7 when I die. After a few starts you know where best to go for faster and safer leveling. Part of the fun and challenge.
