Fable 2 came with my Xbox 360; I still haven't gotten around to playing it, after my initial hour long(?) session. I got a choice between 2 skills, or something like that; I picked the one I didn't want, just to check it out, figuring as long as I didn't trigger the next save point I could reload and take the one I wanted. The next save was triggered by walking 4 feet away to try the skill.
On PC I don't think I ever ended a playthrough for lack of saves, just lost hours having to revert or dying without a recent save. I ran into a problem with the game Gorasul where I literally could not proceed due to lack of gold (and didn't have the gold to repair any weapons to be able to get gold). Starting over and saving before moving on the main map (random encounters could be a cakewalk or force you to burn through expensive potions to survive, depending on the random starting positions) and in a particular quest choosing gold as the reward allowed me to complete the game. It is a relatively short game, though; even loosing an entire day of playing, I still finished it on a long weekend.
