Seconding Teleglitch. I couldn't stand permadeath though - it wasted too much of my time. I made back ups of the temporary save file after every level so I coul

Seconding Teleglitch. I couldn't stand permadeath though - it wasted too much of my time. I made back ups of the temporary save file after every level so I could choose for myself how far to go back when I died. I personally enjoyed the game an order of magnitude more. Sure, I lost some of the raw fear that grips you when you are deep into a good run and an unexpected squid appears, but I have a wife and kids and very limited time, and beating the game without saves would've taken an eternity. In general I like playing games without permadeath until I'm really good at them. Then I enable permadeath as an added challenge.