Whats the problem with the save system?
The idea of the "only save here is simple". They designed the game so you feel the urgency of a dying world. You just cant go to a new area and keep doing nothing. You need a purpose to each new area. If you screw, you will do it again and you will be faster.
They designed the game so you can play the same thing over and ever, faster and faster. It is really smart and you have the feeling of "im getting brtter" just like monster hunter.
I dont understand the complaints about the save system. Really, i dont. If you wanna leave town and just keep doing things slowly you really dont understand that the moon is dfalling! Thats a big shit
When i play this game, everytime i find a bird statue, i just play the song of time, make everything back tomday 1, play song of soaring and bang, im back to the new area i just discovered with 100% of time.