Dead Island opens with a room full of people telling a 70 pound chinese woman to kill zombies immediately after she wakes up (from getting knocked out during a zombie attack).
Then I wander around for an hour kicking zombies, collecting stuff, doing menial quest and the like, looking for a way to save my game. Menus don't say anything. Went to all the icons on the map and those don't say anything. Eventually I notice it does say "checkpoint" on the same list that tells you what you picked up, in the same font, and is pretty much always busy and moving. Quit nearby a quest destination because I wanted to stop playing. Loaded up the game later, and while my progress is saved, it resets me back to the starting location. Don't punish me for wanting to do something else!