Best way to save the game?

What do you think is the best way to save game progress? Do you think save points(the ability to save only at a programmed location) is the best way to record progress? Or is being able to save anywhere and anytime you want the best way to record progress? Tell me ehat you prefer.

For me, I much prefer saving at anytime and anywhere and leaving off from that exact place; the way that you save your progress in the Pokemon series, from the Start menu. The main character carries around a diary then stops to write down what they've done.

I'd even take it a step further in mine, you'd be able to save in the middle of battle, and there'd be a invincible forcefield around you so the enemy cant harm you when you try to resume(if it isnt a turn-based game) :D

It would make some games way too easy. Imagine Dark Souls would be like that.

Depends on the genre and game, for some the one, for some the other serves better.

Saving anywhere at any time is the best practice.

As our daily lives get busier and busier, we need some means to immediatelly jump in and out of a game. There have been occasions where i had to stop playing a game immediatelly but was risking losing large amount of invested time and mission progress (due to lack of manual save option) - Red Dead Redemption was the game if i recall correctly.

I do like save location with some check points. The problem with save any time is that players can abuse the system.