maybe it's for people that want to play through the game a 2nd time for the story and not just the experience. or you never know, some people that are just now getting into games may find some of the older titles a little difficult and they put these features in to help them not get frustrated and allow them to complete the game or something. I know that some of the older console games for NES are extremely difficult to play some times even when they weren't so years ago.