kingdom two crown series

in the campaign of most rts games 

each map is a new mission 

and each mission can be saved 

so if player fails mission 

then player can load a previous save on that mission 

or restart a mission or select a previous mission 

which offers the player freedom 

but in the game series kingdom two crowns 

each map is a mission 

but those maps are also connected 

so that the player can travel between each map 

and visit previous bases and use them 

which offers the player freedom 

but if the player fails a mission in the kingdom two crowns series 

then the game partially restarts ifself 

so that some progress is lost on each map 

which punishes the player 

basically the game partly restarfs itself 

from one player mistake that led to failure 

and there is no ability to save in the game 

so the player can't load an earlier part of the game 

to try a different strategy 

which in my opinion is punishing the player too severely 

some ideas for change:

most maps in the kingdom two crowns series 

always have access to the sea 

so if the player character is about to loose 

or the map is about to le lost 

then the player character could jump into a small boat 

that travels to a ship 

which transports the player character to a previous secure map 

or the player character could be picked up by a flying creature 

that transports the player character to a previous secure map 

a previous secure map would be a map that can't be overrun by monsters 

unlese the player deactivates security on that map 

which opens up that map to massive enemy attacks 

but atleast one map would always be a secure map 

so that the player has somewhere to fall back to