I usually discontinue games without quicksave without giving them a chance. Fable and Bard's Tale included.
Games without proper quicksave function scare me away because I consider them uneccessary timewasters, robbing my life and joy away with meaningless repetition.
I do not feel it adds any feel at all, but rather take it away thanks to building frustration and hate towards the game. When I have to see the same sequence over and over and over again I grow tired. It's bad enough if I have to see the same part twice.
I also lack the ability to play games in 20-30 minute chunks. I need to be able to drop a game exactly when I need to. Sometimes I play for two hours, sometimes for 10 minutes.
And I do not feel like it's a worthy "challenge" either. A challenge to me is to buy a new car, a house, having a kid, getting a good job. That's challenges worth living for. I play games for the experience only. Being someone else for awhile. Someone without chronic Deja Vu.