The tapes work like a saving point, I was confused because I thought it would work like a ...

The tapes work like a saving point, I was confused because I thought it would work like a actually videogame- when you get to a safe point, after you died you get to safe your progress like if you get kill that would be your starting place- but here your starting place it's your mind and memories, you don't get like a physical starting place or a save place progress, but you start the game from the very beginning with all your memories and clues that you got