lol wsup chu yo man we are all noobs at this game dont give up so quick.  its seemed like i'd never figure that out wtf was going on but i'm catching on pretty fast.  to rest you just hit L3 witch is the left stick just in case your a really bad noob.  oh yea and when you finally find your way to the north gate there is a blue crystal look for it and make it your new home save point thingy. so when you die you will spawn there and you dont haev to walk threw the whole dam town again.  hope you can figure it out without getting all worked up again.