It's the same as the PC version. Each level has like 4 or 5 sections and you restart from the first section each time you die until you complete the level reaching a checkpoint.
Just becomes frustrating when you have to keep replaying through sections that you've done before to reach the final section that is always the toughest.
Must say though VR makes this title so much better, they even make you put a VR set on in the game itself while you sit at a desk.