So I went to load up one of my several characters today and noticed almost all of my save files are gone, I even went to try and find them in the ps3 menu but they are totally missing. i save all my files with the camera facing my characters face so I dont accidently overwrite anything but still they are all just gone. has anyone else had this issue and is there anyway to recover them?

Unfortunately other people have reported that making more than one character will cause the first ones save data to be overwritten. Best way to have multiple characters is to use separate profiles and always back up your saves to a USB drive before turning off your PS3. Isn't it wonderful that you have to jump through so many [censored] hoops just to play a video game?

lamesauce i was actually kind of hoping it was just me and a fluke rather then a known problem, now i dont even feel like playing again seems pointless if im just gonna lose everything

Happened to me too yesterday, first time in years of gaming. There should be a big fat sticky disclaimer in the forum warning about it.

Ugh i was gonna start a new character today now im unsure about doing so because of this thanks for the warning guys

if You're going to start a new character, do it through a new profile on your PS3. also, don't depend on your auto-saves that much. Have hard saves, multiples of them.

To be sure make a backup of your savefiles on a USB stick.

yea thats what im doing now just having to format the USB to FAT 32 -.-

i dont see why i should have to do so many things just to play a game i wouldnt usually but im loving skyrim

My second character's save overwrote at least one of the hard saves of the first one.

again guys thanks for the heads up id have been gutted if the new character overwrote my current one as my current one i love just having to leave it untill bethesda fix the issues as im starting a new character without the 1.2 patch

Somebody on this forum told me that any new character is going to overwrite slot 1 of savefiles. If you happen to have your most recent save on slot 1, it's lost. Anyway backing up is the wiser choice.

i was gonna back up when i lost saves due to hard crashes but i managed to stop them so completely forgot about backing up but now this has made me go back to yes im backing up my saves on an external device where the broken crappyness in skyrim cant get to it