Dark Age Gladiator

TLDR: Save corrupted lost hours of progress on a character I was enjoying & can't have multiple saves of the same character so no way to avoid the issue if a file corrupts without going into gamefiles (I have not been able to fix the save) I want to leave a positive review & see past much of the jank in the game. Despite what would mostly be charming jank, except for significant repetition and slight need of quality of life improvements, the gameplay is fun. The jrpg elements seem solid, there seems to be a great setup for the progression in the game. So much of the game is built on progression towards what looks like the ridiculous heights of power you're going to need to attain to beat some of these threats, & that's why it was upsetting to have my farthest along save corrupt after dying in one of the orc caves & lose hours of progress. It also does not appear that you can have multiple saves of the same character in the game, (which is the main reason for my complaint,) so it's not like i could just go back to an earlier save. So even though the spirit of the game has very repetitive grinding elements intentionally placed, I'm hesitant to play the game because of having lost hours of progress in a game about progress, even though I was enjoying the gameplay. I've already exceeded dollar per hour enjoyment so I want to leave a positive review but for this glaring issue. It's probably the case that I can somehow contrive multiple saves of the same character by manipulating the files & such,(& or hopefully save my char. upon which point i'd likely happily switch to a positive review) but even so.