lost all my progress with Dante in DMC3SE

[centric]

so, after spending about 10+ hours getting all collectibles and maxing out skills with Dante to prep for DMD, I decided to try Vergil's campaign for the fun of it. After playing a couple missions or so.. decided to save my progress. And, as I got used to using ONE save slot throughout my entire time playing Dante's campaign my muscle memory just took over and I just mashed A/X to overwrite my save data.

exactly 0.01 milliseconds after hitting Yes did I realize what I just did and instantly hit Alt+F4 and proceeded to give my face the palmest of palms... so here I am writing a post about it and have learned a lesson that yea... make back-up saves esp for when you want to start another character's campaign as it isn't like DMC4 or DMC5 where every progress is counted for.


p.s. is there a possibility that on my brand-new Vergil save file, my progress with Dante is still the same... or???

[DarkJuda On Deck]

Happens to the best of us. Thankfully, this is the kind of thing we usually don't have to care about anymore (in recent games I mean).

No, sorry. In DMC3 each save files only stores the progress of one character. So, while the game will remember you unlocked Vergil, Dante's journey just got lost in limbo. I know this is hard to hear, but now is the time to mourn.
Your best bet is actually to try your luck with a save online.

[centric]

Originally posted by DarkJuda:

Happens to the best of us. Thankfully, this is the kind of thing we usually don't have to care about anymore (in recent games I mean).

No, sorry. In DMC3 each save files only stores the progress of one character. So, while the game will remember you unlocked Vergil, Dante's journey just got lost in limbo. I know this is hard to hear, but now is the time to mourn.
Your best bet is actually to try your luck with a save online.

welp, that sucks.. but thank you for answering my question, i have finished mourning for my save file as i uninstalled the game... until i feel like replaying/recollecting everything again lmao

now, it's time for a trip back to DMC4SE and unlock things there.

[Duckilous]

Welcome to the club, you have now truly experienced DMC3.

This also happened to me a couple days ago by overwriting my Dante save with my Vergil save, because muscle memory. I was so close to finishing my second playthrough as Dante too and then suddenly I lost like 20 hours of my total progress.
If the save system just defaults to the last loaded file slot instead of the last saved file slot, this issue would probably not happen to players so frequently.

Let this be a lesson to have multiple saves of the same progress, especially for this game.
At least with experience, you could beat the game faster in less than 4-5 hours than the first playthrough which took me like 10 hours to get better at the game.

[centric]

Originally posted by Duckilous:

Welcome to the club, you have now truly experienced DMC3.

This also happened to me a couple days ago by overwriting my Dante save with my Vergil save, because muscle memory. I was so close to finishing my second playthrough as Dante too and then suddenly I lost like 20 hours of my total progress.
If the save system just defaults to the last loaded file slot instead of the last saved file slot, this issue would probably not happen to players so frequently.

Let this be a lesson to have multiple saves of the same progress, especially for this game.
At least with experience, you could beat the game faster in less than 4-5 hours than the first playthrough which took me like 10 hours to get better at the game.

couldn't have said it better myself and glad to hear i'm not missing out on the DMC3 experience and that i'm now a part of the club lmao.. yea, could make it so they update the way saving is handled to ensure that this sort of thing doesn't happen buuuuuut.. this game did originally come out for the PS2 and that's just how it was back then

still... can't help but think that jester gets the last laugh every time this happens haha

[Reinhard]

Literally did the same thing

[centric]

Originally posted by Reinhard:

Literally did the same thing :Miller:

as I have been told.. Welcome to the club!

[ProjectXsent]

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[centric]

Originally posted by ProjectXsent:

I can give you my save file if you want.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/30pps7z4k39klov

Dante Slot 1 - Finished Normal Mode - Gold and completed all Secret Missions
Vergil Slot 2 - Fresh start

OH!! thanks very much!!!.. will keep this in mind if i really don't feel like replaying everything again in DMC3SE.

[Ray]

Welp, guess i'm not alone in misery.

[centric]

Originally posted by Reaktivniy:

Welp, guess i'm not alone in misery.

Unfortunately, you are not... fortunately welcome to the club!!! Someone did link a save file in this thread if you don't feel like going through all of the secret missions with Dante.

to quote Lady(ish):

Maybe somewhere out there even a devil may cry when he loses a save file. Don't you think?

[El tio Berry]

the player may cry :c
F

[Nlyst]

Guess I am new in the club, it's feel good and bad at the same time

[DarkJuda On Deck]

Originally posted by Nlyst:

Guess I am new in the club, it's feel good and bad at the same time :DMCJester1:

I hope you get well soon. Stay strong, fellow devil hunter.
May the prayers of all fallen saves' heroes be with you.

[centric]

Originally posted by Nlyst:

Guess I am new in the club, it's feel good and bad at the same time

It is bittersweet to see new members of the club, but at least you can take comfort in knowing you are not alone... on the other hand, think of the new game journey as the road to more POWERRRRR

[ArAweLnINA]

stay motivated