I finally got around playing this and played it for 3 hours. I saved my game. I started to play the next day, selected my save file, but the game seems to start me from the beginning again. WTF!?
Am I not doing something? I selected the save data and it takes me to the creation menu with my created character, but when I start, I'm starting the game again with the intro seen and have none of the items that I had before.

UPDATE:

I answered my own question. When you stop and restart the game, you lose all your items and start from the beginning, but you still keep some experiences. I didn't bother to read the warning before, but read it the next time I played. What the hell is the purpose of that??? I think that is not a good idea. People need to save and come back. That's the purpose of the save. Know one wants to lose all of their items that they worked at a getting. I guess I have to find a long stretch of time in order to finish it.