They'll give you the option to load one, but, only if you create a whole new character. I was hoping to access that option with my 1.0 character....but nop.
Here is what I did. 1. The opening movie ran thru and I got to the character create screen with the Midlander staring me in the face. 1.5 I waved goodbye and hit the circled X on the lower left-hand side. 2. Hit ok and got to the blank character creation screen and hit the button for create character button at the top right. 3. The pop-up box opened and I flagged LOAD existing character (or whatever it said - it was the only tick box in the popup). 4. ??? 5. Profit and stuff
Here is what I did. 1. The opening movie ran thru and I got to the character create screen with the Midlander staring me in the face. 1.5 I waved goodbye and hit the circled X on the lower left-hand side. 2. Hit ok and got to the blank character creation screen and hit the button for create character button at the top right. 3. The pop-up box opened and I flagged LOAD existing character (or whatever it said - it was the only tick box in the popup). 4. ??? 5. Profit and stuff
I thought I had simply missed the right option when I got to step 1. Glad that I wasn't just imagining it.