Yeah, sorry, I'm totally a jerk.
Some people prefer checkpoint type save systems - removing the need to remember to save. I'm not one of those people. I'm obsessive and a perfectionist, if I feel like I missed something or screwed up and can't go back, it makes me want to throw out my current game and start over.
The Fable games are horrendously frustrating in this way.
Anyway, <3 AP, <3 OE, hope AP2 happens somehow.
Edit: Forgot, that AP DOES have manual saves, I just never used them so I always lost like 4 hours when I wanted to undo something I just did.