Mordivier

I just finished the game. The only thing I came away from the ending was "God is dead and/or God is a lie". It didn't feel like a narrative telling with a different lore setting. It felt like an agenda. Iorvara felt like a medium for preaching an agenda to the player and not as part of a plot device for the player to have something in opposition to Thaos. I read the dialogue options for talking with Thaos before the fight begins; I did not see a single option that allowed for me to argue for the existence of the Gods and them being real yet still be in opposition to Thaos and what He was doing. The words and actions of the companions essentially confirmed this as well both in that conversation and the epilogue scenes. By not allowing the player the ability to argue in such a manner only shows that the writers/devs or whatever only wanted the game to steer in one direction; The Gods are a lie/dead. They have the right to write the story in the way they choose, but it came off as their own version of arguing against the existence of God. That is just the bottom line.

It is usually a good idea to wait a bit before buying a game. Saves you the hassle of buyer's remorse..

I finally downloaded the 1.03 patch for my GoG version and I reloaded my saved games where I was having this issue; it is somehow fixed. Kana was both in the center of the stronghold fully clothed AND on the bottom floor of the Bright Hollow Inn naked. I was both able to switch him in and out of my party AND I was able to zone into the second floor of Bright Hollow. After doing such and resting...Kana disappeared from those previous locations and is now where he should be in Bright Hollow - on the second floor in his room. So, yeah. Great news. Anyone else have this fixed for them?

Well, I did some more testing and I loaded up a save BEFORE I went into the Endless Paths. I was able to enter into Bright Hollow and zone to the second floor AND I was able to switch party members. My suspicion is that its based on his personal quest. Until I am assured this is fixed...I think I am just going to skip recruiting him entirely on subsequent playthroughs. Okay. I did some more testing and I have isolated the problem exclusively to Kana himself. I zoned into Cad Nua. I pressed the key to have the party management window pop up. I removed EVERYONE from the party. It showed them being dismissed, but they remained on the main window screen and I could still select them. I IMMEDIATELY, with only the main character selected, clicked on the map icon and zoned to another area. I was then alone with my character. I saved my game. I zoned back to Cad Nua. I was still alone. My party members were NOT with me. I then entered the party management again. I added random party members EXCEPT for Kana...and they flashed/teleported to my main character and I had a full party. I did this multiple times WITHOUT Kana with different party combinations. I am now able to change party members at will....but I CANNOT get Kana back into the group. He is effectively stuck at Cad Nua. Whenever I try to add him in with others...he doesn't join, but half of the others do. Even though I somehow was able to replicate this...I still get a black screen going into the second floor of the Bright Hollow building. I think the two are related specifically because this is the building where your party members go to when they are not with you. There is something wrong with the Kana NPC and I think its the root of the party management issues.

Well, I did some more testing and I loaded up a save BEFORE I went into the Endless Paths. I was able to enter into Bright Hollow and zone to the second floor AND I was able to switch party members. My suspicion is that its based on his personal quest. Until I am assured this is fixed...I think I am just going to skip recruiting him entirely on subsequent playthroughs.

On both of my saves...I am on Act 3. I just get to Elmshore. I go back to my Stronghold to change out party members(because I never had a reason to change them back after taking Kana down into the Endless Paths). When I arrive...I open the party management pane. I try to change party members. I cannot do so. They get removed from my party window at the bottom left...but the actual characters stay selectable on the main window screen. I change out Kana....he appears with a diamond on his head at the center of the stronghold map. It does not matter the ones I try to change. I am actually stuck with my party members...which means I cannot complete companion quests that require them to be in my party. This is most likely related to the fact that if I were to go into Bright Hollow...I cannot zone into the second floor without having a black screen. I have a cursor like normal...but everything is black. Sometimes I hear character movement if I click somewhere, but I cannot even get a single window to pop up...not even pressing escape works. I have to Alt-Tab out and close down the game. My saves are effectively screwed until you can fix this. Im shut out of content and cannot enjoy the game in this state. Could someone please help me? I have over almost 60-70h invested so far. This is very disheartening.