New information, some of everyone's questions answered!

[Akka]

To be frank, I struggle to understand how it makes the game 'unplayable', and why you can't just say to yourself "meh, I'll pretend there are no saves" and just play on. I guess it's just too different from me.

Well, thanks for the advice. I applied this concept ("pretending there is no save"), and it manage to salvage the game (beat it a few minutes ago, hard with recruit background, specializes in stealth... the boss battles drove me purely insane, let me tell you...).

 

I still wanted to strangle the design team half the time, but at least I could enjoy the good part of the game.

 

But oh boy, oh the reviews are right : a jewel hidden in a huge pile of crap. This game badly need a patch of humongous size.