Talk:Meet the Patriarch/@comment-26435934-20151018113954/@comment-10507735-20151018124504

Never forget - the game was an early release (i.e. - leaked) and was less than bug-free.

The kindest that could be said is that it was an active beta release which was last patched in July 2014 (so effectively, forgetware or abandonware)

I don't care squat for the political infighting the dev team entered into during this period - like you, I want to play LA! Similarly, I don't get particularly get on my high-horse abt "immersion" or "storyline" (which is pretty dire to say the least)

..And nor do you.

It may be a hangover from years of playing Alpha Centauri or other Civ games - you have to strategize your approach.

Example: If I play LA I like to have a fallback position or twenty. Sometimes, this enters parnoia territory - saving before conversations, set-piece attacks, mute packs etc., certainly on entering a level so that a reload saves your mobile stash as it rolls back into the transition..

It's not uncommon for my save history to be well in excess of a gigaByteMe (couldn't resist that one)

It also allows for exploring forks in the plotlines or just "what ifs" such as exploring the Badlands, if only to see if the Dev team really do deserve a pat on the back or the contents of a Rat pie.

I even do this for such "well developed" games as SoC - how else to cope with crashes, hangs etc:?

Just what is your most recent save to encountering this effed up setpiece? Perhaps I may be able to help.