Roahin: Like a battered spouse, I just don't learn. This time it'll be different. This time the game's not going to glitch. I know it loves me, it tells me so even after it tanks a 40 hour savegame.
The game does have a way of sucking me back in as well. The hotfix from the other day allowed me to work through the kingdom and end game with my paladin. Finished at level 16 with a lot of quests still open, but at that point I just wanted the 500+ hours to have meant something (in this case, beating the damn game). I'll be honest in saying that I slid the difficulty down on Nyrissa. One reload was enough, and I just wanted to see the damn end game slides already. Now, I have another Eldritch Scion going, and I'm determined not to screw up his build like I did on the first go around. He's going to save a certain someone's soul because after reading about bronze dragons, it seems like doing so would be a very bronze dragon bloodline thing to do. I also have a scaled fist sitting at Oleg's, just in case I get tired of micromanaging my scion for a while. .
I explained to my better half that this game is amazing for about 90% of the time. In that 90%, I think that the game is on par with some of the best games I've ever played. The other 10%, making a computer into a frisbee has crossed my mind more than once, and it is those moments where she looks at me and asks why in the hell I keep playing the damn game (A question I've asked myself more than once). I had a similar experience to this with Temple of Elemental Evil. the Circle of Eight folks saved that game, period, and I view the game VERY fondly because of their works. In comparison to that, Owlcats is CONTINOUSLY stomping out bugs, which, if being objective about it, wouldn't be such a task had the release been less buggy at launch. Alas, they're hella better about fixing their game than Atari was about TOEE, and that, I can at least acknowledge is something I can tip my cap to.
For what it is worth (Nothing), I think the best game I've ever played/beat was the Witcher 3. For years, I would have said that about the Baldur's Gate series, but as far as emotional investment in the story, the finale of Geralt's journey was one for a lifetime. What a fine opus that was.