game nuked my save

[grinomyte]

i normally just alternate 2 saves in almost all games, but i had forgotten to in this one and was mostly using quick save (mostly because it's actually pretty difficult to use the thing to make it save extra games). So i put about 6-7 hours into the game, going at a lesurily pace, but i hit quick save and it crashed on me. Then i tried to reload it and it won't. Just crashes.

So after finally getting it to play somewhat nicely (800x600 all low settings, sad huh?) and trying my best to enjoy it, im just frustrated, and angry that i got conned outta 50 bucks. So, to EVERYONE AND ANYONE involved in the development of the game, you should all be ashamed. I wouldn't care so much if i had just lost a save game and had to start over, but just this and the rest of the problems is too much. I shouldn't have to stuggle this hard to enjoy something that was once so great.

I'm sure this is gonna be shelved with the rest of the complaints, but the simple fact that people are moaning and complaining shows exactly how bad this product shipped out. So hats off to eidos and ion storm, you got me. I'll have to remember that I should wait til your games are in the bargain bin and possibly completed before purchasing.

I know your pain man, I have the same problem. My only hope is some future patch that fixes this bug.

[Northerner]

I can agree 100% as well. I got taken for the price of a game and won't bay anything put out by these guys again.

I should have known better when I got taken on Daikatana a couple years back. After blowing the dust off of it, the label shows the same responsible folks on that one as well.

I can play this game for a couple of hours, (on version 1.0 - I removed and will NOT install 1.1 with all these issues) then the game crashes me back to windows. When I try to reopen that save game I was on, or the quicksave, the game doesn't do anything - it stays on the loading screen forever.

I'm vainly trying to finish the game (despite the lockups, freezeups and crashes) and at least get THAT much out of my money.

Originally posted by Northerner
I should have known better when I got taken on Daikatana a couple years back. After blowing the dust off of it, the label shows the same responsible folks on that one as well.

Daikatana was done by Ion Storm Dallas, which has different developers as well as AFAIK different management. ISD were the guys who also made the (excellent) Anachronox; while Ion Storm Austin produced Deus Ex and Deus Ex IW so far. Also, ISD broke up soon after the Daikatana Debacle.

Game's doing the same thing to me.
I have a similar problem, only I've had it just as I'm leaving the academy in Seattle and getting into the game. No error message. Just a crash out to desktop. I can't reload a save except for the one prior to when i tried to exit and the game crashed. If I try to load the autosave, it crashes. If I try to save again, it crashes. If I try to exit the facility, it crashes.
I'm only posting in the hopes that they'll take notice that people have this problem and fix it in the next, and preferably soon-to-be released patch. I understand that there are deadlines to be met, but a common bug that makes the game completely unplayable, not due to graphical issues but just an inability to progress is unacceptable. Eidos can expect a call from me monday.

[hagatha]

Same problem here - all my saves are nuked, though, apparently.

[Frraksurred]

I keep 4 permenant saves and a quicksave. Since the patch I noticed it was erasing my last 2 saves. Don't know why, but it was doing it consistently. I started making a permenent save and a quicksave before I exited the game. So far it has worked for me. I know this doesn't address the crashes you guys have mentioned. But when you get things running again, perhaps this will help prevent it from happening again. Just a thought, hope it helps.

God bless y'all.