That's super unfortunate, especially the community part.
>Note that the game only had auto-save, no manual save states
Not that it fixes anything, but I am really curious when this was? At least as far back as Nov 2016 there has been manual saves via save points. And I'm pretty sure beacons have been in since pre-release.
This definitely speaks to a UI failure (as well as the quest item stuff). The UI has been completely overhauled since. But, I certainly do not blame you for having your opinion soured and not wanting to try again.
I'm not sure, since this was so long ago. Maybe there were manual saves, but I did not use them and instead trusted the game that I would not need them?
To me, it's either a game design failure (losing the campaign item basically puts you in sandbox mode I think?) or a UI issue (if there was a way to continue playing I could not figure it out).
I might enjoy giving the game another try and considered downloading it again a couple of times, but I couldn't do it so far (it feels like considering petting a dog that bit you). Maybe some day.
>Note that the game only had auto-save, no manual save states
Not that it fixes anything, but I am really curious when this was? At least as far back as Nov 2016 there has been manual saves via save points. And I'm pretty sure beacons have been in since pre-release.
This definitely speaks to a UI failure (as well as the quest item stuff). The UI has been completely overhauled since. But, I certainly do not blame you for having your opinion soured and not wanting to try again.