another lulsy one.
the dude is supposed to run through the fence with you on his shoulder.
he doesnt seem to be able to this time

hi,

i'm about to remove my save files and all progress for the 3rd time.
every time when i start the game up it seems like there's a new problem.

all NPC's appear dead, quest dialogue does not trigger (Seas of Fate currently) and i'm sitting in a ship while the quest does not trigger/progress.

the game has been out for a while now and i just spent a bunch of money on it thinking most of the bugs (if there were any) would have been fixed but i'm actually regretting buying it right now.
last night i started a new game for the 2nd time, picked up a 600 euro graphics card today, drove about 4, 5 hours for it, slapped it into my PC to find that my saves/quests got bugged again.

what to do now? start from scratch once more and hope when i play some tomorrow, nothing weird happens?

do you guys have any idea what might cause NPC's to be dead after loading a game or what's going on?
at this point i'm questioning whether or not i wasted my money and time and hoping there is either a work-around or an actual fix otherwise i would very much like my money back so i can consider buying again at a later point if/when things are fixed