not sure if anyone else has encountered this yet but i think i may be the only lucky one here since i haven't seen any other discussions. anyway, towards the end of the game on panchea during the mission "shutting down darrow's signal," the game freezes in the exact same spot every time, making it impossible to finish. it occurs right after climbing up the ladder to the hangar bay, through the door (an autosave kicks in around this point) and up a flight of stairs to a set of double doors with an exit sign above with an alarm blaring in the background. at this point the game freezes, every single time. the only thing i could note is that the audio doesn't kick out since the alarm still continues to sound even after the game has frozen. 
 
anyway, i haven't the slightest fucking clue as to what could be causing this. i will say i've noticed certain achievements that have popped up thus causing the game to momentarily freeze, at least longer than would normally be expected. regardless, just throwing this bullshit out there. hope there's a fix.

I am stuck in the exact same area you are with the exact same bug, the second i hit the top of the stair case the game freezes and all i can do is hear that annoying ass alarm.. don't suppose you found a solution?

That Sucks guys...

never happened to me

never happened to me

Yes I have also had freezing problems in that part of the game. Spoilers will follow.

After meeting Darrow and having a heart to heart with him no matter what happened next my HUD would not reappear and I could not pause and access my inventory. I could still press start and save but then when I went back to the game I couldn't move my character. I kept going back to earlier saves on Panchea but to no avail.To say the least I was very frustrated (and really just plain sad) thinking that I wasn't gonna finish a game I put over 30 hours into. Stubbornly, I kept playing even though I didn't have a map and no ammo left for my stun gun which was what I had equipped at the time. Luckily, I made it all the way to the boss fight and that's when I realized I was screwed and that I should stop playing now or reload an even earlier save.

Suffice to say I went back to a earlier er save that wasn't that far off and when I got back to the same point in time magically no more disappearing HUD no more freezing. I was going to make a thread about but I thought it was only me I know stupid right. Now it seems that the end part of the game is full of bugs and just prone to freezing.

Edit. My firm belief of being able to not only save as much as I want but keep multiple saves in all rpgs is further reaffirmed here.

@reciprocate said:

okay after a bit of experimentation i found something that works for me, it's going to sound dumb but it works... walk up the game freezing stair case backwards and dont look in the direction of the door until you have made it up and around the corner...worked for me on the last part of the game now :)

Pfff, that's not a bug. It's a fiendish puzzle! Your cranial augs are obviously getting hacked as you approach the stairs. By turning around you block the signal. SIMPLE!

What systems are you guys playing this on?

I'm playing on ps3 it sounds like op is 360 or pc.

Played through the game, not a single problem.

@reciprocate said:

okay after a bit of experimentation i found something that works for me, it's going to sound dumb but it works... walk up the game freezing stair case backwards and dont look in the direction of the door until you have made it up and around the corner...worked for me on the last part of the game now :)

Pfff, that's not a bug. It's a fiendish puzzle! Your cranial augs are obviously getting hacked as you approach the stairs. By turning around you block the signal. SIMPLE!

What systems are you guys playing this on?

@kingzetta said:

never happened to me

well THANKS for letting us know about it! keep in touch!!!

i finished it today, i only had one lock up and that was going through the door to Sandoval's hideout, but it was the same situation i think just as the cut scene should have started it locked up. i just restarted the game and last check point, other then that the game ran ok.

360 btw.

you could tell us what system you're playing it on.  If it's PC maybe you can verify your game cache files and see if any got corrupted.

I had this issue too on the 360 version. So I uninstalled it from my hard drive and played it off the disc. It worked fine after that.

you could tell us what system you're playing it on.  If it's PC maybe you can verify your game cache files and see if any got corrupted.

okay after a bit of experimentation i found something that works for me, it's going to sound dumb but it works... walk up the game freezing stair case backwards and dont look in the direction of the door until you have made it up and around the corner...worked for me on the last part of the game now :)

Exact same thing happens with me. I've tried walking up the stairs backwards but as soon as I turn around to open door  "doo roo doo roo doo roo doo roo doo roo"......... What a joke.

Exact same thing happens with me. I've tried walking up the stairs backwards but as soon as I turn around to open door  "doo roo doo roo doo roo doo roo doo roo"......... What a joke.

This seems like a console-specific bug. Has anyone experienced this exact freeze on PC?

I'm on PC and haven't had a freeze yet on my 1.5 playthroughs. That being said, there was some major patching over Steam that happened in the days following release. Maybe a fix will be coming to consoles soon.