Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Technical & Gameplay Problems Post patch 4: Act III is profoundly broken

On PC; been in this since 1 month out of EA release (meaning November 2020; currently over 1,600 hours invested!)

I'm not sure if its Patch 4 or Hotfix 11 that's causing the issue; I didn't notice anything wrong in Act 2 (where I was when both Patch and Hotfix released) but noticed a lag with companions, saves, etc., once in Act 3. It's now unplayable at Wyrm's Crossing. Can't interact with companions, they don't follow, can't save or load and can't exit the game. Have to Alt+Tab+Delete and then restart computer as it freezes up completely. I am so bummed; have many (many) hours in, but haven't finished game yet as Larian Patches the game, so it fixes issues, so I've restarted. Finally got a PC I love (Lolth Sworn Necromancer Durge) and am having a ball with and this happens. So, gonna start a new playthrough to test this out (I thought we were out of EA?). Larian - please fix this. You're up for game of the year - let's not do anything to ruin that (meaning: how can I vote you as game of the year if I can't finish it?!?).