can't access journal, inventory, or companion screens
Using keyboard and mouse. I triple-checked the key bindings, I tried re-mapping them, I have tried everything I can possibly think of. I verified my steam files. I did everything.
I can't play the game. I'm all the way to Bellara and I can't do anything. I paid 80 dollars for this game, and I can't even play it. What's the point? What good were those much-lauded "200,000 hours of play testing" if you can't make the BASIC FUNCTIONS work?
Bashing my head against the wall for several hours until my brain bleeds would be more useful and enjoyable than this. All I want is to play this game. All I want is to use the game I paid so much money for.
A bunch of stuff is locked for a while for absolutely no reason. (I mean, I assume it's to not "confuse" people, but this way seems way more confusing.) Companions, for example, you can't even open the screen until the first time one of them levels up their relationship with you, which for me didn't happen until I hit the end of Bellara's intro quest. If you're not yet to the Veil Jumpers camp, I wouldn't worry about it.