The Chosen Ones

I agree occasionally things bug or are too hard which is why I on occasion have been known to hack the game a little (or a lot, I have played through with completely new characters of my own design!).

But some simple stuff you can do when you get frustrated and want to quit is just to make things a little more easy and fun, some of the cheats in the game are as follows.

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Typing "Maelstrom 2" gives 10000 xp to all active heroes.
Typing "Maelstrom 6" allows the use of all Blizzard cheat codes.
Typing "Maelstrom 9" unlocks all the espers!! Have fun with some really powerful creatures! (Note: since there is a bug that locks them after the chapter they were unlocked in this is useful to allow you to just use the espers as intended.)
Typing "Maelstrom 11" appears to disable the current bosses special event mechanics. Seems like an iWin button to me, but it is a cheat code after all!

Now if you want to take it a bit further ask Aero for a copy of the game that can be opened in the editor this does a few things for you. 1. if a puzzle is giving you too much problems or you can't find that last dig spot you can check for it. 2. If something happened and you should have gotten an item but didn't you can open the next chapter you will go to and just place it on the ground! 3. If you really want to try something new or make an item you can! (Note: the complex mechanics many of Aero's items use require triggers but some don't!) Their is a slight curve to learning to use the editor so if you need help with something feel free to ask!

The only other thing I would like to say is that you don't have to replay any chapter or even the prologue if you liked the items you had last time or your original setup, you can instead just select chapter 1 and start with the setup you had last time. I know the loading times are killer but Aero really is pushing the limits of the game engine to make things totally awesome!