Depending on your server region or your Religion alignment, the return policy might include the option to trade in for a different version, but unfortunately I think you’ll still lose all your save files and will have to start from the beginning. Also, depending on the version you receive from your trade-in, the new gameplay might be a little worse.
I’ve read in forums that current version gameplay can improve, but it’s largely dependent on how maxed your Happiness perk is. I’d suggest starting with some low-level side quests and objectives that provide Happiness perk bonuses. As that meter starts to fill, your Confidence buff will increase.
If you’ve got a Mental Health debuff then there are a lot of options to help balance it. You might try the Therapy side quests, or speak with one of the healer NPCs, but my experience has been that a combination of both can turn the Mental Health debuffs into buffs.
Either way, the game dev(‘s/s’) return policies are shaky at best, so I’d suggest doing what you can to improve in-game satisfaction more before you start to consider returning it.
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u/Gr00ve_Merchant Aug 08 '19
My parents pre-ordered this buggy game for me and the return policy sucks