Here is my story from this instance.
I died a lot when fighting him in his secret chamber. My armor was completely broken and since you can’t repair I had to continue naked. After a few tries i spawned right in the spot the construct is doing his whirlwind AOE thing and I die instantly. And i’m not getting the option to retry from Checkpoint. Only the option to use resurrection orb. So I have to Alt-F4 and do it all over again.
Second time I complete the first fight with Caudecus the cutscene starts playing. I end it directly because I have already seen it. The conversation after the cutscene don’t start and no NPC’s are in the room. They start arrive one by one is I w8 for them all to come and hope the conversation starts. But it does not. And once again I have to alt-f4. I have now lost my will to continue this personal story for now.