Hello!

Bought the game 3 days ago and having a blast with it so far, just one bug that is very anoying.

Not sure when it started, but nearly everytime I do a finishing move ( they come abnormally often ), I deal no damage.
Thus leaving the oponent very much alive still and every hit then usually ends in another finishing move that does no dmg. I surely tried hit mobs 20 times and getting everytime a finishing move animation that does no dmg.

I can 'zone out' of the cave, go back in and it can be same again. The oponent can hit me back with no problem, so I end up dead in places I can not run away.

Failed to find anyone else mentioning the problem so far, I have been searching a fair bit hoping to find a solution.

So far I had the problem with a 1hs+shield and 2hs.

I hope someone can cast some light over this as it's taking away the fun and I would love to get this fun back.

Bene.

Strange, haven't heard of this one before. A workaround you could use would be to finish folks off with a bow or spell, since neither have finishing move animations. Pain in the ass to switch weapons all the time, I know, but it's better than nothing!

There might be a way to turn off the finishing moves in the ini, but i've never noticed it before.

I've had this happen a few times, but nothing like your describing. I've had a finishing move happen but then the target would be alive with the same small amount of health. I'd attack again and finish/kill him right after. It's happened maybe 5 times total only on me 5th Playthrough throughout 35 levels.

Try checking the games files in steam, maybe one of the files is slightly corrupted or something? Also any mods running? Try disabling them and seeing if it still happens. Are you fully patched too? I'm still on 1.3.10, maybe 1.4 will help?

Don't mean to take over your thread but I also have a finishing move bug of a different nature. I first figured everyone had this problem and it would be addressed in the first few patches but after watching videos of the game online I have realised that it is not the case.

My finishing moves are off centre, this is very apparent when finishing off a dragon as my character is floating next to the dragon's head hacking at empty space. Not sure if it effects other finishes.

Anyone else have this problem?

EDIT: Just tested it, it's the same with NPCs as well.

No mods installed, tried to reinstall the game now, hope that fixes it.

Anyone know if the savegames can be corrupted to cause this also?

There is a mod (so I hear) that removes finishing moves. Maybe that'll help if all else fails.