First major/quest NPC dead in Dragon's Dogma II, after being sent on a timed quest to save them from a monster way above my level/skill, so it's probably meant to be one of the incentives to save them in NG+. I could have used a wakestone to revive them, but the boss one-shots my character and used them up to self-rez, it was an "objective: survive" sort of thing. Now to get back to the nearest town to re-supply and hope I don't get a party wipe.
I love this game, and I hope that the performance issues are taken care of. I want the game to be successful enough to get a "Dark Arisen" style expansion.
I also experienced a glitch where every single NPC and monster was removed from the game, and pressing the start button lead to a black screen. I'm sure there's a creepypasta in there somewhere, I'm too tired to bash it out on paper right now.