We learn how to deal with it and there is no place we can die through no fault of our own! Rushing thru Act 1 now to face that thing that killed me this morning. But now I know what I did wrong! =)

When certain abilities simply don't respond to key presses at times, yes, you can die through no fault of your own.
Although I suppose you could complete the game without relying on offensive/utility signs or blocking and just keeping quen up and rolling around throwing bombs and daggers - don't think it'd be fun to do so however.

On second thought though, even then your controls will sometimes stop responding if you try to use bombs/daggers when you're out of them but they still display in your pockets. So yeah...there's that.

I'm sure a lot of people will claim to have done it and a few will be telling the truth, but it's seems like a meaningless achievement when the only way to do it is to use a ton of cheese and play in a very boring way.

I think the hardest part of an insane run would be the end of chapter two.. it's really damn tough, having just one life for all of that....


ouch ;)

We get used to deal with the casting bug, that's what I meant. It's annoying but very easy to overcome. And I usually know how many bombs I have. And please, there's nothing cheesy on Insane diff. And no achievement either but for Steam players. I have nothing from Steam and don't intend to.

We use all that we have. At least I try to use what works best for each type of enemy. The Journal and Monster section at Char Screen are excellent.

The Monster section is only useful as far as weaker type of monsters are concerned. That being said I agree that you eventually cope with the input bugs.