Well it's been months and I'm still slogging my way through the game. I'm currently infiltrating the Hargreave building, I'm guessing I'm about 3/4 of the way through.
Except I'm not sure I'll be able to progress any further, since apparently my game has suddenly been changed to some Dali-esque nightmare.
First, all nearby geometry vanishes. I'm still confined within structures, but can't see the walls. In the distance is an island covered by floating trees.
I slowly work my way toward it, fumbling against invisible barriers.
It's here when I realize it may be the mod I have installed (Blackfire) that's causing this weirdness. So I exit the game and uninstall it, then pick it back up.
But no
Welcome to the wasteland.
That's furniture floating in the air.
At one end of the island, there's a thin film of water with a vertical car floating above it.
On the opposite end, absent when I first entered but suddenly appearing as I turn around, is the monolith.
More furniture started appearing, farther and farther away the longer I stayed there. You can see some here as small dots in the distant sky.
I bailed a little after this. There was nowhere to go and nothing to do. Reloading my save puts me right back at the same place. All projectiles simply bounce back in my face. Has anyone else run into this, or have I entered some kind of twisted Crysis hell?