I've played Morrowind and Oblivion completely through. I had some lockups on Oblivion, but they were due to my console rather than the game. I've beat the main quest in Skyrim and most of the side quests, although I haven't purchased the add-on yet.

I've heard people complaining about Bethesda games locking up (especially New Vegas, which I doubt I'll ever get due to the complaints), but until the Waters of Life quest, I've never really experienced it.

I've spent HOURS searching through various forums and posts to try and find a fix for the lockup. For me, it's after Dad dies, when Li tries to lead me out of the rotunda. It locks up everytime. I've restarted from several different save points, although with each one I've already started this quest chain.. same results. Has anyone ever figured out if there's something particular a person does or doesn't due that leads to the lockup glitch? It's unbelievable that Bethesda has allowed a game ending glitch like this, that's apparently affected thousands of players, and has ignored it over and over.

Has anyone else had success in restarting from a prior save? How far back in the main quest was the save if it worked? Any help would be appreciated.