Mostly yes but also a tiny tiny bit no. I have been playing the game  a lot, so many hours have been lost for sure. Plus I had managed to level him up in quite a few skills, so it's back to square one there. Also, with him being my first proper character I was a little attached. But, this thing of him needing so long to move things between bags/containers was actually maddening, and the situation I find myself in now has a certain charm too. I wouldn't be in this position if he was still alive. 

I'm really loving this right now, but my pleasure is somewhat precariously balanced. If I die too soon with the character I dragged to this disaster site I could see myself just giving up. It's been too much of a slug to get here, so I guess I will be playing super cautiously from here