Summary: Corrupted save files (all campaign is now corrupted)
How to Reproduce: login on game, try to load a save file
Have you used cheats and if so which: no
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Computer Specs: PS4 PRO
Played yesterday with no issues, had 1 corrupted save file 2 days ago that made me go back 1 hour of play.
Today, when logging in on PS4 PRO, I had my Single Player Campaign files all corrupted. All 4 files are now corrupted and I lost around 20 days of playing (no idea of how many hours).
Is there a workaround for this? Is there an update for this?
If not, this completely and utterly sucks.
I did not pay almost 50 quid to not be able to play my save files.
I 100% agree that losing that progress "completely and utterly sucks." Even more so because it comes without warning (barring pre-purchase investigation of any issues the game is having), EVENTUALLY driving people to these forums looking for a solution.
Draken Silverwing's suggestion is currently the best workaround for this issue (which seems to be entirely tied to the overwriting of saves whether they be manual or auto.)
To sum that suggestion up as succinctly as possible...
TLDR:
Pause, select "Save as", delete any autosaves or "extraneous" manual saves (such as ones from the very beginning of your campaign, unless you see yourself going that far back).
Do this regularly and you will rarely lose any meaningful progress (sometimes I do it before ANY action, resulting in a save "in the field", a save 20 seconds later after I catch up with an enemy party, another save after I've spoken to them, and yet another save after our battle or conversation.)
Most of the time, those actions don't result in a crash, BUT when they eventually DO result in a crash, I haven't lost much, unless I've fallen into one of my "just play, forget about saving" phases.
I will agree that this is more work than it should be, and that we should be able to trust the autosave and be able to "just play the game", but for the moment... overwritten saves will corrupt and we have to manage it ourselves if we want to play.