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PS5- Perpetual cycle of death and reloading
I've seen other people have this issue but I haven't found a solution for PS5. A monster was apparently in the room the last time I saved because now when I try to load the game, I load into a death...
Fixed it by holding pause throughout startup and somehow getting the pause menu to come up before the "game over" screen. I'm not sure why it worked this time but I hope it helps
