The auto save is only saving part of the way through the level, despite many saves, we are having to play around 20 minutes of the previous point each time we save.
Yesterday we had just finished the boat section in the tree. It did a cut scene, said saving.
I quit the game, reloaded it and it took me to the save point.
Today when I load the game I am about 20 minutes before where it saved yesterday. This has happened 3 times.
What is the issue?
We only play Local Co-Op
We have noticed that it seems to happen if we do not compelete a section of a chapter. Then we have to start the section again or part way through. (not chapters but the sub-chapters)
Although sometimes even when the book appears for a cut scene, if we finish there, when we load back up the next day we'll have to play another 10-15 minutes to get back to the same point.
One small tip, if you discover the mini games, then even if the saves are gone, you can play the mini game and that will take you to that point, not ideal but it does help.
How can this not be fixed already? Major issue here.
EA Staff (Retired)Hello Everyone!
Wanted to give a quick update this has been shared with our team. I wanted to get some more information for them. Does this happen on every playthrough, or is there any pattern to when a game will save or won't save?
If you relaunch the game will it load the correct progress? Does being invited by a friend then having them start the game make a difference from being the host yourself?
All this has already been answered. This is a small thread, all the information is already here.
No, once you have switched the machine off / closed the game, when you reload, part (or sometimes all) of the recent save data is gone.
There is no pattern, please see other people's posts.
Again, an example, you play one hour. it saves 10 times, when you reload the next day, the last 8 saves are gone, you need to play from save 2.
This is only resolved in MY experience by getting to the end of a chapter (or sometimes by getting to the end of a sub-chapter) but not always the case.
I only play local co-op
PS5 console used.
I have played at least 40% of the game twice and only on Chapter 6
I play online with my brother so he uses the friend pass. I am on a PS5 and he is on a PS4. I always invite him to play. I can visibly see that it says saving when we get through some areas. However, it seems there is a pattern in which it does not actually save unless we get through the whole chapter and get to a new one. I have repeated this and been successful for a few chapters already. At first when I wanted to close the game when I was still in the middle of a chapter I would just exit to the main menu and look back to see if it had saved and it would not. I would close the game completely and the save would still not be there. To reiterate, it seems that completing the entire chapter and getting to a new one does in fact save. Hope this helps.
EA Staff (Retired)Cody the saves aren't working!
- Wanted to give an update on saving issues, This is currently being investigated by our games team. If there is further news or changes I will update here for everyone.
Thanks!
I'm on XBox One S, and my kids just had a heated argument, because returning after dinner they lost 45 minutes of the game, and won't play, because it was so hard for them to advance.
This is a major issue that shouldn't be 'mentioned to the team' - but something that needs to be brought up to those in charge of finding and fixing a problem and getting a patch pushed out.
I can't think of any larger error in a game, than throwing the players advancement out the windows, seemingly every time! I mean, how has this not gotten more attention?
As a parent I'm annoyed to have paid for the game, only to have my kids 1) like the game, 2) tolerate the difficulty in cooperation, and 3) refuse to play it again because the setback was hard for the, as they struggled.
As I can see that the game is defective, based on the threads on the subject, and it was sold to me from EA with their knowledge, I will go for a refund based on defective on delivery. I'll recommend all affected here in the thread to refund the game, and watch for a patch from EA, as there's no way to get further attention to this if you simply allow this to remain a support-chat subject.
