Stuck at a half-loaded title screen...

I just uploaded the newest update today, and now I am stuck at the title screen, which is suddenly mostly black with icons all over the place (see image). I tried removing and then deleting the one mod I had. Then I uninstalled and reinstalling Sims 4 from my computer, then totally uninstalled the EA app and reinstalled it with just the Sims 4 base game and no additional packs - and still I can't get past a broken loading screen. I've cleared my cache in the EA app, and have no cache file to delete in my Sims 4 folder. I have reset my graphics card, and I am at a total loss as to what I should try to get the game to load fully so I can actually play. Everything looks normal until the load screen, and the music and sounds associated with selecting different areas are as normal. But nothing loads past this point. In trying to troubleshoot, I was able to resume the game I had last been playing randomly on one attempt (don't ask me what I did that time; nothing seemingly different than any other time), and while my Sims autoplayed, I couldn't control anything. Every single time, once the game loads to the point below, I can't even close it without using Task Manager. Help!