When I launched the game after installing the latest patch, my continue/load buttons were greyed out. I verified the games local files via steam, and I was once again able to access my save files. When I tried to load one, the game crashed, and now the option to load/continue is back to being greyed out.
I no longer have the grinding gears telling me that the save files are loading, it just stays grey as if I've never played the game before.