Martial69

Well, I did have a save prior to the Montelli execution room. Heres why this is important: you have to trigger the execution cut scene. Then (!!!!) Montelli takes the elevator up! You fight him in the room that freezes the game. So, when I did it correctly, instead of the game freezing, I get a cut scene that includes a long conversation with him (see pic below and compare with above). Makes sense now why the game was freezing, the door triggers a conversation with a guy I had already killed twice. So, like most early crash/bug/freezes, I hope you have an earlier save. If you don't, I offer this: it is a fun game, and any time you start getting upset, the purpose for which you bought the game isn't being served. Walk away for a bit and come back when some of the fun can be squeezed out. Life is just too short to get angry at the things we cannot change. Peace my friends. I hope this helped.

Wanted to add image. Tried crouch, sprint, jumping and even waiting (stopped after 10 minutes). Of note, opening door does trigger music change, battle music? The only motion after freeze is gun going into the 'relaxed' hold. I hope I can find a save prior to all this.

"Find de Vries...". Opening door in Vox tower freezes game. Reproducible. Fought Montelli x 2. Have 2 Chainsparks in inventory. 1st battle was easy, Montell 'distracted', 2nd had cut scene with visible issues like missing pistol when killing kneeling subs.