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Anna Koselke

"I lost three saves": The Sims 4's latest post-Lovestruck bug is corrupting fans' "favorite" legacy files

The Sims 4 Lovestruck reveal trailer screenshot showing a young woman sitting atop her bed, her hair tied up in a bun while she cries and mascara streams down her face.

What should be an exciting time for The Sims 4 community, with the recent arrival of EA's spiciest expansion pack yet and a long-awaited update, has been soured by bugs - including one that completely corrupts players' save files.

Fans have been describing the new free base game update as a "total mess" - and it's not all that surprising considering the problems that came alongside it. From "overly mean Sims" to literal incest, it's been a wild bug-ridden ride recently - but the worst has only just come to light. Simmers are now reporting a "major" bug that causes crashes, errors, and perhaps most significantly, lost save files.

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