This will sound REALLY stupid af, but I had logged in with a different profile after the crash, if it's any excuse, it was late and I was using my second joycon that has slight drift ( played age of calamity with it too) only because of not wanting to ruin my main joycon playing musou games...
Tldr I no longer need a save, I'll just close this thread now.
Edit: seems I can't close my own threads or I'm blind and can't find the option to do so??? Can a mod please close this for me?