So glad to hear it!!
Removing the autosave is not an elegant solution, but I'm still trying to find what causes it to crash—it's the point where all the main choices made during the game converge, and there are... a lot of possibilities 😅
Hello! I'm having the same issue, but while dreaming of the Abyss immediately after The Bowels of Earth. The "progress saved" popup appears, and then I can't continue or select any menus. The autosave there doesn't work, and if I try to manually save during that scene, it won't save and immediately stops letting me select anything.