So more recently I was getting into Anthem again. Way back when it came out the thing that stopped me was a shit PC that could barely run the damn thing. Now, 6 years later, after the most recent upgrade, I remembered it existed and decided I'd actually play it again.

It was running on ultra everything super easily, load times weren't the best (probably because I still use hdd, that's next on the list don't judge me), but I mean. It's a game from more than 5 years ago. No lag, full fps.

Then, roughly a week ago (after about 30 hours of playing), for no discernable reason, the next time I started it it started misbehaving. It took like 20 minutes to load at all, and when it did I can barely move with the lag. My computer sounds like its having an aneurysm during. I've tried re-installing, repairing, checking my PC for malware/cleaning it... doesn't seem to do anything. Other games still work totally fine and its been the same every time I've tried starting it for several days now.

Anyone have any experience with anything like this? I'm kinda stumped tbh.