I know not everyone has experienced this kind of clusterf#%k on their copy of the game, but I've seen enough complaints to know I'm definitely not the only one.
The funny thing is I can't even e-rage and say I'm not playing this game until this has been dealt with, because I can't play this game even if I wanted to.
Cheers.
EDIT: Just downloaded the second patch and my saves work again and seem to be going smoothly. Nice.