NEO: The World Ends with You

NEO: The World Ends with You

Not loading into new area? (Steam deck)
Played through the whole game on Switch but was wanting to replay. I can open the game and start playing, but when I try to leave the crossing and go north to meet Fret at 104 the game just hangs at the loading screen between areas. I can’t find any info about others having this same problem. Tried a few different Proton versions. Anyone else had this problem or has seen a fix for it?