Sorry I do not have a solution but im replying because a friend of mine just bought the game and cannot play it and sounds like they have the same issue as you. Ive been trying google to find anything but your the first ive seen with the same issue. From searching around for a solution ive had him update his graphics driver, run game in different compatability modes in cluding running in 640x480 and diable desktop composition. His system specs are within the requirements and runs Windows 7. Also tried running in windowed mode. Its extremely frustrating.
