hey there @Tyloor welcome to the discourse
sorry about your post getting auto flagged, the system didnt like it for some reason
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could you post your system specs, even if they do go above and beyond the requirements, its still helpfull to TR to have them.
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do you have Service Pack 1 (if your on windows 8.1 its included)
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have you had a look at this thread,
Crashing on start? Read this! UPDATED October 18, 2016