Okay so first I tried "off line". I get as far as the video just after you enter your name, surname etc and then my graphics driver or something dies. Black screen. Nothing I can do but hard reboot.
The game is forcing DirectX 9.
So then I tried actually logging on and I get as far as the Windows live sign in when it goes black screen again.
This is massively frustrating.
System specs are:
Win 7 Ultimate 64
4GB Ram
Intel Core2 Duo E8400 3GHz
ATI Radeon HD4850
DirectX 11 is installed.
(I have never overclocked any of my components)
Strangely when I run the game in windowed mode I get further before it bombs out.
This is massively frustrating. What gives?