That's so strange.
I have a relatively new graphics card and an 8-core CPU, so there's no way it's something like my computer can't run it. I've even tried running other games made in the same engine and they ran completely fine. Something in particular is just not agreeing with my PC.
I had major issues with the first game, too, and was only able to get it to load through the command prompt. It was so good and I'd really like to play this one too :((((