Hello -$ilver-

I can not replicate this issue, SPG 2 runs fine from the initial start through the end game. Are you using any mods etc?

Things to try :
- reinstall the game
- update graphic driver
- reset video codecs ; this varies with the OS, on Windows reinstalling Media Player generally works.

Here's my specs if it means anything. Maybe a Windows 10 issue? No other games (Minus some really old ones) ever give me trouble with the movies. I could understand if the game play was choppy due to my low specs, but it was the movie and developer/publisher intros that were the issue, which really isn't that big of a deal to be honest. But I figured if it was starting out like that right out of the gate, I am bound to have even more issues down the road I would assume. And no I am not using any mods, strictly the base game, not even trying a DLCs which I bought them all because the game looked and sounded good from the videos, screen shots and people's reviews.

As far as updating any of my hardware, I think I am about as good as it is going to get. Maybe I could try to uninstall the media player and then reinstall it, but no other games are giving me issues, minus like I said some really old games.

I said driver and codecs, not hardware. Movie specific isssues are software related 99% of the time (unless you do not have a grapics card). Most people (including myself) can play this on Win 10, but you can try compatibility settings too.

I meant drivers, when I said hardware. My computer jargon and knowledge is low. Not sure of codecs though, I may have to look into that.

I had this problem way back in the day on my laptop. When I bought a decent rig it disappeared, And the funny thing was it was mostly the main menu (the background visuals) that were choppy while the game ran pretty smooth.

You could try and go to task manager and set the game to "high priority" and see if that changes anything, perhaps run a dedicated setting for the game in your GFX Card app (Nvidia Control Panel, AMD Catalyst Center, whatever) ? Edit: Some systems seem to prefer a potential onboard GFX over your primary GFX card. That's a known issue. I think there's a pinned thread in the Bugs section regarding that.

It's been awhile since I played, but as I recall it was a windows 8 - 10 compatability issue. At the time there was a Beta patch you could switch to under the games properties menu in steam, but i'm not sure if it's still there? Might be worth taking a look for any one having problems with the Intro or any kind of video freezing/stuttering.

I have the same problem. Windows 7.

Game itself runs fine, so no big.

same problem
The game runs fine, but video is choppy and constantly freezes.
no mods or whatever just intalled the game for the first time.

Problem still exists. Just installed the game, no mods, no anything, just a jerky intro video that eventually just freezes and sits on the same frozen image until the voiceover finishes several minutes later.

Any fix for this or is this another game for the broken-crap pile?

The problem still exists. Developers, hello??? I have stability 59 FPS, Windows 7 and 16Gb DDR3, and every video in the game just freezes! Why don't you fix this?

Originally posted by vidgin:

The problem still exists. Developers, hello??? I have stability 59 FPS, Windows 7 and 16Gb DDR3, and every video in the game just freezes! Why don't you fix this?

In in-steam game properties I changed to Win7 compability. the game was updated. And then the problem was solved.

Originally posted by vidgin:

Why don't you fix this?

Because it doesn't affect the actual gameplay. Therefore not high on their list of things to do.

Originally posted by GeneralVeers:

Originally posted by vidgin:

Why don't you fix this?

Because it doesn't affect the actual gameplay. Therefore not high on their list of things to do.

That's a silly mantra to live by because it means buying any other games from LGM won't be high on our list of things to do.

Originally posted by krashd:

That's a silly mantra to live by because it means buying any other games from LGM won't be high on our list of things to do.

That's a STUPID mantra to live by.

You buy a game because the GAME is fun. You're not buying it for the damn menu. If LGM's worst sin was creating a game menu with a broken movie, when the rest of that game kicks ass on a Chuck Norris level, that's a GOOD thing. It means LGM put in the effort where it counts most: the ACTUAL GAMEPLAY. And that's the kind of company you SHOULD be looking at first when you're shopping for that next game.

So, yeah. If "buying other games from LGM" isn't high on your list? REWRITE YOUR DAMN LIST. BECAUSE IT'S AWFUL.