Here's what happens: Right after I double click to load the game, the first thing that I see is the Rome load screen, but it's all "stretched out." When I finally get to the main menu screen, all of the "hot" parts of the buttons and other options on that screen seem to be "off," or "not matching up." I tried readjusting my screen settings and my hardware acceleration is on the highest level. Then the game gets to the point (from the main menu screen), that the game locks up and freezes and literally crashes my computer. The store won't let me return the game, even for a store credit...PLEASE HELP!!
Hardware Specifications: XP, 2.8G clock, 1014m mem, DX9.0c, Nvidia GeForce 5500 @ 256m & Vertex / PixelShader 2.0 compatible.