Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-31787231-20170619200817/@comment-27561063-20180929134719

The loading screen is necessary as it is used while loading the game. You can try to switch from fullscreen mode to windowed mode (press Alt+Enter). Or in the options if you can still access the main menu of the game after starting it. In some cases that helps.

Another potential problem are old save files. So you might try to create a new game and see if you can play it that way.