I'm having the same problem...
Got the game yesterday... installed it and played for a few hrs (unpatched)... no problem.

Today I want to play... and I crash everytime during the initial loading screen before you get the main menu...

When I restart I have to redo the graphic-detection: OK
start the game -> crash (tried all options)

I'm downloading the 1.32 patch now, but I fear that will not solve my problem, it WORKED yesterday... (7 kb/ second ... enough time to write this post...)

System:
AMD 2600+ WinXP
512 MB RAM
GeForce4

If I find the solution for my problem I'll let you know... ,please let me know if you find a solution...







What's that? This is NOT real life? a game? Help, I wanna get out...