Dang. I am running on 10.12.6 smirk

I don't have access to gamepad of any sorts and I haven't tried running on my Windows bootcamp because i'm currently deployed and don't have the most stable internet. It took me two days to download in the first place. ha. Don't wanna lose my save either, unless it saves on the cloud then I guess it's not a big deal. Just a pain to get the game again.

Only programs running when I launch the game is steam itself and finder. I've gone through mouse options and accessibility options but nothing stands out to be something that would cause an issue. Tried several configurations.

I also tried the deferred renderer and as you stated, the game just won't launch, stays on a black screen then crashes.