p1881: The tutorial ran just fine.
Created my praetor and the game instantly freezes upon finishing loading the first area and has to be force closed.
Tried it several times and always with the same result.

Edit: it seems that going for xp compatibility mode prevents that instant freeze upon starting the main game. Though still strange that the freeze doesn't happen during the tutorial even without compatibility mode..

Sunfire7: If your video card is Raden then set the lightning to minimum.

Atlantico: Thanks! Appreciate that.