Crashes at Press Any Key

Published on Saturday, April 11, 2026 By vrivera In Sins II Support

After launching, the intro video plays, goes to "Press any key to continue" and then immediately crashes when I press any key.

The game was working fine in Feb,  I don't know of anything that has changed system wise since then but here are the specs and things I've tried to resolve (one at a time):

Windows version and hardware specs:

  • OS: Windows 11 Enterprise 25H2  Build ver: 26200.8117 (Feb2026)
  • Hardware: Surface Laptop (2025)
    • GPU: Qualcomm Adreno X1-85   Driver 31.0.148.0 
    • Snapdragon(R) X 10-core X1P64100 @ 3.40 GHz (3.42 GHz)
    • 16 GB RAM  (Min Pagefile set to 16390)

- Disconnected from external monitor and reduced resolution and refresh rate

- Disabled Windows HDR and Auto SR settings

- Updated graphics driver from Qualcomm to latest

- Reinstalled / repaired Directx

- Ran Windows update

- Ran sfc /scannow and chkdsk

- Completely uninstalled game, rebooted, reinstalled

- Verified integrity of game files

- Running Sins2.exe as Administrator