Tried everything suggested with no success. Unfortunately I'll have to seek a refund, since I'm not willing to spend more of my time on trying to fix this issue. No hard feelings and thanks for your time.

Updated my drivers, verified the game cache, then reinstalled. The same problem persists. If anything, I'd assume steam screwed up the first install of the game somehow.

<t> Haven't had to use the windows event logs before, so I wasn't entirely sure what to look for. I did find a message which could be related:<br/>
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Fault bucket , type 0<br/>
Event Name: PCA2<br/>
Response: Not available<br/>
Cab Id: 0<br/>
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Problem signature:<br/>
P1: Command.exe ...

<t> Hello,<br/>
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I'm running the steam version of CMANO and have thus far been completely unable to launch the game in any way. The game launcher does boot up but attempting to run the game from the launcher or the .exe files in the game directory is impossible since nothing happens. Clicking ...