Okay so I tried both installing it from a physical installer as well as using the crosstie to install from Steam, neither version functions at all.
with the Steam version it gives me an error that says Steam can't connect to the internet, even when i know I'm online. (obviously since Im posting here).
with the version from a physical installer I get an error: Application load error 5:0000065434
Not sure what I'm missing here, I have almost no experience with running windows installers, I've been a Mac-user pretty much as longs there have been Macs :)
Any useful help / info appreciated