Issue:  I was just starting up a new game of EL yesterday after playing it all weekend with a friend visiting from out of town, then the computer shut down in the middle due to a Windows Update (Yay, forgot to turn off that setting! I mention this only because it is the catalyst for the error, or so it seems to my untrained eye.), and when the computer came back up, Endless Legend only opened in a Windowed mode (this being my first clue something is wrong), showed the three logos before the splash screen, then showed the Endless Legend's Base Game Splash Screen (I have every DLC except Tempest, this being my second clue something is wrong, as the Shifters screen should have shown), and then the game crashes back to desktop. I have been through your common fixes list, and nothing in there seems to fix this particular crash to desktop problem. So I am posting here in hopes that you can help me get back to what I hope will be another awesome game of Endless Legend.

Specs: I run Endless Legend on my HP Pavilion Dv7 4187cL, which is running Windows 7 Pro with an Intel i5 480M Processor, 8 Gigs of RAM, AMD Mobility HD6550 Graphics Card and in a Resolution of 1600 x 900. I know this PC is a dinosaur by modern standards, but it usually suffices to run most things on the market well enough. (This is how I know the Video Drivers are not the problem, because the driver is long since in Legacy mode, and hasn't been updated in years)

Version: I can't get to the game menu to tell you exactly what version it is, but I assume it is the current version as of this date, as I have Steam keep everything up to date automatically no matter how much time it spends downloading things I almost never play as a result.

 Since I can't get into the Game itself, I'm assuming we don't need the Game Save files to solve the issue. I am attaching the other files to this post as soon as I can figure out how. 

EDIT: Your forum won't take the files I zipped for it. It keeps saying something went wrong, please try again, and when I do, it doesn't work then either. 

EDIT THE SECOND: Here, have a Dropbox Link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/yzbbdc4lfks1sjv/AADOTMtT9P_dyDPta0_x2Ki_a?dl=0