Steam install does not pass validation

Posted on Saturday, August 4, 2012

tried reinstalling multiple times, steam's validation check always says "1 files failed to validate and will be reacquired." yet still doesn't pass.  when i try starting the game the graphics load, but none of the menu items actually have words.

 

I understand that Stardock is a relatively small game publisher/developer, but bugs like this should not happen.  I had the game running before but it kept freezing 2 minutes into gameplay so I uninstalled and reinstalled to see if that would correct the issue...clearly it did not.