Hi @womave I understand that you and your roommate are not getting to the splash screen, however I was just suggesting to try adding the game to the exception list of your anti virus software to see if that helps as it did with the splash screen issue.
Players have also mentioned disabling the in-game overlay in Ubisoft Connect worked for them as well, so this is something else you can try in the meantime.
With regards to this thread being marked as resolved, this is because Ubi-oof marked there post as the best answer so that if anyone else with this issue check...