I'm having the same issue. I've narrowed it down to being an online problem.
For me: turning on flight mode/ disconnecting wifi will let me go to the character select menu. And as long as I select a local only / offline game, I can play it fine. If I try to select Online Game from the character select screen it won't let me go any further. This usually freezes my options until I press X to change character.
Also, for me: this only started happening after my first play of the game when I managed to load the game normally (online) and link my Microsoft account.
Edit to add: I'm on version 1.1.0.0 on Nintendo Switch
Same issue here. UK, playing on the Nintendo Switch. The only (kind of) work around I've found is to start the game offline/in flight mode. This lets you play single player and local multiplayer at least.
If you try going online after you pass the loading and menus, you still can't play online multiplayer sadly
I'm having the same issue. I've narrowed it down to being an online problem.
For me: turning on flight mode/ disconnecting wifi will let me go to the character select menu. And as long as I select a local only / offline game, I can play it fine. If I try to select Online Game from the character select screen it won't let me go any further. This usually freezes my options until I press X to change character.
Also, for me: this only started happening after my first play of the game when I managed to load the game normally (online) and link my Microsoft account.
Edit to add: I'm on version 1.1.0.0 on Nintendo Switch
I had commented the above yesterday on bug MCD-142. I've seen a few bugs being marked as duplicates and "resolved" but not much to actually fix them.
I can't say if this will work for others but I've managed to solve this bug for me. I had to erase all of the game's user data including the server backups. Since doing that I've been able to load the game normally a few times, playing through a couple of missions including online co-op. I saved and closed the game between each mission to be sure that I could load the game each time, no problems so far.
Same issue here, stuck (for at least 20 minutes, closed the game after that) on the screen after Pressing Any Button.
Managed to get the game to start by turning off my router.
Guessing the issue may be Xbox Live and/or Nintendo Online services.
I'm having the same issue. I've narrowed it down to being an online problem.
For me: turning on flight mode/ disconnecting wifi will let me go to the character select menu. And as long as I select a local only / offline game, I can play it fine. If I try to select Online Game from the character select screen it won't let me go any further. This usually freezes my options until I press X to change character.
Also, for me: this only started happening after my first play of the game when I managed to load the game normally (online) and link my Microsoft account.
Edit to add: I'm on version 1.1.0.0 on Nintendo Switch
Same issue here. UK, playing on the Nintendo Switch. The only (kind of) work around I've found is to start the game offline/in flight mode. This lets you play single player and local multiplayer at least.
If you try going online after you pass the loading and menus, you still can't play online multiplayer sadly
I had commented the above yesterday on bug
MCD-142. I've seen a few bugs being marked as duplicates and "resolved" but not much to actually fix them.I can't say if this will work for others but I've managed to solve this bug for me. I had to erase all of the game's user data including the server backups. Since doing that I've been able to load the game normally a few times, playing through a couple of missions including online co-op. I saved and closed the game between each mission to be sure that I could load the game each time, no problems so far.
I hope this can help others in someway.