Unravel 2 crash after intro video

So, spent a few hours trying every suggestion I could find to get Unravel 2 to work. The PC more than fulfills the requirements, I've updated all drivers, turned off all software that might intervene, updated everything and rebooted.

The game was bought via Steam (didn't notice anything about it requiring the EA app).

I've verified and uninstalled/reinstalled the game, changed the permissions for every file to admin, yet after the intro movie clip, it crashes. It behaves the same if I try to open via Steam as via the EA app. I've disabled steam overlay and EA overlay to prevent conflict there. 

Oddly enough, after my first try at installing it it would launch to fullscreen if I opened via the EA app, but only windowed fullscreen if via Steam.

After the second try at installing it I cannot get it to launch to fullscreen no matter the app. Neither launcher seem to respond to command line inputs that you can give in Steam (like -fullscreen or -DX11).

I just really really wish I could open without needing the EA App. I think there's some conflict between them that blocks file access, but I can't test.

Does anyone have any fix? My daughter and friend were really looking forward to playing but game night kinda flopped because of this.