The Sims 4 is taking too long to load??

so i've been waiting to buy the sims 4 for so long and now that ive finally got it i just want to play. i installed the game and downloaded it on origin and it lets me hit play. after the sims 4 logo screen when you start the game (the slideshow that shows a bunch of sims interacting with each other/things) and its taking EXTREMELY long for me to get to the make a sim screen and make a house screen and now im really upset because i really want to play. can someone help me out???