JoeMiller wrote: For those who can, please can you update your iPad to iOS 8 or greater then run the game and see if the issue persists.

It does. iOS 8.4.1.

Same here. IOS 8.x. Freeze on the startup screen, no further actions possible.
already reinstalled, all didnt work.

Any news when we can expect a patch or do you intend to ignore it?

intro movie may be nice, but not really worth the purchase price....

thanks