Game hangs in cutscene to GOM

[vtriigm]

I've downloaded and applied the Dungeon Siege I Steam Fix by Killah and played a normal difficulty game from the beginning to the very last walkway before you descend on the floating platform to meet GOM.

For some reason the camera doesn't switch viewpoints like it does on YouTube videos I've watched. The camera seems to lock on the platform, follow the party to the bottom where the party runs off of it, then the camera stays on the platform and the platform goes back up to its original position.

Attempting to hit ESC just makes the screen go dark, the game essentially locks up, and ALT+TAB'ing or trying to terminate the app becomes nearly impossible as the game refuses to release control of the mouse when this happens. I have to use shortcuts to start Task Manager, then scroll down the list of active apps to end the task.

I'm running Windows 10 Professional (latest release) with a geForce 2080, 32GB RAM, and an i9 processor. I have DirectX 9.0c from June 2010 installed, I'm running full-screen mode, and I'm running at 1024x768x32 bbp.

I've removed .dres files one at time (or in appropriate groups if there were as is the case with the high-resolution texture pack) in an attempt to isolate the issue to a possible bad mod, but nothing makes a difference.

Any advice, direction, or assistance would be greatly appreciated. I played all the games originally and after 15 years I wanted to play them all again.

Thanks!