Hi!
I have a problem at the very beginning of the game. When I enter the site with Older Robed Man and he finishes his speech I can see him walk up to the strange machine and... Nothing happens. He just stands there. The screen doesn't freeze completely - leaves are still animated and people standing are slightly moving, but Older Man doesn't start the spell or something. However the sound goes on as if nothing happened - I can hear the machine start working, men scream.
I tried coming to the site again, with another hero, this time having only Calisha as companion, but that didn't do the trick.