Black and White actually couldn't be finished before the first patch, it was that broken. The 4th scenario couldn't end. The patch took a long time to come out too, like 6-8 months IIRC. I kept my old saves and finished B&W, but I never played it again or anything. Most of my fun was building crazy cities, but still, I personally didn't find B&W all that bad. Boring, yes, but still functional and with moderately interesting multiplayer.