Buy now or wait for the patch?

[Martok]

GAH! Hey Vanya; good to see you 'round these parts again. GAH!

@Gaius Terentius Varro: My personal recommendation would be to wait, as it seems like CA was forced to release the game when there were still significant coding issues yet to be resolved (i.e., bugs). It really depends, though. If you were one of the players for whom the bugs in Rome drove you crazy, then I would probably advise you to wait until the patch is released.

If they didn't bother you that much, however, then there's probably not much reason to hold off on picking up a copy. Given that most people's impressions of the game are generally favorable (even I would give Medieval 2 a tentative thumbs-up from the short time I played it), you would probably enjoy the game as is.

I personally will never buy another game until it's patched, however. That's just one lesson I've learned the way.

P.S. - Don't worry about Vanya guys. He's one of our oldest active members, and very much a decent fellow. He just happens to be a tad....eccentric. (So in other words, he fits in perfectly here. )

[unknown_user]

Go ahead and pick it up now. You can use the time from now till patch to tinker around and get used to some of the new mechanics and gameplay elements, and then when the patch comes out, start a new campaign.

[Barry Fitzgerald]

Hard to say..don't get me wrong good game..but not amazingly great IMHO. As for how it plays with the patches...well I am waiting to see what CA do, and if they tweak a lot of stuff...it will be great.

Have to say not playing it half as much as the other TW games..

As for most bugs are minor..um no this is the most bugged TW game ever! without question.

[Gaius Terentius Varro]

I do tend to get hung up a lot on small things... Thank you for the feedback tho.

[Shahed]

It is the most bugged TW game for sure, but I'd still say Buy Now, because it is the best TW game ever.

[SirGrotius]

If you ever want to take a medicine and you read the package insert, you'd be scared off by the safety information. It's the same thing with this game--don't judge the game based on a bug list. It's enjoyable, lighten up, and have fun. A patch will come.

[RussianWinter]

I'd say wait and see. It's nice to have new units, factions n all but I find myself getting frustrated w/ the game for the same reasons I got frustrated with RTW. Even 2 expansions later things didn't seem to change. One persons minor frustration is another persons showstopper, but if the only litmus test you have is Rome, then there you go.