Played 2 games so far before this patch, gave up on both @50-70 turn due to problems, especially major slow down/glitches and the occasional CTD.
Just had a game with the latest patch, tried a small map as anything else seems to get bogged down in the later stages, and after only 9 turns, I got a CTD. Feels like the patch took 1 step forward and 2 step backwards.
On a side note:
Played all the previous civs and loved them, this one has potential but I feel like I am playing and paid for a BETA version of the game. Its not gonna stop me from playing it, once they fix whatever they did with this patch. If the game does not get fixed within a reasonable time frame, fix the things that suppose to work and optimise it (game gets bogged down way too easily, even on high end systems), then my faith in the games industry has dropped to an all time low. I used to buy @15-18 games a year, in the hay day of PC gaming, nowadays its more like 2 or 3 titles per year. Not willing to part with my hard earned money if the standard and quality of games just keeps dropping year after year. What really makes me sad is that even games you think would be a sure winner and a 'safe' bet can be a disappointing broken mess. Sure, patches may come, I am sure it will get better (I bloody hope so), but as a consumer and payer of 'yet another' buggy game at release date, is simply sad and disappointing.
Sigh.
PS. An older friend of mine (who also loves the entire civ series like me) was so very disappointed to learn that Civ V needs steam activation. Reason being, alas he cannot afford internet at home (pensioner) and he cannot justify getting internet installed for just 1 game he loves. I feel for him cause a game which is 95% solo based does not need to be used via steam, I am sure they are missing a very large ex-civ player base that simply will not be able to use Civ V whether they cannot afford internet connection at home (or justify it for a game) or simply do not have access to internet.
