If the patch isn’t released by mid-September I’d go with Civ 5 first. I’ve never had an issue with the Civ games when they’re released.
New thing for Vicki: I have more than enough space on my computer. The first time I played the U.S. the game ran fine. Now that I started from the beginning with Argentina the game is, at highest speed, running about five seconds per day. Way too slow.
I just uninstalled it.
For any and all that care patch 1.2 has just been released. You can read the readme at the paradox forums, although they’ve been down for a while.
I’m reinstalling the game and will upload the patch although my heart really isn’t that into it. I’ve been having a blast with Civ 5 lately. Yeah, a few things could be cleaned-up but the game worked right out of the metaphorical box, I didn’t have to wait nearly two months for a patch to make it playable.
But at least I learned my lesson in buy any game from Paradox right when it’s released.