This started out as a fun game, but quickly because unplayably buggy.
It is also unbelievably buggy.
I'm so disappointed. Before even going into the diamond mines I had crashes and two different plot/scripting bugs. I restarted three times. I really tried. But if it is this bad during the first few hours of play (Because of the restarts), I don't want to risk getting really hooked and getting some really damning bug later on.
Sorry, clean your software up a little better before shipping it out.
I installed the patch.