The Saboteur has several problems that, with effort, were solved which then turned into a great game experience.
Driving a vehicle with WASD is impossible so I went with the 360 wireless controller. However because Pandemic is no more the controller would not configure properly. And EA support could not help. Resolved the controller problem by initializing it _after_ first starting the game.
Played in Windows 7 environment with nVidia 9800M graphics card the beta patch was not needed. I also played the Single Player campaign in Easy--I hate dying frequently. I'm out for the story/adventure.
Although, after over 100 hours of play the game did manage to crash two or three times it was otherwise bug free!
The Saboteur turns out to be one of the most enjoyable games I've played imho of course. The story and voice acting was surperb. There were hundreds of 'free play' items to deal with/explore for hours on end and then return to the great story of playing an Irishman caught up in occupied France during WWII.
Very well done. I highly recommend the single player campaign adventure if you also get the controller working properly. I changed my original rating to 8.5 because the bad problem was solved and the rest of the story was so much fun.