Can't recommend Empire: Total War

I would have liked to play Empire: Total War this long Easter weekend. But unfortunately it now crashes nearly every turn, forcing me to replay turns frequently. I guess I'll have to wait for the promised patch. It appears that lots of people have similar problems, although not everybody. In any case, the quality being as it is, I can not recommend Empire: Total War. You can't even test whether it runs on your machine, because the demo doesn't have the campaign map, which appears to be the crashing part. So you buy this at your own risk of having an unplayable piece of garbage on your drive. Better stay away!