Right. It’s clear that pirating the game is the way to have it actually be playable, then.
I’m sure that decision won’t backfire on the studio at all. Great forward-thinking.
Major problems introduced by new patches are usually hotfixed within 24 hours.
For those using GOG, there's an in-built way to revert to previous patch, and there have been occasions where we offered previous versions on Steam in the past if the introduced issue was impossible to solve quickly.
As an option, you may turn off automatic updates and use offline mode in Steam to circumvent patching completely.
I would also like to remind that pirating games is an illegal procedure.