Meh, it's hardly a suffering due to anticipation, but rather, whether or not the game will work straight out of the box, or even if the patch they've supposedly got already will even fix the glitches, if there are any. Hell, it's all that for me, plus the hassle of getting WinXP, plus the hassle of getting the patches if the game doesn't work (and considering I'm still not net-accessible at home, that'll be a treat :rolleyes).
Imagine if they all ship with errors on disc