The point is, its not "slightly" broken. Its a game breaker. So no, I can't play it at any time, unless I want to replay hours of material that, great as it is, doesn't exactly have much of a reason to replay if you've done the sidequests the first time around.
As far as other gaming options out there, had I'd known this would happen, then sure I'd look elsewhere. Instead I'm out $60 that could've been used on another choice. As it stand I'm stuck with an unusable product because I can't just go spending $60 any time I want. Best I'm gonna get is a $15 trade in, when a full refund is in order in my opinion.
Thing is I could be patient if they would just give us some sort of ETA for the fix as opposed to generic statements and promises devoid of any actual detail. Maybe they are scared to say because its going to take another month? Who knows? But an ETA would restore some faith and /or help those of us on the fence decide to trade in or not.