Battlefield 3 Will Require Origin
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You did the same for Half Life 2, right? Right? ...right? Probably not. Which means your bitching is 100% unfounded.[/quote]JediVash said:
Actually I got the Orange Box on Retail and I didn't even knew the existence of Steam and I was pleased when I found out what it was and till that day to now I buy my games on it.
You know, I'm glad I have memories of playing games like Secret of Mana and Chrono Trigger where all that was necessary to play a game was having the appropriate console, the game, a TV and the electricity to run it all. Now, you get this mess of crap when buying games.
If this is the future of games, then I'm glad I have an emulator. Now, if you excuse me, I have to find more ingredients for my Force Field spell in Secret of Evermore.
If this is the future of games, then I'm glad I have an emulator. Now, if you excuse me, I have to find more ingredients for my Force Field spell in Secret of Evermore.
I sincerely hope Battlefield 3 bombs out. Games publishing companies are being silly and malicious toward their customers; forcing us to do things we don't really want to in order to play their games. I'm gonna sit this game out, and I hope a huge number of PC gamers do so too.
Ok, first I deleted Ubisoft's "Ghost Recon Future Soldier" from my list because they made it a console port instead of a different version like GRIN's GRAWs. Now I deleted BF3 because of this Origin thing and will simply buy it for my PS3, which provides me a flawless online experience in my country rather than official network platforms on PC. Bethesda only needs to screw TES V Skyrim and I'm done with PC gaming. Because I sure won't start using Steam.
The thing is, I wasn't interested in Origin in the first place, because EA made it just to get a piece of the online distribution pie. Now they say that nobody will be able to play Battlefield without using it, presumably because they realized that everyone's already in love with Steam and nobody's going to care enough to switch over. Well, piss to you EA. It's not like I can't just watch videos of it, and if it really is THAT GOOD, then I'll fork up the money to buy it. I won't touch Origin though, Steam is my precious...
Meh.
I don't really give a rats ass.
It doesn't make that much of a difference to me if Origin is running in the background, since OMG It's totally not like when I run a game through steam, it does the EXACT SAME THING (and for the people complaining that they don't want Origin and Steam running in the background at the same time, there's this crazy possibility to umm...turn off the program that you aren't using at the moment. Herf.
Although I am a bit surprised. As far as I could tell, the way origin worked was that you didn't need it running in the background of a game when you play. I mean, I assume that there would be some connection to the EA server or whatnot for stats collection and such, but still.
Meh.
Also- For those who say they're going to the consoles because of this, really? I mean, I'm not complaining too much, if this is enough to make you ragequit the PC version, I'd rather not play with you in any actual games, but it just seems to me that it's a bit of an overreaction in my opinion.
I don't really give a rats ass.
It doesn't make that much of a difference to me if Origin is running in the background, since OMG It's totally not like when I run a game through steam, it does the EXACT SAME THING (and for the people complaining that they don't want Origin and Steam running in the background at the same time, there's this crazy possibility to umm...turn off the program that you aren't using at the moment. Herf.
Although I am a bit surprised. As far as I could tell, the way origin worked was that you didn't need it running in the background of a game when you play. I mean, I assume that there would be some connection to the EA server or whatnot for stats collection and such, but still.
Meh.
Also- For those who say they're going to the consoles because of this, really? I mean, I'm not complaining too much, if this is enough to make you ragequit the PC version, I'd rather not play with you in any actual games, but it just seems to me that it's a bit of an overreaction in my opinion.
Was there ever any doubt of this?
I'll go and surprise you even more, all upcoming EA games will have Origin a s a requirement and they will not come to Steam, real shocker isn't it?
I'll go and surprise you even more, all upcoming EA games will have Origin a s a requirement and they will not come to Steam, real shocker isn't it?
Wow. This was a huge surprise... NOT!
I understand EA in this. It's about time Valve got some competition on the market of digitally distributing games in a separate client. I know there are several sites that does this, but the client system that simplifies it. I just wish EA didn't do a terrible job of it. I understand EA and admire what they are trying to do, but I hate Origin. It doesn't change my opinion of Battlefield 3. I am still considering it, but I have to admit that I would be more likely to buy it if it came to Steam. Their loss I guess.
I understand EA in this. It's about time Valve got some competition on the market of digitally distributing games in a separate client. I know there are several sites that does this, but the client system that simplifies it. I just wish EA didn't do a terrible job of it. I understand EA and admire what they are trying to do, but I hate Origin. It doesn't change my opinion of Battlefield 3. I am still considering it, but I have to admit that I would be more likely to buy it if it came to Steam. Their loss I guess.
If you've already got an EA account, which is likely, then you already have an Origin account. And if you have EA games on your PC, chances are you have the EA Download Manager which...HassEsser said:
... Is now Origin.
You needed EADM to download Mirror's Edge DLC and Mass Effect 1 DLC, and if you played Battlefield 2142 you had to use it.
This is what you say now, but weeks later, since you were forced to give your email address to Origin and that you have to deal with their splash page ads every time you log in, eventually something will catch your eye and then you're hooked, baby.
Download services will effectively be like consoles, and we will be forced to deal with their bs because they will be much more pervasive when their services do not require any personal investment.
Download services will effectively be like consoles, and we will be forced to deal with their bs because they will be much more pervasive when their services do not require any personal investment.
Fine, I have an Origin account, but I still never created it, EA forced it upon me. And if I ever one day decide to download Origin, I will NOT be using any of those accounts.coldalarm said:
Also. . . every _ single _ PC game _ I own is on STEAM. End of story. I knew what that festering pile of steaming shit the EA Download Manager was, and have never once permitted that viruses existence on my hard drive (much less ever thought about getting Mirror's Edge DLC, ME1 DLC, or BF2142).
Wow really.. "lost sale". It's a 34MB application. Aaand takes less memory than steam(for me atleast). I want to see better arguments other than "not on steam, lost sale" or "EA is evil".
"Unlike steam you do not need the client to be running once you have downloaded and installed the game. Users can allegedly uninstall the client and the game will still run fine." Except for online mp which make sense.
"Unlike steam you do not need the client to be running once you have downloaded and installed the game. Users can allegedly uninstall the client and the game will still run fine." Except for online mp which make sense.
Agree'dRienimportant said:
here's a tip: Download Origin and only run it when you need too. Same with steam, close it if you have to.
Sure steam is better, I'm certain Origin will get better (as will steam) so while it may be pants now I doubt it will be forever.
I really think it's not that much of a big deal.
Sure steam is better, I'm certain Origin will get better (as will steam) so while it may be pants now I doubt it will be forever.
I really think it's not that much of a big deal.