Meh, Its annoying because I have to open it up and wait for it when I want to play BF3, but then it just sends me to battle log thingy. Really its just an annoyingly complicated link.
PC gamers..how are you enjoying Origin?
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There's still no games for it that interest me, and nothing planned for it that interests me so I've still not got it.
Again. Can say the same about Steam. You can't play Valve game without Steam because they all use Steamworks. You can't play several of other games without Steam either (DoW2, Civ 5, Rage, Skyrim to name a few). How is it really all that different?veloper said:
Yes I would prefer if all studios had their full catalogues on all DD services but the industry is still quite young and a big publisher like EA obviously want's to keep those exclusivity rights to get a start-up on a rather new service. They could go better with it, by simply offering better deals than competition but it's big corporations, They never think of it till it's too late to back off (imagine the shitstorm if EA would now announce they are back on Steam, everyone would laugh at them).
I'm not saying Origin has no issues at all, that would be far from true, but frankly, compared to Steam, I have much better experience with it so far. Simple little things, like Customer Service and currency used is what is deciding factor for me. I don't have luxury of living in US, nor in one of the euro-zone countries (which are only part of EU, and even smaller part of Europe in general). I pick the service that gives me best options, based purely on those options. Not because of of some ignorant superstitions and love/hate relationship with one or the other publisher.
All the companies are in the end there for the money. I don't care for their sweet-talk, I don't care how many times Gabe will say he wants to provide quality service for everyone. So far he isn't doing it for me so I don't have a single reason consider Steam better than Origin or any other DD service at all.
For a while I had to use it when EA was fixing my BFBC2 multiplayer account and it really was not great, especially the prices. Certainly not a substitute for Steam since it only had EA titles on it (may have changed now). I won't bother getting ME3 if it has to be run on Origin.
It's a piece of shit, and every possible advantage EA could have had with it (which isn't fucking over Valve) they've fucked right up. Why are the games ~£10 more from a DOWNLOAD by the company that MADE it, than a boxed copy from anywhere?
Doesn't matter though, Battlelog is mountains worse.
Doesn't matter though, Battlelog is mountains worse.
The PC games you but from the stores will almost always either ask you to activate it on Steam or Origin now. So good luck trying to 'not be an introvert', as you so proudly put it.Bhaalspawn said:
The difference with origin is permanent game bans and spyware.Keava said:
I do hate it how retail DOW2 always requires Steam (and games for windows live both), but that's just 1 shared point against Steam.
Final consideration here is that EA have the most terrible track record of any publisher (DRM, take overs and bans all considered), while Valve are relatively clean. It wouldn't surprise me if EA would still make due on that EULA clause to remove every purchased game after 2 years.
Total bulls**t really. Not only is it a hassle to open, there are way too many rumours flying around about it being spyware for me to feel safe. Plus if you get banned on Origin, not only are you banned from online service, you're banned from every single game you ever bought on Origin
They run the place like its some kind of dictatorship and that's why everyone hates EA.
They run the place like its some kind of dictatorship and that's why everyone hates EA.
I don't use Origin, because none of my games use it.
As for my opinion on it, it just seems like an unnecessary grab at what Valve created with Steam. There's no reason for Origin to exist other than being another platform for the exact same thing.
As for my opinion on it, it just seems like an unnecessary grab at what Valve created with Steam. There's no reason for Origin to exist other than being another platform for the exact same thing.
Havent tried and I wont either, EAs pretty much pissed me of to the point where i boycot everything that i dont absolutely want and that is most certainly their loss cause im one of those suckers that started buying all my games once my economy started allowing it. Been a fanatical ME and DA fan but unless they fix the Origin thing likely ill skip them and that might be the end of my EA affiliations entirely.
All this purely beside the fact that i wont allow origin to steal my personal info anymore than allow any random spyware/trojan on my computer, atleast they usualy have the good grace not to sell it for actual profit and they are easily removed with a proper antivirus/spyware.
Interesting how antivirus programs claim cracks and no cd fixes are viruses but they dont react to Origin isnt it?
All this purely beside the fact that i wont allow origin to steal my personal info anymore than allow any random spyware/trojan on my computer, atleast they usualy have the good grace not to sell it for actual profit and they are easily removed with a proper antivirus/spyware.
Interesting how antivirus programs claim cracks and no cd fixes are viruses but they dont react to Origin isnt it?
It's fine, never had a problem. Just steam but more expensive - I never buy direct from their store lol it's a rip-off.
Meh, my experience is that I click Battlefield 3 whenever i wish to play it and then i'm whisked away onto Battlelog. It just sits in the background not really doing a lot (save for taking all my hard drive data and selling that to advertising corps, but that's by the by).Vault101 said:
So my experience hasn't really been anything at all. Steam is the far superior service and I shall be sticking to that for the foreseeable future.
I'll let you know when, or if, I get a game that actually uses...
... Oh, wait, I guess I kind of have one. One of my friend's computers is dead, so she uses mine for her copy of Sims 3. That uses Origin. And come to think of it, I used it for the BF3 Beta too.
Huh.
Guess I've had no issues with it.
This "Origin is EVIL" stuff all fear mongering or something?
... Oh, wait, I guess I kind of have one. One of my friend's computers is dead, so she uses mine for her copy of Sims 3. That uses Origin. And come to think of it, I used it for the BF3 Beta too.
Huh.
Guess I've had no issues with it.
This "Origin is EVIL" stuff all fear mongering or something?
