Poll: Mass Effect 3: Yay or Nay?

[walrusaurus]

I choose neither, i'll be playing on my 360.

 

[Hamish Durie]

oh...no...the..world ...is..ending
geuss I'll just have to play it on my PS3 ^.^


also part of my capatcha was in arabic

 

[solemnwar]

Yes,I will. What Origin does is simply what Steam does,except with no opt-out option. And I'll play ME3 into the ground. I WILL get the Quarians to make nice with the Geth. I WILL get the Krogan and Rachni to work together. I WILL kill the Illusive Man. I WILL kill every single Batarian assfuck in the galaxy!

Actually...I'll try to get them to work with us. If that doesn't work,THEN I'll pull another Arrival on them. Until no Batarians remain. Fucking slavers. I don't care if it's an integral element of your caste society! Live free or die running!

This post is incredibly funny to me. I don't know why. Maybe it's because I imagine someone saying this in a "hammy" way and that image is hilarious.

Either way well done.

 

[tthor]

There are more then enough ways in which you can isolate Origin from your files, So I'm still going to get it.

Well if origin is required, i will buy it but gonna download crack for it. Origin is a big nono for me.

Edit it before the mods hunt your ass down.

If he pays for it, then why shouldn't he be able to do that! I hate pirates more then I hate Orgin but I don't see what's wrong with downloading the crack to a game you bought!

It's not like it's my opinion. It's the opinion of the Escapist and they have the banhammer, not me.

well, the wraith of the banhammer has not befallen any of the crackers yet, so it looks like we're in the clear

hehe.. crackers...

Edit

captcha: http://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/image?c=03AHJ_VuuBT8EDohtOeAq6sdOxfoWdk-hP8xgERdFiW5fs_6r5qzpfqhKIi6OmMhldCfDW4vB-C3J7OBQLMkm4wnAZUyItBBtoYswPvXCrKgrsuP2V4QLe92SznNMJLES8CSkmxpwT6HiT3w0U5Rbh7T7MR--C0m38EQ
I.. I don't think i know how to type that

 

[AngryPants]

I wasn't going to buy it in the first place. So...

Can't care less for Origin - just another D2D service being maintained by a major publisher, so what?

EDIT: Wait, it appears they've changed it so it isn't evil. I still don't want to clog my computer with more third party software though.

Well Evil or not evil, what is not intrusive on PC nowadays? (with exception of pirated software, that always delivers smoother player experience... which is supposed to be nonsensical) Every piece of DRM is basically a virus, that one have not choice but to install opening potential security breaches all over the place... This world is way too imperfect to be a PC gamer nowadays it seems .

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

I wasn't going to buy it in the first place. So...

Can't care less for Origin - just another D2D service being maintained by a major publisher, so what?

EDIT: Wait, it appears they've changed it so it isn't evil. I still don't want to clog my computer with more third party software though.

Well Evil or not evil, what is not intrusive on PC nowadays? (with exception of pirated software, that always delivers smoother player experience... which is supposed to be nonsensical) Every piece of DRM is basically a virus, that one have not choice but to install opening potential security breaches all over the place... This world is way too imperfect to be a PC gamer nowadays it seems .

The problem was that by installing Origin you were agreeing to let EA monitor everything you did on your computer and then sell that info.

 

[Awexsome]

I wasn't going to buy it in the first place. So...

Can't care less for Origin - just another D2D service being maintained by a major publisher, so what?

EDIT: Wait, it appears they've changed it so it isn't evil. I still don't want to clog my computer with more third party software though.

Well Evil or not evil, what is not intrusive on PC nowadays? (with exception of pirated software, that always delivers smoother player experience... which is supposed to be nonsensical) Every piece of DRM is basically a virus, that one have not choice but to install opening potential security breaches all over the place... This world is way too imperfect to be a PC gamer nowadays it seems .

The problem was that by installing Origin you WERE agreeing to let EA monitor everything you did on your computer and then sell that info.

That's a big were.

Now they're the same as everything else. For all the talk about how publishers don't listen to their customers they sure don't get much credit for actually doing so.

 

[UnknownGunslinger]

Well if origin is required, i will buy it but gonna download crack for it. Origin is a big nono for me.

Same for me, I cant believe how arrogant EA can be in peddling their ill designed system :/
Releasing their biggest titles (Battlefield 3, Mass Effect 3, The Old Republic) exclusively on Origin in an attempt to use those built-in demographics, problem is I don't like being funnelled to an inferior product!
Having an alternative I'll choose the alternative before Origin, at least until EA gets its shit together.

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

I wasn't going to buy it in the first place. So...

Can't care less for Origin - just another D2D service being maintained by a major publisher, so what?

EDIT: Wait, it appears they've changed it so it isn't evil. I still don't want to clog my computer with more third party software though.

Well Evil or not evil, what is not intrusive on PC nowadays? (with exception of pirated software, that always delivers smoother player experience... which is supposed to be nonsensical) Every piece of DRM is basically a virus, that one have not choice but to install opening potential security breaches all over the place... This world is way too imperfect to be a PC gamer nowadays it seems .

The problem was that by installing Origin you WERE agreeing to let EA monitor everything you did on your computer and then sell that info.

That's a big were.

Now they're the same as everything else. For all the talk about how publishers don't listen to their customers they sure don't get much credit for actually doing so.

That's why I reiterated my opinion to "Don't want any more 3rd party software clogging shit up".

 

[prince_xedar]

im getting it on PS3 so i dont give a shit about origins

 

[Dark Knifer]

I got Mass effect 1 and 2 on xbox... So yay for no origin?

 

[Clive Howlitzer]

I was a big fan of the prior 2 games but sadly, I will not be picking up Mass Effect 3. Not unless EA stops being a douchebag.

 

[Jaime_Wolf]

I guess the question then becomes how ME3 is offered through Origin. In actuality, most games on Origin right now are MUCH friendlier about being run without being logged in than games on Steam tend to be. You don't need to even bother with putting it in offline mode: don't even bother starting Origin and just run the game.

I suppose there's always the possibility that they have some sort of always-online DRM scheme for ME3 through Origin though. That's a somewhat different issue, though one that I think people tend to get particularly unreasonable about.

May I ask why you don't leave Steam on? In terms of system resources, it's proportionally tiny compared to a modern game, so there isn't really any good performance reason to turn it off (especially not to just put it in offline mode). Are you afraid Steam is reading your emails or something? If you're approaching this level of paranoia, there's absolutely no reason that Steam couldn't mine the information you suspect while in offline mode or disconnected from the internet and simply send that information as soon as you do connect. In fact, if Valve wanted to snoop around on your computer, there's absolutely no reason they couldn't install something a bit more covert alongside Steam that wasn't quite so simple to detect or turn off.

Steam like to auto-update games and such, on paper its a fine idea but I have something of a limited monthly download limit and I don't want Steam chewing all that up.

ME2 at first had always on DRM, in that the DLC required an always on connection. But since you got free day 1 DLC with it... However that was patched out.

Ah, yes, that would be a problem then. Sorry that you end up in the fairly small minority of people that this affects. Still, unless they do always-on DRM, right now you don't actually need Origin open to run any games (the BF3 beta needed it, but that's due to the whole Battlelog architecture, not to any sort of DRM scheme).

 

[008Zulu_v1legacy]

Ah, yes, that would be a problem then. Sorry that you end up in the fairly small minority of people that this affects. Still, unless they do always-on DRM, right now you don't actually need Origin open to run any games (the BF3 beta needed it, but that's due to the whole Battlelog architecture, not to any sort of DRM scheme).

There will be always on DRM just like they did in ME2, but it'll be patched out in a month or so after release.

I wonder if configuring your firewall to block Origin would prevent the (ME2) game from running.

 

[008Zulu_v1legacy]

Yes,I will. What Origin does is simply what Steam does,except with no opt-out option. And I'll play ME3 into the ground. I WILL get the Quarians to make nice with the Geth. I WILL get the Krogan and Rachni to work together. I WILL kill the Illusive Man. I WILL kill every single Batarian assfuck in the galaxy!

Actually...I'll try to get them to work with us. If that doesn't work,THEN I'll pull another Arrival on them. Until no Batarians remain. Fucking slavers. I don't care if it's an integral element of your caste society! Live free or die running!

I always liked the saying "Don't run, you'll just die tired."

 

[Jaime_Wolf]

Ah, yes, that would be a problem then. Sorry that you end up in the fairly small minority of people that this affects. Still, unless they do always-on DRM, right now you don't actually need Origin open to run any games (the BF3 beta needed it, but that's due to the whole Battlelog architecture, not to any sort of DRM scheme).

There will be always on DRM just like they did in ME2, but it'll be patched out in a month or so after release.

I wonder if configuring your firewall to block Origin would prevent the (ME2) game from running.

I mean I wonder if there will be always-on DRM through Origin. If it's just through the game, that's not really a problem (the data involved would be absolutely miniscule). The main problem is Origin auto-patching, so, as long as the DRM isn't through Origin somehow, you should be able to run the game without even opening Origin like you can with all of the games on it right now, handily avoiding your problem.

I'd be somewhat surprised if the DRM were through Origin actually, since it's a multi-platform release.

Edit: From what I'm seeing, the DRM can't be through Origin, since the game will be offered through other services. The only one that looks to be Origin-specific is the Deluxe edition.

 

[luckshot]

maybe...

ill need to do more research on origin and have more news on the quality of me3, so ill probably end up buying it but not in the first month

 

[Pat8u]

Steams just as bad ImHo
My reasoning for this:
when the internet is down steam won't open
Downloadings a pain in the ass
when my internet is slow I can't play any games

 

[putowtin]

I'll be getting in on the xbox anywho so Origin don't affect me