It makes Steam look unstable and in some ways isn't functional at all. One time when I needed to re-install an Origin game I had to delete the game entries from the Registry myself.
What makes Origin so terrible?
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I personally hate Origin for the same reason I hate Steam: it stands between me and my game. Neither of them offer any service I require (I buy all my games in a retail store), forcing me to install some idiotic software to play my store-bought games is simply ridiculous.
I observed Steam for four years before I deemed it stable enough platform to invest time and money into, Origin hasn't been around long enough for me to even consider using it.
I observed Steam for four years before I deemed it stable enough platform to invest time and money into, Origin hasn't been around long enough for me to even consider using it.
Just to be cleared, this is out of my personal experience with Origin. My bro got me the ME trilogy Boxset last Christmas. I install Origin and ME and when I try to run it, it won't start.
Several minutes of trying different ways to run it, I went to the forum and it seen it had happen to other people aswell. The thing is there was no solid solution to that problem so I felt like I end up with an unplayable game due to crappy service.
Granted it took days later for Origin to run the game (not sure how it sorted out the problem) but none the less I will be wary once I install the other two games on it.
Several minutes of trying different ways to run it, I went to the forum and it seen it had happen to other people aswell. The thing is there was no solid solution to that problem so I felt like I end up with an unplayable game due to crappy service.
Granted it took days later for Origin to run the game (not sure how it sorted out the problem) but none the less I will be wary once I install the other two games on it.
I dislike Origin because I already have Steam, I want a solution so I'll have all my games in one place. But EA wants to be cool and create another service we already have, that and I generally just dislike EA because of their actions.
It collects a lot of not gaming-related data from your PC for a yet unspecified reason. People have a hard time trusting EA already, and this doesn't help.
If you can ignore that, the service is fine. It has only the most basic features of Steam. I played Mass Effect 3 on Origin and had no problems with it, other than the fact that I had to start a new gaming library on a new service. It's also worth mentioning that some of the games that are region locked in Steam (For example, I can't get Dark Souls or Batman Arkham City) are available for all regions on Origin.
Bottom line: If you haven't had any problems with it up until now, you'll probably be fine with it.
If you can ignore that, the service is fine. It has only the most basic features of Steam. I played Mass Effect 3 on Origin and had no problems with it, other than the fact that I had to start a new gaming library on a new service. It's also worth mentioning that some of the games that are region locked in Steam (For example, I can't get Dark Souls or Batman Arkham City) are available for all regions on Origin.
Bottom line: If you haven't had any problems with it up until now, you'll probably be fine with it.
That was the day I decided that Gamers had become their own worst enemies.Rednog said:
They should have put it on GOG.com... although considering the shitfuckery Bandai Namco pulled on CD Projekt, that would've been highly unlikely.
OT: I don't like Origin for the same reason I don't like Steam (or UPlay or anything else like it), it's another layer of bullshit between me and my games and none of the services they offer make up for that because none of them interest me.
Seems to be more generic "EA is EVUL!1!" hate than anything. I use Origin to hold onto a few of my older EA games and it's not half bad.
Yes it may not have Steam's Workshop/Guides or stuff like that, but it also doesn't have Steam's several-minute loading times or Steam's habit of insisting that you can't play a game because another game (that you quit off a minute ago) is apparently still running. That's not even mentioning some of the other fuck-ups Steam has/had
Plus, unlike Steam, you don't actually need to have Origin open to play the games you downloaded with it.
Yes it may not have Steam's Workshop/Guides or stuff like that, but it also doesn't have Steam's several-minute loading times or Steam's habit of insisting that you can't play a game because another game (that you quit off a minute ago) is apparently still running. That's not even mentioning some of the other fuck-ups Steam has/had
Plus, unlike Steam, you don't actually need to have Origin open to play the games you downloaded with it.
I personally don't hate it, I avoid it like one would avoid a particularly mean-spirited retarded janitor, much like I try to avoid GFWL. It simply doesn't offer a good service. I was on the fence about Steam for a very long while, but lately I found that it became a very good service to use. Hell, I even buy most of my games now as opposed to pirating them, because it actually became easier to pay for something and get it on Steam almost immidiatley(and expect it to work 95% of the time).
It all comes down to Steam providing a better service than Origin, GFWL, UPlay, pirates, etc and I feel that this is the most important thing for me as a customer.
It all comes down to Steam providing a better service than Origin, GFWL, UPlay, pirates, etc and I feel that this is the most important thing for me as a customer.
That covers the issue pretty well, except for the pricing, which is HORRENDOUS!thatonedude11 said:
I do want to note, though, that Origin started off being a very, very clunky piece of software. Thankfully this has now been adequately, if not perfectly, rectified, but in the beginning, Origin had a tendency to lock up computers entirely, while it got itself up and running.
It wasn't dangerous, it was just very, very annoying.
If Steam takes more than 10 seconds to boot, I'd have to say something else is causing a problem. Steam boots up WAY faster than Origin for meAeshi said:
Because it's useless and forced on you. Yes, Steam is forced on you as well with a lot of games, but at least it's not useless.
Every single aspect of Origin sucks. I've had trouble opening the application, logging in, downloading games, buying games, using a discount coupon, with the purchase/browse interface and their overlay interface is absolutely terrible and has never worked for me, having constant troubles where it alt tabbed me out of the game (the evasion of which is its whole fucking point) and simply did not work.
On top of that, their selection of games is really tiny, their prices are high and their sales and discounts are lacking, which raises the question - why all of this?. This is not a tiny little company trying to succeed in a big world, this is one of the two largest, most powerful and richest corporations in gaming. The digital platform technology has been out for over a decade and these are not things that are hard to get right. They have a perfect example in not just Steam, but other digital platforms, so they're not inventing the wheel, they're just building one. They have the blueprints, they have the funds, so they have no excuse to be this bad.
Next to all of these problems, their customer support service is APPALLING. I'm not writing that in bold and caps to yell, I'm putting it like that because it's that bad. They have Indian guys (not a racial thing, not an assumption, straight-up first-hand knowledge) that can't speak a lick of English and perform worse than a high school science project robot. I'm in uni with very basic programming knowledge and I could literally design you a linear program that would help you more than EA customer service would.
When I was buying Star Wars: The Old Republic, an effort which took several months to complete, I've contacted them several times and they had no idea what it was. They asked me questions like "what platform is that game on?" when we're talking about their up and coming huge project that's an MMO, which any idiot who hasn't even heard of the game could tell you it's PC and PC only. Their replies came at the pace of (not an exaggeration) 1 reply per 5 minutes at best (often it took more than 10 minutes to reply) and that's ignoring the fact you wait some 20 minutes to get to them in the first place and another 10 minutes for them to reply to you with a "Hello, how may I help you".
I'm not even getting into their EULA, that tried to circumvent a law that can't be circumvented (one of the chief statues of the Customer Protection law clearly states "Any part of the contract that writes off, denies or circumvents these rights is null and void"), these are the things that most regular people could tell you, not to mention anyone who's spent any time studying law.
For all of these reasons and more, Origin sucks. Yes, Steam has some of the same faults. Yes, Steam had a lot of these faults when it was starting, but Steam was pioneering most of these things. It's one thing to make mistakes when you're the first one to build something, it's another to make the same mistakes almost a decade later when that something has already been built time and again and done right by guys that have less means to do it right than you.
Every single aspect of Origin sucks. I've had trouble opening the application, logging in, downloading games, buying games, using a discount coupon, with the purchase/browse interface and their overlay interface is absolutely terrible and has never worked for me, having constant troubles where it alt tabbed me out of the game (the evasion of which is its whole fucking point) and simply did not work.
On top of that, their selection of games is really tiny, their prices are high and their sales and discounts are lacking, which raises the question - why all of this?. This is not a tiny little company trying to succeed in a big world, this is one of the two largest, most powerful and richest corporations in gaming. The digital platform technology has been out for over a decade and these are not things that are hard to get right. They have a perfect example in not just Steam, but other digital platforms, so they're not inventing the wheel, they're just building one. They have the blueprints, they have the funds, so they have no excuse to be this bad.
Next to all of these problems, their customer support service is APPALLING. I'm not writing that in bold and caps to yell, I'm putting it like that because it's that bad. They have Indian guys (not a racial thing, not an assumption, straight-up first-hand knowledge) that can't speak a lick of English and perform worse than a high school science project robot. I'm in uni with very basic programming knowledge and I could literally design you a linear program that would help you more than EA customer service would.
When I was buying Star Wars: The Old Republic, an effort which took several months to complete, I've contacted them several times and they had no idea what it was. They asked me questions like "what platform is that game on?" when we're talking about their up and coming huge project that's an MMO, which any idiot who hasn't even heard of the game could tell you it's PC and PC only. Their replies came at the pace of (not an exaggeration) 1 reply per 5 minutes at best (often it took more than 10 minutes to reply) and that's ignoring the fact you wait some 20 minutes to get to them in the first place and another 10 minutes for them to reply to you with a "Hello, how may I help you".
I'm not even getting into their EULA, that tried to circumvent a law that can't be circumvented (one of the chief statues of the Customer Protection law clearly states "Any part of the contract that writes off, denies or circumvents these rights is null and void"), these are the things that most regular people could tell you, not to mention anyone who's spent any time studying law.
For all of these reasons and more, Origin sucks. Yes, Steam has some of the same faults. Yes, Steam had a lot of these faults when it was starting, but Steam was pioneering most of these things. It's one thing to make mistakes when you're the first one to build something, it's another to make the same mistakes almost a decade later when that something has already been built time and again and done right by guys that have less means to do it right than you.
I already have Steam, I'm not having something else that does the same thing (but worse) clogging up my computer too.
because the Eula and privacy policy are scary i got it only for ME3 because i bought it at retail for cheaper than origin had it and im in NZ where retail price gouges us so that's even more price gouging from origin before i saw the game strong armed me into it and that's the only reason origin is ever started on this machine to play 1 game to be fair i should have expected the strong arming its not unprecedented some publishers force steam on people but i have 93 other games on steam so its not so much of a big deal
also i am afraid to mod my game i have on there even if they were fucked up royally because i might lose it even if i did buy it at retail and spend $40 on some dlc which was price worked too
also i am afraid to mod my game i have on there even if they were fucked up royally because i might lose it even if i did buy it at retail and spend $40 on some dlc which was price worked too
As an Australian massively offensive prices with EA as usual not lowering the price of games even years after release on top of that its just generally rather shit not GFWL shittyness but nearly anything isn't that shit
Game catalog is smaller
Sales are worse
Privacy is an issue moreso than with steam
Apart from those things, it is fairly similar to steam.
Sales are worse
Privacy is an issue moreso than with steam
Apart from those things, it is fairly similar to steam.