How big is the dick on that guy to be able to say that Origin is going to bigger than Steam with a straight face? Holy shit man, dude must be built like freaking moose.
Anecdotal evidence makes everything true, right? By that logic, my use of offline mode on a daily basis (my ISP is unreliable as hell) means I'm right and you're wrong. At least it would if the world worked that way. Offline mode works, it's just not flawless, which nothing is.animehermit said:Oh yeah? then why did it deny me from going offline the other day? At best it's a 50/50 chance that the offline mode actually works.
Incorrect.itsthesheppy said:Metacritic is maybe the worst thing going on in the video game world today.
I find it funny that I've completely forgot Metacritic even existed, until EA (and IGN) brought it up.Zachary Amaranth said:Nice to see they're so unrealistic.
Nah. EA's far worse.itsthesheppy said:Metacritic is maybe the worst thing going on in the video game world today.
your asking entirely to much of EA.Charli said:Hey...EA...come here... gotta secret.
STOP FLAPPING YOUR OBNOXIOUSLY STUPID MOUTH AND WORK.
And those of you that hate how the game industry uses Metacritic as its "success thermometer," please remember that the next time some politician tries to tell you about the quality of our education system by yammering about "standardized test scores."Grey Carter said:EA Wants "To Be 90 Plus Metacritic at Everything"
I guess there are kinks to straighten out.animehermit said:Oh yeah? then why did it deny me from going offline the other day? At best it's a 50/50 chance that the offline mode actually works.
"Mousetraps"? See, viewing your system as a 'trap' to hold people against their way is a BAD view point to be launching from."There are better mousetraps that ultimately get built out of this innovation,"
Unfortunately it never works like you'd think it should for me - I have to go offline whilst I'm still online to get into offline mode when I start up Steam again without an internet connection. Most frustrating, and seriously reduces the entire point. Would be nice if they could fix it so it does what it implies it should (and it's always silly frustrating when you click 'star offline' and it bounces back an error saying 'Unable to connect to Steam'. Well DUH!)Somebloke said:I guess there are kinks to straighten out.animehermit said:Oh yeah? then why did it deny me from going offline the other day? At best it's a 50/50 chance that the offline mode actually works.
Personally I have never had any problem - if I start Steam without an internet connection, it will pop up a requester asking whether to continue in offline mode and that has been that.
Only titles that I have been unable to run at such times are those that require some sort of connection to any additional authenticator, on top of from Steam, such as the EA network, for the Dragon Age games and Mass Effect 2.
If your connection is spotty, try going into offline mode when your connection is still good, and turning off your computer while its still in offline mode. I find that, though not completely devoid of problems, I run into much fewer problems. I reliably used steam for several months with no internet connection at all that way. Its a weak point definately, but going into offline mode before you need to be offline seems to significantly mitigate the problem.Wicky_42 said:Unfortunately it never works like you'd think it should for me - I have to go offline whilst I'm still online to get into offline mode when I start up Steam again without an internet connection. Most frustrating, and seriously reduces the entire point. Would be nice if they could fix it so it does what it implies it should (and it's always silly frustrating when you click 'star offline' and it bounces back an error saying 'Unable to connect to Steam'. Well DUH!)
Seriously?hensethe1 said:Just bought a game through Origin today. Can't start downloading before 24 hours has passed because they need to verify the payment, though the payment has been drawn from my account. This never happened using steam, never will