instead of bf3

[Galaxy Roll]

I hate when people abbreviate Battlefield 3 as BF3. It just makes me want Battlefront III. Forever holding out for it.

 

[Lordmarkus]

Nothing, I repeat, nothing will stop me from pre-ordering Battlefield 3. Even if Ea threw in always online and subscriptions I wouldn't consider stopping my pre-order. I have just waited too fucking long for playing an epic scale tankbattle like Highway Tampa in this generations best graphics.

Crysis was just such a fucking tease with those tankbattles at the end. On October 28 that wait is no more.

Damn it, of to watching "Thunder Run" for the hundreth time.

 

[zombiestrangler]

Yeah, I'll get it eventually, but for 360 since my computer doesn't have the best of graphics cards. Still, Saints Row 3 above all else. Everything is secondary to the Apocafist.

 

[Thedayrecker]

I plan on pro-ordering for the PC as soon as I get the money.

 

[Sjakie]

You might get a kick out of War.inc [http://www.thewarinc.com/]
I'm having a blast with it!

 

[migo]

its still another thing to start up and stop when I want to play, not to mention that doing a digital thing like this is hard, people dont seem to think it is, but it is, microsoft still hasnt got it right and games for windows has been out for years, steam started out pretty sucky also before they worked it out and they still have some trouble with big launches on it, origin is a brand new one of these and bf3 is shaping up to be a huge release so what are the odds it will even work when the game is released

Actually, it isn't. I just tested it. I purchased Mirror's Edge through Origin, so it requires it for DRM purposes, but that's it. I could launch Mirror's Edge directly from the Start menu without Origin launching. I even added Mirror's Edge to my Steam library and launched it from Steam, checked task manager and no Origin process was running. So as far as I can tell, it was only necessary to use Origin to download, install and activate the game. Given how people were complaining about the CD-key check and SecuROM, it ends up being a pretty reasonable DRM system, in that once the game is registered to your account, you can easily run it from multiple systems you own.

EA's certainly not doing the best job of communicating how Origin works, and they probably want people to think Origin has to be running so they get used to it and start using the features, just as people started getting used to Steam features, but the FUD has really got to stop.

For comparison, I can't even find an EXE to launch L4D that I have installed with Steam. So maybe, just maybe, people need to realise that the negative feelings they've got towards Origin really stem from Steam being such an intrusive "service", and that they should really be divesting themselves of Steam rather than sucumbing to Stockholm syndrome and defending it.

 

[Worgen]

its not the size, its who runs it and having another one to have to have running in the back ground

Ask yourself this:

How much is this really affecting the gameplay and my enjoyment of the game?

The answer is, clearly; very very little. You can just turn Origin off when you stop playing and not have it auto-launch when you boot your PC. Honestly, when you just ignore it, I expect that you'll barely notice it's there.

So yes, because of that I'll still get it. I won't actively endorse Origin, I probably won't actively use it and I don't like it either, but in the end I doubt that it's going to negatively affect my experience all that much.

Personally Rage looks boring and

Did you follow the Behind the Scenes series?

its still another thing to start up and stop when I want to play, not to mention that doing a digital thing like this is hard, people dont seem to think it is, but it is, microsoft still hasnt got it right and games for windows has been out for years, steam started out pretty sucky also before they worked it out and they still have some trouble with big launches on it, origin is a brand new one of these and bf3 is shaping up to be a huge release so what are the odds it will even work when the game is released

even though i despise EA origin does not need to be running in order to play your games that is the one and only reason i like it,still like you i don't want all of those additional programs clogging up my pc.

wait, so it has to be installed but you dont have to have it up and running like steam?

 

[Worgen]

its still another thing to start up and stop when I want to play, not to mention that doing a digital thing like this is hard, people dont seem to think it is, but it is, microsoft still hasnt got it right and games for windows has been out for years, steam started out pretty sucky also before they worked it out and they still have some trouble with big launches on it, origin is a brand new one of these and bf3 is shaping up to be a huge release so what are the odds it will even work when the game is released

Actually, it isn't. I just tested it. I purchased Mirror's Edge through Origin, so it requires it for DRM purposes, but that's it. I could launch Mirror's Edge directly from the Start menu without Origin launching. I even added Mirror's Edge to my Steam library and launched it from Steam, checked task manager and no Origin process was running. So as far as I can tell, it was only necessary to use Origin to download, install and activate the game. Given how people were complaining about the CD-key check and SecuROM, it ends up being a pretty reasonable DRM system, in that once the game is registered to your account, you can easily run it from multiple systems you own.

EA's certainly not doing the best job of communicating how Origin works, and they probably want people to think Origin has to be running so they get used to it and start using the features, just as people started getting used to Steam features, but the FUD has really got to stop.

For comparison, I can't even find an EXE to launch L4D that I have installed with Steam. So maybe, just maybe, people need to realise that the negative feelings they've got towards Origin really stem from Steam being such an intrusive "service", and that they should really be divesting themselves of Steam rather than sucumbing to Stockholm syndrome and defending it.

well at least it doesnt need to be running, I still dont like it but thats better then I thought it would be, at least ea doesnt have much coming out that Im really looking forward to besides bf3

 

[MagicMouse]

When I heard that I would need to download Origin to play I knew I had only one choice...

I pre-ordered BF3 from Origin.

I love DICE.

 

[Worgen]

its not the size, its who runs it and having another one to have to have running in the back ground

Ask yourself this:

How much is this really affecting the gameplay and my enjoyment of the game?

The answer is, clearly; very very little. You can just turn Origin off when you stop playing and not have it auto-launch when you boot your PC. Honestly, when you just ignore it, I expect that you'll barely notice it's there.

So yes, because of that I'll still get it. I won't actively endorse Origin, I probably won't actively use it and I don't like it either, but in the end I doubt that it's going to negatively affect my experience all that much.

Personally Rage looks boring and

Did you follow the Behind the Scenes series?

its still another thing to start up and stop when I want to play, not to mention that doing a digital thing like this is hard, people dont seem to think it is, but it is, microsoft still hasnt got it right and games for windows has been out for years, steam started out pretty sucky also before they worked it out and they still have some trouble with big launches on it, origin is a brand new one of these and bf3 is shaping up to be a huge release so what are the odds it will even work when the game is released

even though i despise EA origin does not need to be running in order to play your games that is the one and only reason i like it,still like you i don't want all of those additional programs clogging up my pc.

wait, so it has to be installed but you dont have to have it up and running like steam?

as far as i know the only time it's needed to be up and running is when your downloading games.

still annoying but not as bad as it could have been, Ill keep it on the list for now

 

[The Lawn]

I'm going to take the money I was going to spend on BF3 and buy postage to send an enormous pile of turds to EA.

With a message saying that I was going to give them this money, but I got them the physical equivalent of Origin instead: 60 bucks worth of dog crap.

 

[ZZoMBiE13]

New Reach maps with Halo Anniversary is the only competetive FPS I'm interested in. I may get Rage but it's certainly a different animal to a CoD or BF3. I'll likely pass on all the "Realistic" shooters this year. I played some Blops but didn't care much for anything other than the Zombie mode.

 

[ReaperGrimm]

I'am getting BF3, Rage (maybe) and Skyrim. I'll hold off MW3 till Christmas Dead Island, Metro: last light imam debating still.

 

[k3v1n]

I wasn't planning on getting BF3 on release date, but come to think of it I'll either buy "Rage" or "Space Marine"

 

[ImprovizoR]

I don't care about Origin. It's a download manager. You can turn it off once you start the game. And I'm sure they'll fix it by the time BF3 is out. Still, I'm not gonna get it right away because:

1. I play single player games more
2. A lot of SP games are coming out in that time
3. I have to see what's new Counter Strike like first. If I like it, I won't need a new FPS game in a long time

I don't feel the BF3 hype. Sure it's going to be an awesome game made primarily for PC, but I don't play a lot of FPS games and I certainly don't play a lot of multiplayer games.

 

[Worgen]

its still another thing to start up and stop when I want to play, not to mention that doing a digital thing like this is hard, people dont seem to think it is, but it is, microsoft still hasnt got it right and games for windows has been out for years, steam started out pretty sucky also before they worked it out and they still have some trouble with big launches on it, origin is a brand new one of these and bf3 is shaping up to be a huge release so what are the odds it will even work when the game is released

For comparison, I can't even find an EXE to launch L4D that I have installed with Steam. So maybe, just maybe, people need to realise that the negative feelings they've got towards Origin really stem from Steam being such an intrusive "service", and that they should really be divesting themselves of Steam rather than sucumbing to Stockholm syndrome and defending it.

actually its sounding like bf3 will have a similar thing, you may not need origin running but it sounds like now it requires you to start the game from a website, sounds like there is no ingame menu system so bf3 probably wont have an executable either and it will just be tied to a web browser to start the game