PC gamers..how are you enjoying Origin?
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Like I said, the scare. Not whether or not it was true, false, or all that big or small. The scare of it alone is enough to make a lot of people not want it. Its that easy.Keava said:
As for steam forcing theirs, well, its sort of expected at this point. Its a big digital distributer, theres not much to it other then that, really. It just seems annoying though at this point that companies want me to have 3-4 different online stores for no apparent reason.
As for problems with steam, I live in America, so those problems generally fly on by without me noticing. Although thinking about the problems, yes I can agree, that is BS on steams part.
another thing that origin does better than steam: no region locks. if steam doesn't allow me to play the games i legaly own where i want, when i want, they can go fuck themselves. seriously, valve people. die in a fire.
origin lets me play my eastern european keys when i travel to my second residence in germany, no questions asked. that's how it's supposed to work, damn it. now i just hope singleplayer titles like ME3 and DA3 and such will run in offline mode. then steam has been outdone in every regard for me.
all this white knighting of steam fanboys is pretty annoying though..
origin lets me play my eastern european keys when i travel to my second residence in germany, no questions asked. that's how it's supposed to work, damn it. now i just hope singleplayer titles like ME3 and DA3 and such will run in offline mode. then steam has been outdone in every regard for me.
all this white knighting of steam fanboys is pretty annoying though..
As much as I enjoy using Steam.Vault101 said:
Read as: I don't notice it at all.
It's not the anti-christ. EA may be but Origin is just a program that sits on my computer waiting for me to start it so I can play Battlefield.
From a user standpoint all I can say is it's pretty much identical to Steam. I don't find it any more or less intrusive. The sales and prices on it fail in comparison (though there are rare instances when games are cheaper on Origin than on Steam) and the game selections are still very limited.
All and all my experiences with Origin have been extremely positive.
All and all my experiences with Origin have been extremely positive.
maybe. then again, they kinda would have brought that onto themselves. when i buy a game from my hard earned money, and then i travel 90 miles west to my second residence and steam tells me that i can't play said games, steam support basicly tells me to fuck off and buy new copies of this games...DrSpoy said:
everything that breaks their monopoly is good in my books. because with this they crossed the line from draconic into the territory of needles batshit insane evil.
however, they will unfortunately be arround much longer, because they have a bazillion mindles fansheep that swallow every piece of crap that they get fed without thinking as if it was a gift from god, and then praise steam as the best thing ever.
EA's got nothing in its roster to make me justify using Origin. If they don't trust people to the point of feeling the need to monitor them like hawks through what has been flatteringly called spyware, then I have no reason to pay them to continue; no one's games are worth that kind of hassle.
I'm no fan of Steam either, by the way, but at least most of its games can be played without it running.
I'm no fan of Steam either, by the way, but at least most of its games can be played without it running.
Except that Origin is just a giant pile of spyware. I want some of the games they offer so bad. But I'm more willing to buy an xbox or ps3 (or borrow / rent one) and play through ME3 then I am to install OriginKeava said:
If Origin does anything on my computer that isn't Origin's buisness then I don't want it. Same reason I don't use Facebook.
Very briefly used it with bf3 and it honestly doesn't work very well.... Badly made but not terribly and it's just minor things. Still, it's bad.
I don't like that it spies on you either, I also deleted my facebook account (only relevant if you wanted to say "but how can you complain about it stealing your privacy when you use facebook?) but when I think about it... I want mass effect 3 and I can't think of a single thing on my computer that would really hurt me in any way if people knew I had it so I am going to get mass effect 3 dammit.
I can always get a crack for origin when the game comes out though... my business is still my business.
I don't like that it spies on you either, I also deleted my facebook account (only relevant if you wanted to say "but how can you complain about it stealing your privacy when you use facebook?) but when I think about it... I want mass effect 3 and I can't think of a single thing on my computer that would really hurt me in any way if people knew I had it so I am going to get mass effect 3 dammit.
I can always get a crack for origin when the game comes out though... my business is still my business.
On the contrary, Origin = monopoly.Keava said:
It's only a varied choice when you can still get a digital game from Steam, Gamer's Gate, D2D, etc. EA is instead pulling their new games and linking them to Origin only.
If this crap catches on, we'll have a dozen DD-clients for every publisher in PC land and you cannot get a specific game elsewhere.
Say goodbye to cheap sales and customer rights. EA is already banning people from the (singleplayer)games they bought legitimately and they're getting away with it.
If Steam, D2D or GG pisses you off, you can get exactly the same library of games from a competitor. EA doesn't care if a small percentage of their customers gets completely shafted, because it won't affect them. They even make you sign away your rights to a class action lawsuit when you use the service, so the duped cannot band together.
The fact that Origin doubles as spyware is only further insult to injury.
I don't even blame EA so much for trying anything they might get away with (they're running a business afteral), but I blame the sheep who don't care about pissing in their own well, because it works on the surface.
Origin's pretty much like STEAM only less dependable and without the sales and small game count. Haven't had any problems with it, doesn't weigh on my computer and so far it's been functional.
Still standing strong and not using it after saying I wouldn't, until the hardware and software scanning becomes as optional as it is with Steam. Would love the be playing Battlefield 3, but I am taking a stand here. Still not a big fan of being forced to use one of these clients when I buy games from retailers, both Steam and Origin.
And for those saying that from peoples testing it only looks at a few things on your computer so far, or Facebook is worse. I don't care how little it looks at, if it looks at anything and then forwards that info to EA without my express permission, no sale. For Facebook I hardly ever use it and the info I put on their (very little) was my decision. Facebook does not forwards detail of all the software I have on my computer. As for the super cookies that allow them to follow you round websites, there are Firefox plugin's that nip that in the bud straight away. So for me Facebook is not higher on my personal priority list of things that are going to invade my privacy than Origin.
And for those saying that from peoples testing it only looks at a few things on your computer so far, or Facebook is worse. I don't care how little it looks at, if it looks at anything and then forwards that info to EA without my express permission, no sale. For Facebook I hardly ever use it and the info I put on their (very little) was my decision. Facebook does not forwards detail of all the software I have on my computer. As for the super cookies that allow them to follow you round websites, there are Firefox plugin's that nip that in the bud straight away. So for me Facebook is not higher on my personal priority list of things that are going to invade my privacy than Origin.
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.
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.