Poll: Can EA do this???

[MysticToast]

Who said i bought the game?
I will never instal Origin on my computer in it's current state, maybe if they become more human and ot those robots who have money runing in theire veins.

And it might be a windows issue.

Bahahahaha.

Oh man, that was too good. /thread guys

 

[Vern]

Who said i bought the game?
I will never instal Origin on my computer in it's current state, maybe if they become more human and ot those robots who have money runing in theire veins.

And it might be a windows issue.

Sounds like you might have answered your own question. You've insinuated that you pirated the game, which can come with a whole host of problems. Everyone so far who bought the game haven't had any problems, but you, a person who pirated it, is reporting a problem. Maybe it's a virus from your pirated copy, maybe it's a virus from something you pirated previously. Either way, if you stole the game, you deserve no tech support, and EA didn't do anything to you. You did it to yourself. This is like stealing a car and bitching because the breaks don't work.

 

[NLS]

Okay, so OP starts a thread to witch hunt EA. The problem is probably user/OS related, and the complaint comes from a pirated install.

Move along.

 

[SpaceBat]

Stop. Buying. EA. Games.

That! Who in their right mind still buys anything with EA's name attached to it anyway?

I do. I have SWTOR, the Dragon Age series, and all the Harry Potter games. EA never did anything to me.

I repeat, who in their right mind with any sufficiently functioning brain cells and doesn't like getting raped up the ass...?

Are you deliberately trying to act like an illogical prick?

 

[Stilkon]

The only series I`ve ever seen from EA that was ever bad was the EA Sports franchise.

Too bad that's where they make most of their money.

 

[BeerTent]

I just installed Kingdom of Amalur, i didn't instal it where i wanted to, no biggy. So i go uninstal it, the go delete the EA Games file under C:, but then it says that i do not have the rights to delete it since i am not administrator.
oook... that's weird since im the only user on this PC.
So i go in the security part of the file proprieties,dont see anything too weird so i try again, still nothing.

Get someone who knows what they're doing on the machine.
They'll be able to fix it.

Don't ask me unless you have the ability to transfer money. I get paid for my tech work.

 

[Actual]

Who said i bought the game?
I will never instal Origin on my computer in it's current state, maybe if they become more human and ot those robots who have money runing in theire veins.

And it might be a windows issue.

Then with any hope it's a virus you pirating genius.

Okay, so OP starts a thread to witch hunt EA. The problem is probably user/OS related, and the complaint comes from a pirated install.

Move along.

Who said i bought the game?
I will never instal Origin on my computer in it's current state, maybe if they become more human and ot those robots who have money runing in theire veins.

And it might be a windows issue.

Sounds like you might have answered your own question. You've insinuated that you pirated the game, which can come with a whole host of problems. Everyone so far who bought the game haven't had any problems, but you, a person who pirated it, is reporting a problem. Maybe it's a virus from your pirated copy, maybe it's a virus from something you pirated previously. Either way, if you stole the game, you deserve no tech support, and EA didn't do anything to you. You did it to yourself. This is like stealing a car and bitching because the breaks don't work.

Sorry to piss all over your self-congratulatory smug fest, but he installed the demo.

 

[gigastar]

Stop. Buying. EA. Games.

That! Who in their right mind still buys anything with EA's name attached to it anyway?

People with consoles and Mass Effect fanboys.

And people who really really like being on the receiving end of corporate butt rape.

Stop. Buying. EA. Games.

That! Who in their right mind still buys anything with EA's name attached to it anyway?

I do. I have SWTOR, the Dragon Age series, and all the Harry Potter games. EA never did anything to me.

I repeat, who in their right mind with any sufficiently functioning brain cells and doesn't like getting raped up the ass...?

Im beginning to get a vibe of an EA witch hunter here. Play a little bit too much Spore did you?

You see, unlike you i intend to give EA another chance, next year, but a chance all the same. Ill get Origin, buy and download Command and Conquer Generals 2, install then play it, then decide for myself whether EA deserves all the bad PR its getting for one line in its EULA.

Or ill simply join the witch hunters who are going at them for making terrible games. C&C4 was not a pleasnt experience, Generals 2 has a high bar to leap over for the sheer awfulness of its predecessor.

 

[Sizzle Montyjing]

Think about it: if the people who are genuinely passionate about making EA change their minds about their current practices stop buying their games (read: RPG, action adventure, non-shooter/sports fans), but the general populace continues to buy the FPS/Sports games by the truckload, what sort of message do you think that sends?

They still lose a bit of money.
And besides, we're trying to get the general populace to realise that EA are massive throbbing cocks that need to be stamped on.

To do that people stop buying their games in order to raise awareness and hurt EA.
I personally don't feel like i'm missing out, either.

 

[NemoJrThe1st]

Who said i bought the game?
I will never instal Origin on my computer in it's current state, maybe if they become more human and ot those robots who have money runing in theire veins.

And it might be a windows issue.

Then with any hope it's a virus you pirating genius.

Maybe he was talking about the demo.

Just putting it out there as someone who played the demo recently. I hope it didn't mess with my system :/

edit: someone beat me to it while i was reading the forum guidelines-thingy...

 

[Stilkon]

And think about where that money ends up going. Big sutdios and publishers have to keep a constant stream of income to keep from going out of buisness. But more often then not, if they didn`t have that income, they wouldn`t be able to fund the better games that don`t come around very often, like The Old Republic, or Warp (which looks awesome).

EA has a lot of money to throw around to potentially good games. But they have to get that money from somewhere first. Every major game publisher and movie studio has their franchises and sequels to keep themselves afloat in between the awesome stuff.

The people who complain about big publishers clearly have no idea of how business works. Now, I have only a basic knowledge myself, but what I`ve just explained is the gist of it.

Maybe I should rephrase that: It's unfortunate that it's where they get their money. I understand that they have to do that. Hell, Brutal Legend was damn great. If Al Pacino had to be in Jack & Jill in order to [a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looking_for_Richard"] put on more Shakespearean productions[/a], then I'm all for it.

 

[Wolfram23]

Sorry to piss all over your self-congratulatory smug fest, but he installed the demo.

Possibly, but unlikely. If he installed the demo, that means either from Origins or Steam. He said he never installed Origin, which leaves Steam. The thing about Steam is that it installs all your games to a single location. Plus, he'd probably have the sense to write that he used Steam.

Perhaps there is another way of getting the demo, I haven't looked into it. If so then I'm wrong and it just sounds like some generic Windows crap.

But, I'm fairly confident when he said he didn't purchase it, he didn't mean he's using the demo, either...

 

[gigastar]

Who said i bought the game?
I will never instal Origin on my computer in it's current state, maybe if they become more human and ot those robots who have money runing in theire veins.

And it might be a windows issue.

Then with any hope it's a virus you pirating genius.

Maybe he was talking about the demo.

Just putting it out there as someone who played the demo recently. I hope it didn't mess with my system :/

Is the demo available legitimately anywhere other than Origin and Steam?

If its not, then OP evidently got something funky in his torrent.

If it is, then its probably a Windows error and we get to toss shit at Microsoft for it.

 

[octafish]

It's 2012.

Why is anyone still buying EA games?

Because they`re good. The only series I`ve ever seen from EA that was ever bad was the EA Sports franchise.

The sports games, well FIFA anyway probably the others if they evolve like FIFA, are worth buying every five years or so. I don't understand buying one every year though.

Unlike some people I have actually read the Origin EULA and Privacy Policy. There is nothing there to be worried about. There is only one problem with it, and that is the fault of the US Supreme Court/AT&T. I don't see people abandoning Sony for the same practice.

 

[MercurySteam]

And people who really really like being on the receiving end of corporate butt rape.

Well you've made it quite clear that you don't like EA but now you're just being annoying. Either just make your post and move on or grow some of your own brain cells and figure out that this wasn't EA's fault, it was somebody pirating one of their games.

Why are we still pulling this shit? The Escapist community is supposed to be about games and why we love them. Not hating on EA because of something that wasn't their fault.

 

[Actual]

Possibly, but unlikely. If he installed the demo, that means either from Origins or Steam. He said he never installed Origin, which leaves Steam. The thing about Steam is that it installs all your games to a single location. Plus, he'd probably have the sense to write that he used Steam.

Perhaps there is another way of getting the demo, I haven't looked into it. If so then I'm wrong and it just sounds like some generic Windows crap.

But, I'm fairly confident when he said he didn't purchase it, he didn't mean he's using the demo, either...

Is the demo available legitimately anywhere other than Origin and Steam?

If its not, then OP evidently got something funky in his torrent.

If it is, then its probably a Windows error and we get to toss shit at Microsoft for it.

Except Mr Man, he said it installed to C: EA Games, not C: C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common. Which would be the Steam install directory. Since, according to an article on PC gamer is the only location to acquire the demo (I could be wrong).

If we take him at his word he installed the demo on Steam. He says this in another post (edit: thread);
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.347366-EA-Kingdome-of-Amalur-The-EULA-and-ToS#13845249
It does seem odd that it's installed outside the steam folder, but he might just be confused, games normally install in program files not direct to the C:\ as he's stated.

Regardless responding with "lol pirate, got what you deserved" isn't helpful or fair.

Why would someone pirate this if they weren't sure about it when there's a perfectly good demo available.

 

[MercurySteam]

Who said i bought the game?
I will never instal Origin on my computer in it's current state, maybe if they become more human and ot those robots who have money runing in theire veins.

And it might be a windows issue.

You start a riot against EA by claiming that your pirated game doesn't work because EA is 'blocking access' to your hard drive, (you know how much people around here already have distaste for EA) and expect people to be sympathetic with you? That's disgusting.

 

[Kurai Angelo]

Aside from the fact you're a complete newfag for complaining about a bad torrent (if that's the case. Seems to be confusion as to whether it's a demo or torrent) get yourself Move On Boot. Free piece of software that will delete specified folders or files on boot.

 

[Rad Party God]

Stop. Buying. EA. Games. If. This. Bugs. You. Seriously. I am not attacking you. But EA will not stop doing stuff like this unless they are hit hard in the pocketbook. Negative fan backlash doesn't matter when they make all the moneys ever from whatever Madden, generic shooter, etc. that frat boys buy for the 360, PS3. But if we stop buying PC games which traditionally does not include the frat/douche demo we might be able to send a message. Over time. or not. Now I just made myself depressed. Thanks random internet guy.

^^ Simple solution, right there, one I've already bowed to keep doing, no matter how awesome Mass Effect 3 becomes and don't even get me started with UbiSoft. Until they change their BS policies, maybe I'll reconsider buying their games. NO, I'm not buyin' yer stinkin' consoles.

Edit: Scratch that, I didn't read the whole thread (again), and seeing that this is a case of some random scumbag butthurt because he downloaded a bad torrent, I'll simply press the Report button and be done with this thread.

 

[gigastar]

If we take him at his word he installed the demo on Steam. He says this in another post (edit: thread);
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.347366-EA-Kingdome-of-Amalur-The-EULA-and-ToS#13845249
It does seem odd that it's installed outside the steam folder, but he might just be confused, games normally install in program files not direct to the C:\ as he's stated.

Regardless responding with "lol pirate, got what you deserved" isn't helpful or fair.

Why would someone pirate this if they weren't sure about it when there's a perfectly good demo available.

Ok, ill come out and say that i stand corrected.

But then what is the OP directing hatred at EA for? 38 Studios is not owned by EA and seemed to have retained majority control of the project while it was in development.

Yes i know the EA logo appears on the game, but consider that its merely a funding deal? Its not as common as it used to be, but game publishers still do those.