EA Origin

masscrazy · 13 Mar 2012 at 20:52

Anyone had any issues with Origin EA store or heard any bad reviews of origin. Quite a few things im interested in but it seems to have a bad rep, is this the case or am i making it up.

PsychoPigeon · 13 Mar 2012 at 20:54

It's fine, if you're not bothered about government spying on you or putting you in prison without trial then installing Origin isn't going to do jack to your privacy

paradisiac · 13 Mar 2012 at 20:55

I have had a few bad experiences with them, but overall, if you want to buy digitally then there isn't always an option as even if you buy from elsewhere it needs to go through origin to install and play.

masscrazy · 13 Mar 2012 at 20:57

I see what you're saying, but things are slightly less expensive on origin than steam so then its worth it.

paradisiac · 13 Mar 2012 at 20:59

masscrazy said:
I see what you're saying, but things are slightly less expensive on origin than steam so then its worth it.

the only issues I have had, and its been a few, are about games activating properly or ea actually taking my money. a couple of times I couldn't pay through their site so had to buy elsewhere as their support is shocking. the other thing is some games can only be installed 5 times, so if you do it more than that (I did a few fresh windows installs, but not 5) it wont activate, and again, their support is shocking. but there is always a way to fix it.

HaggisUK · 13 Mar 2012 at 21:01

Other than not recieving time card codes from them for 4+ hours every time yet buying a game gets you the code in yer email in minutes i've not had any issues with them.

neoglow · 13 Mar 2012 at 21:07

masscrazy said:
Anyone had any issues with Origin EA store or heard any bad reviews of origin. Quite a few things im interested in but it seems to have a bad rep, is this the case or am i making it up.

All I'd say is if the game(s) you want are on Steam, then get them on Steam. Only use Origin for games that require you to use it, eg, Battlefield 3, Crysis 2 and Mass Effect 3 amongst some others.

masscrazy · 13 Mar 2012 at 21:10

neoglow said:
All I'd say is if the game(s) you want are on Steam, then get them on Steam. Only use Origin for games that require you to use it, eg, Battlefield 3, Crysis 2 and Mass Effect 3 amongst some others.

Sounds like this is the best way, only being able to install 5 times is a joke. I can imagine Steam will eventually go down this route also. Shame games are no longer actually 'yours', being tied down to steam or origin is BS.

Borsch · 13 Mar 2012 at 21:17

I've only got one game on Origin but it's been a flawless experience so far - I do not even need to launch Origin to play it (like I have to launch steam to play its games), just click the game and play. Full marks for Origin from me.

megalomanic · 13 Mar 2012 at 21:37

Had a couple of issues with Origin and BF3, it wouldn't detect my disc and kept trying to download all of the files even though I was launching Origin from the discs installer - the fix I found in the end was I had to have Origin running, but not logged in, only then did it detect and install from the disc. A few weeks before Karkand was released every time I tried to enter a server it would say an update for the game is needed and jump back to Origin and do a 5 sec update before saying it's ready again - ended up having to just re-install BF3 & Origin to fix it.

I'm sure not everyone has these kind of issues though, and the Origin servers seem very fast for downloading games/updates (I find it a bit faster than steam), and the program itself is fairly stable/fast.

If certain games didn't require it I wouldn't bother using Origin - it's just another thing you have to launch/log into - but it's al'right.

HaggisUK · 13 Mar 2012 at 21:55

If i remember right BF3 was pretty much their first launched game on Origin fella, problems back then were to be expected i guess. If it's something that still happens that's a different story.

Marmot · 13 Mar 2012 at 21:56

Origin lol.

Freeman · 13 Mar 2012 at 21:58

I love it personally. It works well and is laid out in a decent way.

No problems from me.

d_brennen · 13 Mar 2012 at 21:58

Origin is all right, not something I'd have running all the time like Steam, because it does nothing I really need.

setter · 13 Mar 2012 at 22:00

Ive got a few games on it, bfbc2, moh and bf3. The first two run flawlessly through it, however bf3 is a bit hit and miss with it.

KIA · 13 Mar 2012 at 22:23

masscrazy said:
Sounds like this is the best way, only being able to install 5 times is a joke. I can imagine Steam will eventually go down this route also.

Only if one is silly enough to buy a game with 3rd party DRM from a publisher like Ubisoft.

masscrazy · 13 Mar 2012 at 23:43

KIA said:
Only if one is silly enough to buy a game with 3rd party DRM from a publisher like Ubisoft.

Indeed, I have Settlers 7 simply awesome game, i hear requires you to be online always (figure this one out...

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Avathar77 · 14 Mar 2012 at 00:02

So how many times can you install BF3? Is it just 5?

RevBillyG · 14 Mar 2012 at 08:52

Works ok here. Nothing amazing, it just works.
Just bought Shift 2 Unleashed for 7.49eu (50eu on Steam).
It doesn't have the wide range of games as Steam (to be expected) but it's fine.