Which free game are you choosing then?

robfosters · 18 Mar 2013 at 22:04

Any chance of a little poll please. Quite interested in this as it may help my decision.

Which free game will you be choosing from EA's offerings to compensate for their epic fail in the Sim City release?

Battlefield 3 (Standard Edition)
Bejeweled 3
Dead Space 3 (Standard Edition)
Mass Effect 3 (Standard Edition)
MOHW (Standard Edition)
NFS Most Wanted (Standard Edition)
Plants vs. Zombies
SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition

Liquiduk · 18 Mar 2013 at 22:07

Can only guess this is either a made up scenario or for people who actually bought Sim City? Enlighten me!

Xire · 18 Mar 2013 at 22:09

Liquiduk said:
Can only guess this is either a made up scenario or for people who actually bought Sim City? Enlighten me!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21828799

https://help.ea.com/article/simcity-something-extra#1

kitkat9933 · 18 Mar 2013 at 22:09

I got a refund on SimCity, I wonder if I will still be offered the free game lol.

robfosters · 18 Mar 2013 at 22:09

https://help.ea.com/article/simcity-something-extra

If you buy the game now, you'll have a good game as the server issues are pretty much fixed and you'll get a nice free game. WIN WIN!

I tell you though. Letting this out before the expiration date is both commendable and a cynical marketing ploy. That's most unlike EA.

Suarez7 · 18 Mar 2013 at 22:09

DS3 or ME3 for me.

alex20000 · 18 Mar 2013 at 22:13

Dead space 3 for me. It's a great game, not really as scary as the first two but it's good.

Kosmiche · 18 Mar 2013 at 22:14

I don't own sim city but I would choose dead space 3.

jaybee · 18 Mar 2013 at 22:21

So it sounds like EA muffed this game up with buggy online servers? EA seem to get worse and worse in terms of reputation.

Teaf · 18 Mar 2013 at 22:23

Already own all the ones that I actually want from that list :/ I guess I could pick up SimCity 4 as I don't own the deluxe edition, only the regular.

almoststew1990 · 18 Mar 2013 at 22:24

Either Most Wanted or Warfighter, to experience the atrociousness first hand, and for free.

Andr3w · 18 Mar 2013 at 22:24

Think i'm going to go for Need For Speed.

Zhokel · 18 Mar 2013 at 22:27

Just got my free game, chose Most Wanted

If you want to possibly force the featured today thing to appear then head to C:\Users\Name\AppData\Roaming\Origin\

Inside should be a file like "Local_yyyyyy.xml" or somethimg, or some .xml files. Inside one of them, should be something like below:

Code:

<Setting key="PromoBrowserOriginStartedLastShown" type="2" value="3333320"/>

To try and force it to show the featured today message when you start Origin to get your free game, then minus that value by 1, so above would now be 3333319 and save it. Restart Origin and it should display the featured today message, which has the free game option.

edit: This is obviously if you don't or can't wait to get your game xD When you restart Origin it will make the value back to what it is, or should... Also the feature today may not appear when you do this, seems sketchy whether it works or not but did for me and others.

arknor · 18 Mar 2013 at 22:33

I like how they choose pretty much all DLC driven games XD

I'll probably take most wanted but I'm not sure if I will actually play it

DELETED_63775 · 18 Mar 2013 at 22:35

I chose Most Wanted because i've not played a Need for Speed game since Underground 2

Johnz0r · 18 Mar 2013 at 22:40

Most Wanted is a solid title. Enjoy.

Davey_Pitch · 18 Mar 2013 at 22:46

If I had Sim City (and I may still get it), I'd probably pick Mass Effect 3 from that list, mainly because I love the ME games and it'd give me an excuse to pick up ME1 and 2 cheap from Steam next time they're on sale.

Suarez7 · 18 Mar 2013 at 22:54

Used above method to get it to show up and picked Most Wanted instead, seems DS3 and ME3 are just DLC spam.

arknor · 18 Mar 2013 at 23:05

Suarez7 said:
Used above method to get it to show up and picked Most Wanted instead, seems DS3 and ME3 are just DLC spam.

most wanted is full of dlc cars?

Ultimate speed pack
- Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse
- Hennessey Venom GT Spyder
- Lamborghini Aventador J
- McLaren F1 LM
- Pagani Zonda R

terminal velocity pack
- Hughes International Airport (complete with 17 Crash Gates and 8 Speed Cameras)

- Smash & Grab
- Drift Attack

- Jump Nitrous
- Drift Tires
- Ram Chassis

- Alfa Romeo MiTo QV
- Audi RS3 Sportback
- BMW 1 Series M Coupé
- Ford Fiesta ST
- Porsche 918 Spyder

movie legends pack
- Aston Martin DB5 Vantage
- Aston Martin DBS
- Dodge Charger R/T
- Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am Special Edition
- Shelby Mustang GT500

NFS heroes pack
- BMW M3 (E46) GTR
- Lamborghini Diablo SV
- Nissan 350Z (Z33)
- Nissan Skyline GT-R (R34)
- Porsche 911 (997) GT2 RS

Pac3y · 18 Mar 2013 at 23:15

Mines just popped up. Went for Dead Space 3 - Probs never play it mind you.