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pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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http://www.computerandvideogames.com/33 ... re-origin/Yes, treating the customers like crap is why I'm quitting games after this generation...
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Sat Jan 14, 2012 8:07 pm |
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:26 pm Posts: 17040
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Well there goes my idea of buying it on Steam...
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Sat Jan 14, 2012 11:50 pm |
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vdbswong
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm Posts: 603 Location: Durham, UK
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Whilst i understand that people will hate this.
I am on the completely opposite fence.
I love Steam and i like the fact that it's finally getting some competition.
It takes quite a lot to pull me away from Steam and Origin has done just that (having BF3 and SW:TOR really helped them) to the point where i don't mind look there for games. In contrast, other Digital Services like Direct2Drive, Greenman Gaming etc. haven't ever taken my money unless i can activate it on Steam or Origin.
Now that ME3 is an "Originworks" (a la Steamworks) game, i'm happy knowing that i can buy the game from anywhere i want and be able to register it on Origin.
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Mon Jan 16, 2012 8:36 pm |
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Linux_User
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:29 pm Posts: 7173
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Origin is evil. EA are evil. Requiring a Windows Live account to save games is evil. I will avoid any and all games that involve these things.
PS. Valve FTW.
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Mon Jan 16, 2012 10:52 pm |
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adidan
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:43 pm Posts: 5048
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What's the big deal with Origin? I have it for BF3, it's no different to Steam. In fact it's good for Steam to have competition.
I have no problem with this.
Well, the only problem is I have to fit in time to play ME2, that's currently sitting on my shelf, before ME3 comes out.
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Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:42 pm |
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rustybucket
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:10 pm Posts: 5836
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Seriously? Is that even legal? Boy am I glad I stopped gaming a long time ago.
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Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:53 am |
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adidan
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:43 pm Posts: 5048
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Which games do that? Can't remember any myself. 
_________________ Fogmeister I ventured into Solitude but didn't really do much. jonbwfc I was behind her in a queue today - but I wouldn't describe it as 'bushy'.
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Thu Jan 19, 2012 6:13 pm |
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Linux_User
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:29 pm Posts: 7173
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Fri Jan 20, 2012 12:48 am |
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adidan
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:43 pm Posts: 5048
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Ah of course, I'd forgotten about that. Although I installed WL I think I played that offline though so I never saved it online.
_________________ Fogmeister I ventured into Solitude but didn't really do much. jonbwfc I was behind her in a queue today - but I wouldn't describe it as 'bushy'.
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Fri Jan 20, 2012 8:54 am |
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phantombudgie
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Wed Aug 19, 2009 1:45 pm Posts: 994
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If they could possibly come close to being good enough to be considered as some sort of competition to Steam rather than a cynical low-grade copy, you might have a point.
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Sat Jan 28, 2012 11:25 am |
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adidan
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:43 pm Posts: 5048
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Very true, I must admit I made my comment more optimistically than realistically. It doesn't fill you with confidence that it's still 'Origin Beta'. 
_________________ Fogmeister I ventured into Solitude but didn't really do much. jonbwfc I was behind her in a queue today - but I wouldn't describe it as 'bushy'.
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Sat Jan 28, 2012 3:37 pm |
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