Titanfall requires Origin.

You guys seriously expected it to be on Steam or something? It's EA!

I am surprised they don't put it up on Origin, digitally exclusive only for $80.
 
Does this mean Origin will have to install a million bajiggabytes of Source Engine SDK's onto my computer alongside the Steam ones?
 
I don't mind origin as a piece of software, I just prefer not to have a dozen different store clients running.

This won't stop me from playing games I want to play.
 
Serious question: who cares? Origin isn't a bad service, and the client is pretty robust. Is it annoying having Origin and Steam and having games across both? Yeah, but lol @ the "no buy" replies.
 
Stumpokapow said:
Well on the upside if the game ends up looking like a pile of shit no one will ever know since Origin doesn't support screenshots.
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? What does an online service have to do with screenshots?

Can't people just use FRAPs/DXTory/etc to take them?

Disclaimer: I haven't ever used Origin so if this is a meme I apologize.
 
epmode said:
It's not so much that Origin is bad (it's not), it's that EA is one of the worst things to happen to PC games since... Well, they're probably the worst thing.

Also, Origin isn't even close to Steam in a feature set comparison, even after all these years.



Isn't it great?
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Does Origin still have the thing where you no longer own the games after 3 years or so of inactivity?
 
I was kinda hoped it didn't so I could play it...

I guess I'll just have to wait for Destiny to do my shooting, and that comes to a retarded marketplace as well, there is always the ps4 version.
 
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Forsaken82 said:
Who used Amalur as an argument as they wouldn't do this? That game came out during the time when EA didn't know what they wanted to do with Steam titles.
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You're incorrect. Amalur came out well after EA had already withdrawn from Steam. EA was not listed as the publisher for the Steam version of Amalur, which was published by 38 Studios. The idea was that perhaps EA Partners titles had more latitude with their publishing arrangements. I agree it would have been naive to think that Titanfall was in any sense just an EA Partners title.

Schrade said:
? What does an online service have to do with screenshots?

Can't people just use FRAPs/DXTory/etc to take them?

Disclaimer: I haven't ever used Origin so if this is a meme I apologize.
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I was mostly lightly ribbing about the fact that the Origin client still doesn't support in-game screenshots, forcing you to use an external program, yes.
 
DSN2K said:
I have no issues at all with Origin. It alarms me those who are so polarized by Steam they are not open to alternatives.
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Never trust EA™

Origin is as likely to be around in 10 years as GFWL is. I buy games, I dont rent them.

Besides, the few games I have on Origin never get played. It's just not a program I want open all of the time so I just never play the games on it.
 
Forsaken82 said:
Who used Amalur as an argument as they wouldn't do this? That game came out during the time when EA didn't know what they wanted to do with Steam titles.
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The game came out when EA pretty firmly pulled all support from Steam.

Amalur was an outlier when it released and coincidentally, one of the few EA Partner games that released post-Origin, along with Warp(which also received a Steam release).
 
The first thing that pops up when you log into Origin is a page for you to pre order Titanfall so you can have access to the beta ala BF4, why no one saw this coming is surprising.
 
It kind of sucks to have a split library, but is it really that big of a deal?

Mrbob said:
I can think of a couple reasons.

1) All my friends on Steam. I have over 100 on Steam. Very easy to click on a name and click join game. Now I have to open a separate service with 1/10 of a friends list and probably about only 2 or 3 actually playing a game.

2) Origin doesn't have a second level of security and your account can be compromised more easily. I've already had my Origin account stolen once due to Sim City release.

Mainly number one though. It makes absolutely zero sense to make a game PC Origin exclusive in this day and age unless EA is developing it themselves.
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For 1, how many of those other 90 even have an origin account and plan to play titanfall?

For 2, I actually do agree. My account has been hacked as well for BF4.
 
DSN2K said:
I have no issues at all with Origin. It alarms me those who are so polarized by Steam they are not open to alternatives.
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I can think of a couple reasons.

1) All my friends are on Steam. I have over 100 on Steam. Very easy to click on a name and click join game. Now I have to open a separate service with 1/10 of a friends list and probably about only 2 or 3 actually playing a game.

2) Origin doesn't have a second level of security and your account can be compromised more easily. I've already had my Origin account stolen once due to Sim City release. Can't wait until someone tries to jack my account to play TitanFall.

Mainly number one though. It makes absolutely zero sense to make a game PC Origin exclusive in this day and age unless EA is developing it themselves.
 
AndrewDean84xX said:
Well, Valve started the source engine. Valve made Steam. I think that's what they person was getting at.
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I own drm free copies of source engine games. I don't understand.

Mrbob said:
I can think of a couple reasons.

1) All my friends are on Steam. I have over 100 on Steam. Very easy to click on a name and click join game. Now I have to open a separate service with 1/10 of a friends list and probably about only 2 or 3 actually playing a game.

2) Origin doesn't have a second level of security and your account can be compromised more easily. I've already had my Origin account stolen once due to Sim City release.

Mainly number one though. It makes absolutely zero sense to make a game PC Origin exclusive in this day and age unless EA is developing it themselves.
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Every time I log into Origin I get a email security code for login, you might want to check your account settings and enable the extra feature.
 
Welp, I guess I'll miss out on the game completely.

That said, don't really care. Dark Souls 2 will keep me busy for a while.
 
It's an EA game, so naturally it's going to require Origin. I don't see this a bad thing however. Origin is somewhat competent as software goes.

At least it's not UPlay... :p
 
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