Titanfall requires Origin.
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Not true, they have the same email you a code and type it in as Steam does.
Wiktor
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In ideal world there would be no clients required for anything besides downloading the game (I hate that I have to launch Steam just so I can play a damn game), but clients running games are reality and to miss games you otherwise would buy solelu because of that is just plain bizzare to me
Not picking on you particularly, but the whole "it's EA! You should of expected this!" is off base. This game is not just on Origin it's only on Origin as in you need Origin running to play it. Every other EA partner game is the same...oh wait they're not. I know we should expect a certain amount of this kind of thing from EA, but I guess must of us were being nice. Also expecting it doesn't mean we can't still voice opinions on it. Like I said not really direct at you walker.
I like what Respawn has done here and will probably pick it up on the cheap far in the future, but I'm not so passive as to drop $60 for a publisher that has enacted and continues to enact a variety of pathetic policies just within the last few months let alone the last generation. As I said before, from a consumer point of view Origin is pointless. I get that Steam is DRM, but at the same time it is host to a variety of software unlike Origin and continues to invite its customers in rather than lock out the fans. Why is EA even doing this? Oh yeah, not a reason we bother to discussed because it only amplify the fact that Origin is mostly pointless.
I should also mention I never had any real intention of getting Titanfall at launch as I've already mentioned not that big a fan of online multiplayer and buy very very few games at launch, but a purchase down the road for cheap? Definitely STILL considering it.
Burger analogy is stupid.
PoweredBySoy
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As always I'll be the loner who defends Origin.
I'm all for hating EA - fuck those chumps - but Origin, as a service, is actually good. It works.
I'm all for hating EA - fuck those chumps - but Origin, as a service, is actually good. It works.
Wiktor
Member
Yep. It's light, downloads are a lot faster than on Steam and the deals can be really good. I also like how it lets me download original language versions of titles I bought here in retail that are polish-only.
The only thing I really don't like about Origin is how fragmented their offerings are. I mean, why in the world can't I buy BioWare's DLC through Origin? Or download F2P version of Old Republic?
Agree. Steam has become so slow and a pain to use at times
BigDaddyFatSack
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Is this circle jerk thread really necessary? We all saw it coming from a mile away.
nah,
After having a Steam issue after a update that took literally over a month to get an actual person to respond to my ticket..And the solution was to wipe the PC and reinstall the OS/Steam they can go f*ck themselves.
I appreciate the bargain basement prices of games but fear to think of how the hell they will start to support steamboxes
Of course it was needed. It gives people that had already decided they didn't want the game another chance to let everyone know that they won't buy the game.
Doug Heffernan
Member
Well, Xbox version for me!
I agree. Origin is light weight and runs quickly. I don't understand what the issue is with the current version of it. A year ago it was not good so I could understand the hate for it.
I have around a dozen games on Origin but I still don't like two clients splitting my library. Will get Titanfall only on sale way later now, immediate impulse to buy it at release is gone.
publicpwnerer
Member
Unfortunately, all third party stores refuse to sell (Region locking) to Australian customers. So every game is either $79 or $99
I'm not gonna proxy just for the privilege of giving them my money.
dodgykebaab
Banned
I've never used origin (I do use Steam on my PC), I always read that people don't like it, but I don't actually know why?
If there a good reason to not use origin, like it being slow, badly programmed or a resource hogger?
If there a good reason to not use origin, like it being slow, badly programmed or a resource hogger?
It was just a joke about the MW2 boycott. I'm sure as hell not buying Titanfall even if it was on Steam. Have no interest in the game.
The Cowboy
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Its actually quite fast, uses hardly any resources and has a couple of nice features that Steam doesn't have (things I'd love Steam to add), like in built twitch streaming, auto client shutdown on game exit, a 24 hour refund policy on EA games and a much better customer service setup.
I quite like the client (more than Steam in fact - due to how I use the clients) and they've fixed the main issue I had with it in the latest update, you used to have a forced popup advert every so often - they've now (finally) given us an option to turn it off.
Same! If they released it on steam I'd be all over that as well.
Valve could actually take a massive leaf out of EA's book with a lot of the Origin features and their especially their customer service.
You will willingly choose to play an inferior version of the game to prevent yourself from installing an innocuous program?
I fail to see how the PC version will be any better than the console versions when we have MW2 as a precedent of how they handle that platform.
It will run at the native resolution of my monitor or TV and play with Mouse/Keyboard. That's a start.
Mass Effect
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I'm not bothered by Origin, but I hate this sort of talk. You make it sound like "gamers" are uncontrollable addicts with no sense of control. "You'll come around, like the mindless sheep you are."
Come on man.
Wiktor
Member
They aren't primarly gamers though. It seems they're mostly interested in fiddling with clients, while games themselves are much lower on their priority list.
MaddenNFL64
Member
It's just a storefront & game launcher, but for EA games. I understand that brand value is important to consumer psyche, but damn. Origin ain't so bad.
FrozenCell
Member
anyone really expected offline LAN-play?
PedroLumpy
Member
Don't look at it as a Steam vs Origin. I think the real complaint is 'Why not both?'
In the (simplified) 'free market competition sense, that would be the ideal for the consumer.
In the (simplified) 'free market competition sense, that would be the ideal for the consumer.
gravitybear
Member
I seriously don't see the problem. I just leave steam and origin both running to play my games.
From EA's perspective: If someone was taking 30% of your money, and you could have them NOT take 30% of your money, wouldnt you do it?
It's not intrusive, it's not a resource hog, I just don't see the problem.
From EA's perspective: If someone was taking 30% of your money, and you could have them NOT take 30% of your money, wouldnt you do it?
It's not intrusive, it's not a resource hog, I just don't see the problem.
SuperEpicGuy
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Still better than games for windows live. Origin isn't all that terrible imo. GFWL on the other hand - let's not get there.
CraZed
Member
Really? Its being published by EA I would have thought this was a foregone conclusion.
The Origin client is objectively better than Steam from a software standpoint. It all of the features Steam has, it has more features than Steam, and it's updated often with new features requested by the community. While the Steam community begs for critical updates that take half-decades to arrive (such as bandwidth shaping), Origin applies updates within weeks. Origin also consumes significantly less resources, and no, it does not spy on you. ... It used to, but they legitimately removed that part of the client a long time ago.
But then there's the Origin service itself. The Origin service allows you to return games for a full refund. The Steam service does not.
Origin's userbase/community is extremely small. Steam's is not.
The Origin service's "sales" and selection are awful. Steam's are not.
At the end of the day, Origin is the better client for single player enthusiasts (the majority of NeoGAF), but--understandably!--there are those who are simply boycotting EA products for which this does not matter.
Feel free to boycott Origin, but do not claim that the client is lesser than the Steam client. It's absolutely not!
But then there's the Origin service itself. The Origin service allows you to return games for a full refund. The Steam service does not.
Origin's userbase/community is extremely small. Steam's is not.
The Origin service's "sales" and selection are awful. Steam's are not.
At the end of the day, Origin is the better client for single player enthusiasts (the majority of NeoGAF), but--understandably!--there are those who are simply boycotting EA products for which this does not matter.
Feel free to boycott Origin, but do not claim that the client is lesser than the Steam client. It's absolutely not!
The problem here is that Origin isnt in its infancy like Steam was 10 years ago. Origin is a rebranding of an old platform EA had lying around. It would be true had the service not existed for years, already. EA only made a push recently since every publisher needs to have their own online store and app, apparently.
https://twitter.com/Fauxtaku/status/431138037884395520
Seems to sum up this thread/people's reactions
Seems to sum up this thread/people's reactions
But he's right. 99.9% of gamers talk with their mouth/hands instead of their money. They complain and bitch and whine and moan--and then they buy it anyway because they have no willpower.