Author Topic: EAlink (Origin)? (Read 725 times)

Kalmah · « **on:** August 14, 2011, 05:30:38 PM »

Thoughts on EA's version of Steam or rather a new competitor to Steam?

I have it now, but it's meh and I need to register a few product keys that I have for my BF games.

Oh and as of this news on 11 Aug 2011, it will be required for BF3
http://bf3blog.com/2011/08/origin-required-to-play-battlefield-3/

CaptainWTF · « **Reply #1 on:** August 14, 2011, 05:53:20 PM »

Its alright, I mean its not bad but Its not great either. I've experienced issues with getting games to run properly with it but I just needed to disable desktop composition and run all the executables for games as administrator.

[IAM] Thats Enough · « **Reply #2 on:** August 14, 2011, 08:38:10 PM »

I'm all for competition, but part of me just doesn't want to deal with another system/platform to manage games on.

CaptainWTF · « **Reply #3 on:** August 14, 2011, 11:03:24 PM »

Quote from: [IAM] Thats Enough on August 14, 2011, 08:38:10 PM

I'm all for competition, but part of me just doesn't want to deal with another system/platform to manage games on.

Then don't. I find it convenient to have the ability to not have to deal with the mess that is CD's. Who gives a shit, its about having fun with the games you play. Not how they allow you to play the games. ffs.

[IAM] Thats Enough · « **Reply #4 on:** August 15, 2011, 07:38:32 AM »

Quote from: CaptainWTF on August 14, 2011, 11:03:24 PM

Quote from: [IAM] Thats Enough on August 14, 2011, 08:38:10 PM
I'm all for competition, but part of me just doesn't want to deal with another system/platform to manage games on.
Then don't. I find it convenient to have the ability to not have to deal with the mess that is CD's. Who gives a shit, its about having fun with the games you play. Not how they allow you to play the games. ffs.

Who shit in your cereal? Someone's a little too cranky...

Steam already lets you not deal with CDs. And frankly (maybe I'm becoming a crotchety old man), but I like physically possessing something I own. You can't 'own' the 1s and 0s through Steam, but you sure as shit can physically hold the CD for a game you bought. I'll be curious to see how well it takes off.

[IAM] Punisher · « **Reply #5 on:** August 17, 2011, 01:16:25 AM »

Quote from: [IAM] Thats Enough on August 15, 2011, 07:38:32 AM

I like physically possessing something I own. You can't 'own' the 1s and 0s through Steam, but you sure as shit can physically hold the CD for a game you bought. I'll be curious to see how well it takes off.

I work in a record store and I buy all my CD's, games, movies etc. If, on the off chance, download anything and enjoy it, I'll buy it. Sure, I get discounts for being an employee (not very good discount FYI), but I still buy all my stuff. I must be old too cuz I don't download digital copies of my sh*t so +1 to you my good man

Kalmah · « **Reply #6 on:** August 17, 2011, 01:54:01 AM »

I buy my games too, but having the digi copies is nice for when the disc gets scratched or lost.

CaptainWTF · « **Reply #7 on:** August 17, 2011, 02:53:52 AM »

Quote from: [IAM] Kalmah on August 17, 2011, 01:54:01 AM

I buy my games too, but having the digi copies is nice for when the disc gets scratched or lost.

This is the entire point I've been trying to make. Digital copies are convenient to have when you don't want to suffer a loss because you have damaged CD's

Kalmah · « **Reply #8 on:** August 17, 2011, 03:41:15 AM »

But origin has its' bugs being a beta of course. Had to talk to tech support to get my bc2 registered on it. First person I talked to tried to tell me it was invalid and I needed to send them my game receipt and booklet to fix it, requested tier 2 support to solve it. Tier 2 was like wtf, "it's valid and unused" and registered it for me. It's suppose to be pre-2009 won't work through client end registering, but post 2009 will..however that didn't seem to work for BC2.

Also had them 2142 account password for me.

[IAM] squishy · « **Reply #9 on:** August 17, 2011, 09:37:13 AM »

Quote from: CaptainWTF on August 17, 2011, 02:53:52 AM

Quote from: [IAM] Kalmah on August 17, 2011, 01:54:01 AM
I buy my games too, but having the digi copies is nice for when the disc gets scratched or lost.

This is the entire point I've been trying to make. Digital copies are convenient to have when you don't want to suffer a loss because you have damaged CD's

The drawback is continuity tho. I bought BC2 through steam...is it going to play nice because I didn't buy it in a brick and mortar store? Will EA cop a 'tude about steam games vs EALink? I definitely have lots of questions about this venture.

[IAM] Running · « **Reply #10 on:** August 17, 2011, 07:03:41 PM »

Without dealing with the issue of which system to use, i like those systems. Even though I'll still buy a physical copy (assuming the price is the same), I will still register it via steam or battle.net (the two systems i currently use). That way when there is a scratch or lost disk, I don't need to worry too much about it.

[IAM] Kc2000 · « **Reply #11 on:** August 18, 2011, 03:25:05 PM »

BF2142 transferred from EA Download Manager completely fine. Downloaded, installed and played right from Origin with no problem. You have to update Punkbuster manually for every BF game, so nothing new there.

BFBC2 account was linked to EA's BF Veteran so my BFBC2 game is downloadable as a Digital Deluxe Edition. Have it on STEAM so I saw no point to re-download it.

So far, I've had zero issues with Origin. I think it's far less buggy now than STEAM was during their own beta period.

Kalmah · « **Reply #12 on:** August 18, 2011, 08:25:19 PM »

Yeah the only bugs I've dealt with were using the cdkey's off the games I already physically had, but it was saying they were invalid. That's been their biggest and really only issue with it, otherwise it works fine.

CaptainWTF · « **Reply #13 on:** August 18, 2011, 10:01:19 PM »

Quote from: [IAM] Kalmah on August 18, 2011, 08:25:19 PM

Yeah the only bugs I've dealt with were using the cdkey's off the games I already physically had, but it was saying they were invalid. That's been their biggest and really only issue with it, otherwise it works fine.

i've had the same problem, Its not that the keys are invalid its just games that EA wont support over the download manager apparently?. idk.

CaptainWTF · « **Reply #14 on:** August 18, 2011, 10:01:40 PM »

Quote from: [IAM] Kc2000 on August 18, 2011, 03:25:05 PM

BF2142 transferred from EA Download Manager completely fine. Downloaded, installed and played right from Origin with no problem. You have to update Punkbuster manually for every BF game, so nothing new there.

BFBC2 account was linked to EA's BF Veteran so my BFBC2 game is downloadable as a Digital Deluxe Edition. Have it on STEAM so I saw no point to re-download it.

So far, I've had zero issues with Origin. I think it's far less buggy now than STEAM was during their own beta period.

Origin takes like 10 minutes to boot. no joke lol.

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