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[Sundance31us]

darth_lopez wrote...
Means That If i don't play it online I don't have to start it up with origin ever again right?

That's how my Mass Effect 1 version works; if you had to reauthorize because you had to reinstall you would probably need to activate Origin again to reauthorize.

[Aurora313]

I spoke to my brother about it. He said that Origin ain't spyware, but it might as well be, considering the provider.

[Doctalen]

jreezy wrote...

vp1940 wrote...

So that basically just leaves the 360 version as a viable option, because god knows the PS3 port of ME2 was garbage. Hurray for disc swapping!

How exactly?

Wasn't it improved over the 360 version? Graphics wise anyway? 

[Dragoonlordz]

Incognito JC wrote...

Sadly, PS3 saves are account AND region locked. No luck there.

Is that a new thing, please bare in mind I have had few PS3's and generally when bored I sell them off but last one I got bored of and sold was quite a while ago. Back then you could do so with most games, I guess things a have changed. Oh well. 

Maybe EA are actually being amazingly clever and that because ME3 will be a truly amazing game and quite likely the best yet. I wonder if they are secretly trying to get people to instead of a single PC copy, you switch to another format for example 360 and then those people will buy all three titles in trilogy again making three sales on the 360 (or two on PS3 if go that route) instead of one PC sale. Oh they clever little buggers lol. 

You know already my view on Origin and such after our ****** for tat, so not going to get into that but can't say wasn't trying to be nice by trying to come up to solution to your problem for you.

P.s. I think any person who says they will steal a copy over this should get suspended or banned from the forums, they literally disgust me and it is a suspension or bannable thing to do in first place.

Modifié par Dragoonlordz, 15 janvier 2012 - 12:37 .

[Tuskin38]

FuKuy wrote...

I can understand EA's policy. They want to push Origin... but they understand what PC gamers actually want?
I have my friends on STEAM. Is where I play PC games, and I want to keep that way. I don't like Origin.


ME3 not on STEAM is a bad decision, very bad.

If it works like most other Origin games, you can just add it as a shortcut in the steam browser.

[ConnorVC]

I will still be a fan of many of the employees at Bioware and will write to several in appreciation for their phenomenal efforts that they have always put forward. I am disapointed by the decisions of the higher ups and not giving them my money as is my only option, as well as all future revenue from games. I know calculating it out i've spent over $1000 with Bioware, and have been a long vocal supporter, through various forums and to all my friends over the years, which have resulted in many more purchases. That simply ends now. May be small fry, but it is all I can do.

[vp1940]

jreezy wrote...

vp1940 wrote...

So that basically just leaves the 360 version as a viable option, because god knows the PS3 port of ME2 was garbage. Hurray for disc swapping!

How exactly?

Hideous sound desyncs in nearly every cutscene, the Overlord dlc hub map was bugged to the point that you could drive right through the ground into oblivion, game froze if you tried to persue a relationship post finale, and about a dozen other blatent 100% recreatable bugs.

[Doctalen]

jreezy wrote...

Doctalen wrote...

jreezy wrote...

vp1940 wrote...

So that basically just leaves the 360 version as a viable option, because god knows the PS3 port of ME2 was garbage. Hurray for disc swapping!

How exactly?

Wasn't it improved over the 360 version? Graphics wise anyway? 

Certain areas of the game. There are scenes where the 360 is better and there are scenes where the PS3 was better. The "Mass Effect 3 engine" stuff BioWare was spouting was pretty much marketing BS.
 

Ah ok. 

[Ottemis]

JosephCurwen wrote...

Ottemis wrote...

pudding27 wrote...
Seriously Bioware this really dissapoints me. Using your position to force me to get an origin account?
Is this really the way to treat loyal fans that has bought and loved pretty much every one of your games, especially the Mass Effect series?
I have played both games on Steam and have my entire catalogue of games on Steam. I dont buy games physically anymore and do not want to have a million different launcher programs.
I will probably play ME3 anyway but there is no way im buying it. I will wait until friends have played through it on the PS3 and borrow it, but you are not getting any more money from me!

Sh*t on years of development time why don't you. Those artists did all that so you could adopt such an attitude over something like needing to register the game through Origin and  consequently crap all over their work I'm sure.
Good job, hope you're proud of that attitude, I wouldn't be.

I love how people working to create a product that they hope to sell for profit has become a noble cause in the eyes of some people.

You're like a consumer advocate from the Bizarro world. "The company said its good for them, so by definition its good for everyone. No don't worry about that bundled software that scans your computer for information that really ought to be private and has monetary value. They have a good reason for making that obligatory. They've told us so themselves."

Because after all how dare anybody be suspicious of those self-sacrificing coders, working away for the good of all mankind right?

The point, you missed it. When you pirate, you crap on the creators. You wanted to contradict that statement? I don't see how you can, but you can try and make yourself look like an idiot, sure.
Coincidently, I'm pretty sure art-design had NO SAY in whether the game would or wouldn't work without Origins, What do you think. Does that make my point more or less valid?

[Incognito JC]

Dragoonlordz wrote...

Is that a new thing, please bare in mind I have had few PS3's and generally when bored I sell them off but last one I got bored of and sold was quite a while ago. Back then you could do so with most games, I guess things a have changed. Oh well.

Because Sony decided to copy M$ on the achievements feature, namely trophies, all saves have been account/console/region locked ever since. The slashes are and/or.

[kofelover]

Can someone answer a question from a non-tech person?  I have Origins installed on my C: drive (along with Win 7).  I have all my hard disc games on my D: drive and I have Steam installed on my E: drive. 

I purchased Alice:  Madness Returns recently during a Steam sale (so it's on my E: drive).  I downloaded it to verify it worked and started the game, but never played it (yet).  I've only used Origin once to purchase the Pinnacle DLC for Mass Effect 1 (which is on my D: drive).  When I went to download the DLC I noticed there was a copy of Alice:  Madness Returns in the "My Games" section of Origin  stating it was ready to download.  The only other item I have registered with Origin is DA2 (actually, I think that's why I have Origin installed since it was required (???)). 

I NEVER purchased the game (Alice MR)  from Origins or registered the key from the purchase I made with Steam.  Did everyone get a free copy of Alice MR?  If not, how could Origin know I had a purchased copy of Alice:  MR if it didn't scan my system?  Or are they just being generous and giving me a duplicate copy of a game I already have in the hopes I will use their platform?

This PC is strictly for gaming so I'm not concerned with personal financial or work sensitive material being scanned, but the above situation really has me curious as to how and why I was so gratiously given a free game (I already own).  Any thoughts, or is this common and I'm just not aware???

Modifié par kofelover, 15 janvier 2012 - 12:42 .

[didymos1120]

Doctalen wrote...

jreezy wrote...

vp1940 wrote...

So that basically just leaves the 360 version as a viable option, because god knows the PS3 port of ME2 was garbage. Hurray for disc swapping!

How exactly?

Wasn't it improved over the 360 version? Graphics wise anyway? 

That's rather subjective. Not everyone liked the changes (which were mostly to the lighting system).

[crimzontearz]

jreezy wrote...

crimzontearz wrote...
right.....the part that truly gets me is that EA KNOWS none of this is gonna stop pirates at all

Neither does Steam so what's your point?

that given the choice between getting your next blockbuster pirated by the usual pirates OR getting it pirated by even more pirates out of spite plus alienating the community because you pushed Origin any intelligent individual would choose the lesser of two evils....EA did not

[Pupuppu]

Can some of the users or people from EA who really like Origin tell me why this Origin software is so good and why one should have it installed on the PC? Not why it is not worse then X, but why one really wants to have it.

[h0w1er]

+1 lost customer.

Hopes EA/B would not be crying around the world about how bad pirates/sales on PC platform 1 years after.

It's not about pirates/torrents, it's about publishers which doesn't care about customer at all.

[maggitPL]

Not gonna buy it. Sadly. I pre-ordered Mass Effect 2, with this? Not going to happen.

[Incognito JC]

kofelover wrote...

Can someone answer a question from a non-tech person?  I have Origins installed on my C: drive (along with Win 7).  I have all my hard disc games on my D: drive and I have Steam installed on my E: drive. 

I purchased Alice:  Madness Returns recently during a Steam sale (so it's on my E: drive).  I downloaded it to verify it worked and started the game, but never played it (yet).  I've only used Origin once to purchase the Pinnacle DLC for Mass Effect 1 (which is on my D: drive).  When I went to download the DLC I noticed there was a copy of Alice:  Madness Returns in the "My Games" section of Origin  stating it was ready to download.  The only other item I have registered with Origin is DA2 (actually, I think that's why I have Origin installed since it was required (???)). 

I NEVER purchased the game (Alice MR)  from Origins or registered the key from the purchase I made with Steam.  Did everyone get a free copy of Alice MR?  If not, how could Origin know I had a purchased copy of Alice:  MR if it didn't scan my system?  Or are they just being generous and giving me a duplicate copy of a game I already have in the hopes I will use their platform?

This PC is strictly for gaming so I'm not concerned with personal financial or work sensitive material being scanned, but the above situation really has me curious as to how and why I was so gratiously given a free game (I already own).  Any thoughts, or is this common and I'm just not aware???

This is interesting, Maybe they checked your email and linked it to your Steam account? Assuming you used the same email that is. Anyone have any ideas?

[anzolino]

kofelover wrote...
Can someone answer a question from a non-tech person? I have Origins installed on my C: drive (along with Win 7). I have all my hard disc games on my D: drive and I have Steam installed on my E: drive.

I purchased Alice: Madness Returns recently during a Steam sale (so it's on my E: drive). I downloaded it to verify it worked and started the game, but never played it (yet). I've only used Origin once to purchase the Pinnacle DLC for Mass Effect 1 (which is on my D: drive). When I went to download the DLC I noticed there was a copy of Alice: Madness Returns in the "My Games" section of Origin stating it was ready to download. The only other item I have registered with Origin is DA2 (actually, I think that's why I have Origin installed since it was required (???)).

I NEVER purchased the game (Alice MR) from Origins or registered the key from the purchase I made with Steam. Did everyone get a free copy of Alice MR? If not, how could Origin know I had a purchased copy of Alice: MR if it didn't scan my system? Or are they just being generous and giving me a duplicate copy of a game I already have in the hopes I will use their platform?

This PC is strictly for gaming so I'm not concerned with personal financial or work sensitive material being scanned, but the above situation really has me curious as to how and why I was so gratiously given a free game (I already own). Any thoughts, or is this common and I'm just not aware???

LOL
Any questions about spyware?

[X-JIDE]

Dragoonlordz wrote...

X-JIDE wrote...

My stance with Origin and Mass Effect 3.

Ok we all know by now that Origin will be required to play Mass Effect 3 on PC.

The fact is I’m still going to per-order ME3 simply because it’s going to be a great game. I’m not going to let this “thing” get in the way of giving my money to bioware.
 

I agree, I am not going to shoot myself in foot over something that does not offend me as much as others.

ME3 will be I beleive an amazing game and quite likely one of the best of the entire year.

I support Bioware by buying good games-

*Snip*

I agree, a good quality game is deserved to be bought regardless. But I also have to agree to the people who say EA has enforced its PC users to use a client which they shown to have problems.

I’ll tell you a short story. I pirated Mass Effect 1, yeah I used to be of those people. Little did I realise that this game would make me see how awesome and wonderful it was. I then decided to buy ME1 on Steam and then Per-ordered ME2 straight after. Bioware gets my respect for that.

So yes I will be getting ME3 N7 edition. I don’t like Origin (although I have not used it), but buying it legally is still miles better than downloading it illegally altogether.

[HerefortheDLC]

didymos1120 wrote...

HerefortheDLC wrote...

I wonder what Ottemis thinks of buying a legal copy but then cracking it so that it does no longer require Origin...

I won't speak for Ottemis, but I couldn't care less if someone does that.

It does seem like the best of both worlds. I am certainly against pirating games but if someone actually buys the game legally I see no reason why he or she shouldn't be allowed to play it on his or her own terms.
Cracking is basically taking away the DRM and I think we can all agree that this is the best option.

[kofelover]

I used the same e-mail, but I still don't understand how they could know I made the purchase with Steam (which is on a completely separate drive). Like I said, I'm not tech savvy, but maybe someone can explain. I gather not everyone received a free copy of Alice: MR???

[anzolino]

@ kofelover
Will Alice also offered in Origin if it is uninstalled? Can you check this?

[Aliens Crew]

Since a couple of years there is a big plague wandering thru the world of the gamers. The publisher have seeded this pestilence called DRM. First it was was Steam, then came the Ubi Soft Launcher and now comes Origin. With all this stuff, the publisher only wants to tell us one thing:

YOU, GAMER! YOU ARE A CRIMINAL! AND WE MUST PUT YOU UNDER OUR CONTROL!

The big joke is...the real criminals laughing about things like Origin and Steam. They simply don't care about it. Only the honest customer will be treat like a villain...