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Origin Thread of trying to get EA games for free
- Thread starter MRORANGE
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THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
iNvid02
Member
its dead
i've been using origin regularly because of FIFA and there are a couple of things i like about it
- boots up fast, quicker than steam
- ability to hide games from view
- i prefer the regular box art games have over steams rectangles
- ability to install to any directory you want
- ability to change origin id very easily
- cloud saves show timestamps
- origin help usually replies the same day for most issues
but it needs to a lot to catch up to steam yet, i dont think there has been a good EU sale since it launched (excluding the recent everything for $0 fuckup).
there are no achievements, i think some older games still need manual installation and updating, no voice chat messages and no trading/gifting, lack of 3rd party games.
its perfectly useable how it is now, but some of the stuff its lacking is pretty important. they need to start implementing it soon or origin will remain the app that you launch to play a few ea games.
legacyzero
Banned
Based Gabe has some smiting to do.
legacyzero
Banned
It was an awesome game for sure. If you like running from the cops like Trinity from The Matrix. Like... A LOT.
Jibbajabbawockky
Member
My haul:
Already had the Dragon Age games, Dead Space 1 ME2 (ME3 is just the demo) and BF3. I'll probably just end up installing, mess around for a few minutes and then uninstall most of the games I got though.
Messed around with Mirror's Edge and Hot Pursuit a little and they're not too bad. Mirror's Edge is very nice looking but just from the 30 minutes or so I've played, I already can tell I'll dislike the combat/disarming stuff.
Already had the Dragon Age games, Dead Space 1 ME2 (ME3 is just the demo) and BF3. I'll probably just end up installing, mess around for a few minutes and then uninstall most of the games I got though.
Messed around with Mirror's Edge and Hot Pursuit a little and they're not too bad. Mirror's Edge is very nice looking but just from the 30 minutes or so I've played, I already can tell I'll dislike the combat/disarming stuff.
Dead Prince
Banned
My haul:
Already had the Dragon Age games, Dead Space 1 ME2 (ME3 is just the demo) and BF3. I'll probably just end up installing, mess around for a few minutes and then uninstall most of the games I got though.
Messed around with Mirror's Edge and Hot Pursuit a little and they're not too bad. Mirror's Edge is very nice looking but just from the 30 minutes or so I've played, I already can tell I'll dislike the combat/disarming stuff.
i just noticed the DAO and A make one image.
jediyoshi
Member
Steam version doesn't have the DLC so it's still worth it.
Mavromatis
Member
Especially the Customer Support. Live chat is a great improvement over Steam's mail us now and we might mail you back in a month. Although they have too many incompetent people on chat desk but it is a good idea.
Having to run it with games sucks because I like to launch all my games using Steam, so now I have to open Origin too when I play an EA game.
Baron_Calamity
Member
I've been using Origin since the EA Downloader days. I prefer the look and feel of Origin as a game launcher. Not a fan of the store part but its getting better.
CrashPrime
Member
Final haul was $0.
Finished off the night right when the coupon ended with the railroad simulator. I was getting desperate to find anything at that point. Only thing I guess I missed was the more classic C&C games. Nothing of value was lost.
Arc07
Member
Code expired early this morning.
ohhhh....
bigace33
Member
By exploiting the EA's generosity of giving a code to get ONE free $19.99 game. Some savvy pirate figured a way around it and GAF turned to mindless savages and stole tons of games yesterday, yes I said it, STOLE.
Yep, Origin ain't bad. I was against it until I got a free copy of BF3 with my video card just recently, but the library is quicker, prettier, and simpler than Steam. Not that I prefer it to Steam, but for all the talk against it it does do somethings better. I like not having to run Origin to run games, too; Steam can take too long to load and launch games.
Was the free games in the EU store just a goof or was it part of coupon?
Was the free games in the EU store just a goof or was it part of coupon?
foobarry81
Member
It wasn't part of the coupon, but you could get it to work anyways.
Mavromatis
Member
By exploiting the EA's generosity of giving a code to get ONE free $19.99 game. Some savvy pirate figured a way around it and GAF turned to mindless savages and stole tons of games yesterday, yes I said it, STOLE.
I like the "generosity" part. I assume we harrased their server pretty badly. I'm waiting for the next firing. We'll see who they blamed.
jediyoshi
Member
The very savvy, dubious method of entering multiple items into checkout at once and then applying the code. An inside job, one would say.
Quite disappointed with Shift 2. If EA sues me I'll sue back saying that they exploited my expectations and time by following HP up with Shift 2.
Hahah, good luck there, buddy.
Hahah, good luck there, buddy.
unless the image indicates you're joking?
bigace33
Member
lol Yeah, honestly this is probably no big deal to EA. It's generated tons of traffic, probably thousands of new Origin users. If this was Physical copies I'd say some heads would roll, but digital changes this completely. Admittedly, I got 3 games myself from the deal. 8^(
Just add them to steam. Works fine on the games I tried it with so far. A google image search will find you a grid image for any game (often pointing you back here actually).
Got Mass Effect 2, Crysis Warhead, Dead Space 2, Dragon Age 2, Burnout Paradise, NFS Hot Pursuit.
Mavromatis
Member
I asked Origin if I can add my Mass Effect from Steam to Origin, and they said it's impossible. Now I have a Mass Effect on my Origin. Who is laughing now Origin?
Probably them after removing all these games.
By exploiting the EA's generosity of giving a code to get ONE free $19.99 game. Some savvy pirate figured a way around it and GAF turned to mindless savages and stole tons of games yesterday, yes I said it, STOLE.
You're just jealous you didn't get in on the action
Nemesis121
Member
It was before that for me, it stop working yesterday around 4pm...
Nabs
Member
It died around 4am. From 1-4a was crazy time.
Red Blaster
Member
The Grim Heaper
Member
Not a bad haul. I didn't want too much, only some things I wanted...
whalleywhat
Member
Nabs
Member
Shank 2 and Gatling Gears are the two I picked up that require Origin so far. Fifa 12 does as well.
human onion
Banned
Got Crysis, Battlefield 2, and NFS: Hot Pursuit for 0 dollars and 0 cents, none of them requiring origin to play. In the words of Dolan, "everything was free."
Also, does anyone know if I can use a custom soundtrack in NFS? Or should I just run music outside of the game?
Also, does anyone know if I can use a custom soundtrack in NFS? Or should I just run music outside of the game?
Whogie
Member
Just registered some physical games to my library. That's kinda' nice.
Hot Pursuit does not.
I'm guessing everything released after ME3.
Hot Pursuit does not.
I'm guessing everything released after ME3.
MasterShotgun
brazen editing lynx
Evil master plan or not, people are talking about Origin now.
My haul from the chaos:
My haul from the chaos:
I only got one game so I followed the spirit of the promotion.
That is, one game on each of my new 8 Origin accounts.