Drone of EA? BF3 is free

[Wilian]

https://www.origin.com/en-us/store/b...andard-edition

Yeah, if you wanna stick your toes into proverbial mound of shit that's Origin, you can snatch it. And if you're plant for getting the one above you can battle zombies too.

https://www.origin.com/fi-fi/store/buy/plants-vs-zombies/mac-pc-download/base-game/standard-edition

 

[DalekFlay]

Origin is a decent Steam clone. Can't imagine hating one without hating the other.

Uplay is a piece of shit though.

 

[balmorar]

I downloaded and installed it. I started a quick match through the terrible browser based menu system. I got kicked from the game 5 times in a row with Punkbuster error message. I uninstalled it then installed the newest punkbuster. I got kicked from the game over and over again with Punkbuster error message. Uninstalled Battlefield 3.

No wonder they are giving away this shit for free. I can't wait for the free modern Medal of Honor games!

 

[Markman]

Even if you dont like em, its a sweet move of them giving one free game a month in hope they'll get some new people to register and spend some money in the future.

 

[Surf Solar]

BF3 is a decent game, you should try it out. BF4 on the other hand.... :S

 

[DragoFireheart]

Origin is a decent Steam clone.

So it's a pile of DRM shit?

 

[Drakron]

So it's a pile of DRM shit?

Bigger, managed to be more annoying and with less options.

Try as they might, they arent going to replace Steam or be a option to Steam because as I said once before no other major publisher will want to use Origin because of being EA, Steam is a necessary evil since it offers a wider catalog as Origin is just EA stuff and will always be EA stuff.

 

[Trash]

Not to mention that the UI is not intuitive. Prices are hidden, content of what you buy is not made clear, dlc often need to be bought through the game. And that's just the UI side of the thing.

It's a pretty shit steam wannabe/DRM all around. But yeah, Uplay is worse.

And BF3 is awesome. Loved that one.

 

[DalekFlay]

Try as they might, they arent going to replace Steam or be a option to Steam because as I said once before no other major publisher will want to use Origin because of being EA, Steam is a necessary evil since it offers a wider catalog as Origin is just EA stuff and will always be EA stuff.

There are a ton of non-EA games on Origin actually. It's just no one buys them or cares.

 

[Turjan]

I have Bulletstorm on Origin. Tried to install it. Got stuck at 99%. So I used a different installer. Couldn't get the settings fixed with their version, either. It's a mess.

And this is an EA game. Ridiculous.

 

[Wilian]

Even if you dont like em, its a sweet move of them giving one free game a month in hope they'll get some new people to register and spend some money in the future.

Wait what, this is some monthly thing? Weren't they the ones calling how simple discounts cheapen the value of games and now they're giving stuff out free every month? May I lol

 

[Turjan]

Wait what, this is some monthly thing? Weren't they the ones calling how simple discounts cheapen the value of games and now they're giving stuff out free every month? May I lol

It's mostly stuff from their Humble Bundle though, and no current game versions. However, Plants vs. Zombies was nice of them.

 

[Drakron]

There are a ton of non-EA games on Origin actually. It's just no one buys them or cares.

Front pages shows exactly one non-EA game, Bound by Flame.

They promote EA games, this is the problem were if your pick is Origin and Steam what is the storefront that will not fuck you over?

 

[DalekFlay]

Front pages shows exactly one non-EA game, Bound by Flame.

They promote EA games, this is the problem were if your pick is Origin and Steam what is the storefront that will not fuck you over?

I don't know what they promote, I barely use the service, I'm just saying they do sell a lot of other publisher's games, since you stated otherwise.

 

[Direwolf]

Bought BF3 when it came out. Played it heaps. Recently tried to play it again. Spent about 2 weeks trying to update the game using Origin. Failed 20 times at least. In the end said fuck it and uninstalled both the game and Origin. That piece of shit is just not worth it. Even if Half Life 3 came out on Origin it wouldn't be worth it.

 

[DemonKing]

BF3 is a decent game, you should try it out. BF4 on the other hand.... :S

Agreed - BF3 was quite sweet for a multiplayer FPS - even a lot of the DLC was varied and fun. BF4 really brings nothing new to the table though - I'm not really inspired to purchase the Premium membership at all.

 

[Turtle-Zone 3000]

I have Bulletstorm on Origin. Tried to install it. Got stuck at 99%. So I used a different installer.

I got BF3 in that bundle a while back, and I haven't even played it due to the download stuffing up for some reason.

 

[AlexOfSpades]

Last Battlefield i played was Vietnam. What am i missing?

 

[taxalot]

An awesome single player campaign involving being killed by rats.

 

[Destroid]

Last Battlefield i played was Vietnam. What am i missing?

2142 is the best BF ;_;

 

[Surf Solar]

Had some good sponateneous matches with Trash , great tank fun! Anyone want to join in?

 

[TedNugent]

Not worth using Origin.

 

[Surf Solar]

Not worth using Origin.

But, it is.

 

[Baron Dupek]

Last Battlefield i played was Vietnam. What am i missing?

Nothing.
Go play Project Reality.

PS. all Battlefield games (until Bad Company 2) servers were shutted down few weeks ago. Nobody cared.

BF3 free?
No.

Tested beta of BF3 years back, was horrible. Also - they fucked up lighting after release. This and bugs
Tested beta of BF4 and it's better (there is also guided rocket launcher, shooting down heli with this give more satisfaction that 50 kills per match*) but now all my FPS needs are furfilled by Stalker series with hueg amount of mods.
So - no for freee bugbagBF3 nor newer one.

*opinion based on BC2 experience.

 

[Trash]

Had some good sponateneous matches with Trash , great tank fun! Anyone want to join in?

Was at a lanparty (my first actually) and pretty much everyone was playing it. Was kewl to run into you and run along for a bit. Anyway, game still has all the positives and negatives it used to have. Best multiplayer shooter if you like big maps and stick to those. It tries at times to go more towards the more compact COD style stuff and fails miserably. Going to get the expansions and see how they hold up.

And it runs flawlessly. No bugs in sight.