haha finally there is a origin thread ... erm ... should be origin beta !
kekeke ~

battlefield 3 !!!

At the very least, we can see Gabe's standing very well with PC Gamers now, unlike EA.

Origin Store lack of big sales like steam, however, amazon has a lot of EA games on sales there that could be activated on origin - no complain.
however, the origin client lacks a clean backup/restore function like steam, that i no rike.
and yea, when starting origin, the pc will freeze for a sec there, but no login issue.

^probably malware?

My pc never freeze when starting origin thou.

for legacy ea games you can activate using this link https://activate.ea.com/applyentitlement.do

just activated 10 of my old ea games

go to settings and note the game install directory. you can just backup that folder whenever you want to reformat your pc and Origin will automatically detect the game is installed when you install origin in the same directory again. I also do this with steam but for steam i need to install the client, exit, copy back backup and run steam again. If i reinstall steam to the same folder with the backup already there it will delete it for some reason, something that origin won't do thankfully.

Also Origin has sales but mostly region specific. I got NFS Shift II for 5 euro 2 weeks ago

For me there is no freezing issue when starting origin

and like @DrBlueBox said you can backup your data easily for origin also

Origin don't have proper backup system. That copy paste folder isn't proper, unlike Steam.

I still find no problem with using Steam backup to restore my games back.
In one way, it's a clean install than copy paste the entire files and folders to a fresh hard disk.

I dunno, man... I mean I'd love me some BF 3 but they say that Origin's a spyware, innit?

Actually what STEAM is doing is the same as you copying the whole folder and pasting it back, so "proper" is not really an apt way to describe it. And usually I don't even have to do copy and paste with Origin as I always install the game in a seperate disk, and just redirect Origin there whenever I reinstall Windows. Can't do that with Steam since it will delete all the files inside there.

This post has been edited by DrBlueBox: Feb 21 2012, 01:47 AM

So your definition of "backup" is "copy paste"?

The reason why there's a backup is to do another copy, and what Steam have done is implementing the backup system in their platform, encrypting the files and reducing the file size.
For example, reducing the file size of 4GB to 2GB backup files.

Tell me if that was exactly the same as copy paste.

Anyway, it's up to personal preferences.
Some people just prefer to copy paste, but for me. If it's a clean window reinstall. I would prefer the game I install can be as clean as possible as well.

The only way to get a full clean installation is to redownload the whole game and reinstall again without using the backup you make. Whatever it is, the backup is still the files that are originally in your computer, although the only stuffs that get "dirty" are your config files, which usually are situated elsewhere like in My Documents or Users folder. Unless you manage to muck up the installations with addons or mods, but IIRC whenever STEAM backups your file it will retain whatever you have changed (my so called STEAM "backup" of my F1 2010 folder still has a file that I modded) thus it's kinda moot

And yes, in computer term, backup and restore is copying your original file to another location and repasting it back when you need it, wether or not you are encrypting/compressing/splitting. Altho what I am doing is just telling Steam and Origin that "hey, I already have those files in my PC, just use them". Considering that STEAM is nearing 200GB and Origin is nearly 40GB I hardly want to install them in the same HDD as my Windows (a puny 60GB). But the fact still remains that you can still backup Origin, which is the point of my earlier post.

This post has been edited by DrBlueBox: Feb 21 2012, 02:34 AM

List of games can be activate on origin client

Alice 2: Madness Returns
Battlefield 3
Burnout Paradise
Command & Conquer 4: Tiberium Twilight
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3: Uprising
EA Create
Crysis 2
Darkspore
Dead Space
Dead Space 2
Dragon Age: Origins
Dragon Age: Origins Awakening
Dragon Age 2
FIFA Manager 09
FIFA Manager 10
FIFA Manager 11
FIFA Manager 12
FIFA Soccer 09
FIFA Soccer 10
FIFA Soccer 11
FIFA Soccer 12
Gattling Gears
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (Non-Steam)
Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect 3
Medal of Honor
Mirror's Edge
MySims
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
Need For Speed: Shift
Need For Speed: The Run
Need For Speed: Undercover
NHL 09
Shank
Shift 2 Unleashed
SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition
Syndicate
The Lord Of The Rings: Conquest
The Saboteur
The Sims Medieval
The Sims Medieval Pirates and Nobles

Legacy Games can be activate via this link https://activate.ea.com/gameactivation.do

Crysis
Crysis : Warhead
Battlefield 2: Complete Collection
Mass Effect
Mercenaries 2 : World in flames
Need for speed Carbon
Simcity Societies
The GodFather 2
Spore
Spore : Creppy and Cute parts pack
Spore : Galactic Adventures


The sims 3 + dlc activate link https://www.thesims3.com/myAccount.html > Register a game and those games activated will appear on your origin account

This post has been edited by alex82: Feb 21 2012, 10:52 AM

hats off to you, u have me respect

I dunno man, I mean I'd love me some TF2 but they say that Steam's a spyware innit?

This post has been edited by gbwedward: Feb 21 2012, 10:55 AM

it is not exactly freeze.. how shud i describe it....
try: after i click on the origin.exe, within that short time if i try to do sth else, like resizing a windows, etc, it is not responsive. but for a split second only. all other program don't have this problem. but for 1 sec, i can wait.


my dragon age: origins directory is inside C:\programdata\ (the path of my installer under the Settings) but my newer games are inside c:\program files\origin games.

and yup, i know i can just copy pasta, doing that now actually. and i have no problem the way origin handle new game (put them all inside a single folder), but for older game, they appear in other folder. and what if i forgot where the game folder shud go in the future when i wan to restore the game and play? for steam, each time i download a game, i know where it goes to, each time i use the backup function, i know where the backup files go to, etc. with origin, i cant be sure.

i am not debating or bashing origin, in fact i believe 1 was one of the first ppl to use it and try to promote it in steam thread ><

PS: there's an old game that i downloaded but din found the 'installer folder' in either location.. nid to think back what game is that...

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Added on February 21, 2012, 2:03 pmvery useful info, TS nid to put this on opening post


This post has been edited by TiF: Feb 21 2012, 02:03 PM

so whos origin dealer?

I try activate my legacy games (Mass Effect , Crysis Maximum Edition)but it did not work. EA account and Origin account is the same right?

Finding a full team on Mass Effect 3 multiplayer is a major pain.

If one guy drops out when you set up a game, you have to exit and start over

same, origin used to be ea downloader

don't get it.. as long as it's not the host, the game should remain isn't? and the slot should be open.. so even if u start with 3, the 4th can still join mid game

This post has been edited by gbwedward: Feb 21 2012, 02:19 PM

Same! For first launch only though.