You have to install Origin, they should pay me to do that.
Submitted by babychaos on Mon, 2012-11-05 21:13
It's also worth noting that this is the graphics-refreshed version, not the original. Which is nice. But then, Origin.
Fuck Origin.
Submitted by brainwipe on Tue, 2012-11-06 09:44
On another note - when Steam first came out, I was all YAY! WOO! Great! YAY! Pete was all like "Fuck that". But Steam has proven itself as an awesome platform.
Origin can still FUCK OFF. Not because it's "Not Steam" but like Windows Live, it's just SHIT.
Submitted by brainwipe on Tue, 2012-11-06 09:46
When Steam first came out, it was a massive ache in the ballsack...Valve have improved it immensely, making it reasonably un-obtrusive (it just sits in my sys-tray, and I have direct links to games on my desktop), while providing a handy set of tools (Chat, Voice, Friend lists, easy shopping and game updates etc). I don't really care about the "community" features that much, but the screenshot tool is handy, and it would be good to see a Fraps-like-tool added as well.
Origin is just shit. I got one game on it (for free....Burnout Paradise I think), and that experience alone put me off it for life...both the game and Origin have been removed from the laptop. It was awkward, slow, intrusive and buggy-as-all-hell. I would never trust it with my credit card details, as during the purchasing journey it died several times, and timed out at unfortunate points.
I would rather pay for a game on Steam than re-install Origin and get a game for free. I would rather not play a game than use Origin. I would rather nail my testicles to a goat than re-install Origin.
I genuinely don't get why these large companies can't understand why Steam is so popular...people don't want in-your-face "features" and overt DRM...they want something that sits in the background, and lends a hand if you ask it to. My only issue with Steam is that sometimes it can rape your bandwidth with it's background updates, though some games are more guilty of this than others with constant "updates" (Dungeon Defenders, I'm looking at you...well, I'm not, because I un-installed you).
Rant Over. I actually finished FTL last night (on Easy). Fuck me, that game is hard...
Submitted by babychaos on Tue, 2012-11-06 09:56
Erm "I would rather nail my testicles to a goat than re-install Origin" is a rather specific punishment to use off-the-cuff, mate.
Something you need to tell us?
Submitted by brainwipe on Tue, 2012-11-06 10:03
It's not a punishment, it's an alternative to Origin... A more appealing one.
Submitted by babychaos on Tue, 2012-11-06 10:11
In Pete's defense, I would rather nail his testicles to a goat than install origin too.
Submitted by fish on Tue, 2012-11-06 12:09
no need to stand on the fence guys tell me what you *really* think of origin.
Submitted by Misterecho on Sun, 2012-11-11 00:27
No, really, Origin is by far the worst piece of software written. Even trojan viruses have a level of ingenuity to them. Origin is a piece of shit.
Submitted by brainwipe on Mon, 2012-11-12 09:27
I agree.
Submitted by Misterecho on Mon, 2012-11-12 10:48
I disagree Rob... Origin is far, far worse than that.
You can't really limit references to just software. I think a better analogy for a free game accessed via Origin would be the same as taking a really rather wet shit on clingfilm, dropping in some broken glass, gently wrapping it, then throwing it full pelt in someones face...
...and then say "Look, I gave you free glass!"
Submitted by babychaos on Mon, 2012-11-12 21:03
No Pete, it's much worse than that.
It's like going into a posh restaurant (say L'Ortolan) and asking for a la carte menu, with posh wines and a sommelier and everything. £400 quid menu. Small food. Big plates. Old school booze (I know you don't drink but stay with me). Proper experience. Everyone in posh togs, you get called Sir.
You're expecting something brilliant. You're expecting it to be superb. Because they're the experts, they know what they're doing. They've been making food for years.
The first course, which you're salivating for, involves being strapped down to a bed of nails while a rabid Frenchman use a plunger to force three pints of horse piss up each nostril. Any vomit is whisked away and served to the guests on the £300 menu.
For the second course, they take fresh dog turds, lightly fry them in acid and rub them into your eyeballs using a brillopad.
For the third course, the waiter uses tweezers to remove all your pubes, shreds them, dunks them in egg whites and then into chilli powder before smearing them on the fist of Igor, a Russian Weightlifter who has spent the last three days with his hand in his sweaty arse crack. Igor then pushes the fried pubes down your throat.
For the final course, you're locked into a small box lit only by a strobe while "Dancing in the Moonlight" blares at ear shattering volume.
In the same way, you go to the EA site and think "Origin" - must be ok. EA are a big company, have been making games for years. They must be able to get their digital delivery system right. Valve are a much smaller organisation and they got it right with Steam (eventually). In the end, you find out that Origin is just a software version of Igor with his sweaty pube fist.
Submitted by brainwipe on Tue, 2012-11-13 11:01
Submitted by Misterecho on Tue, 2012-11-13 22:36
MrE - congratulations, that is the most appropriate gif ever.
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You have to install Origin, they should pay me to do that.
It's also worth noting that this is the graphics-refreshed version, not the original. Which is nice. But then, Origin.
Fuck Origin.
On another note - when Steam first came out, I was all YAY! WOO! Great! YAY! Pete was all like "Fuck that". But Steam has proven itself as an awesome platform.
Origin can still FUCK OFF. Not because it's "Not Steam" but like Windows Live, it's just SHIT.
When Steam first came out, it was a massive ache in the ballsack...Valve have improved it immensely, making it reasonably un-obtrusive (it just sits in my sys-tray, and I have direct links to games on my desktop), while providing a handy set of tools (Chat, Voice, Friend lists, easy shopping and game updates etc). I don't really care about the "community" features that much, but the screenshot tool is handy, and it would be good to see a Fraps-like-tool added as well.
Origin is just shit. I got one game on it (for free....Burnout Paradise I think), and that experience alone put me off it for life...both the game and Origin have been removed from the laptop. It was awkward, slow, intrusive and buggy-as-all-hell. I would never trust it with my credit card details, as during the purchasing journey it died several times, and timed out at unfortunate points.
I would rather pay for a game on Steam than re-install Origin and get a game for free. I would rather not play a game than use Origin. I would rather nail my testicles to a goat than re-install Origin.
I genuinely don't get why these large companies can't understand why Steam is so popular...people don't want in-your-face "features" and overt DRM...they want something that sits in the background, and lends a hand if you ask it to. My only issue with Steam is that sometimes it can rape your bandwidth with it's background updates, though some games are more guilty of this than others with constant "updates" (Dungeon Defenders, I'm looking at you...well, I'm not, because I un-installed you).
Rant Over. I actually finished FTL last night (on Easy). Fuck me, that game is hard...
Erm "I would rather nail my testicles to a goat than re-install Origin" is a rather specific punishment to use off-the-cuff, mate.
Something you need to tell us?
It's not a punishment, it's an alternative to Origin... A more appealing one.
In Pete's defense, I would rather nail his testicles to a goat than install origin too.
no need to stand on the fence guys tell me what you *really* think of origin.
No, really, Origin is by far the worst piece of software written. Even trojan viruses have a level of ingenuity to them. Origin is a piece of shit.
I agree.
I disagree Rob... Origin is far, far worse than that.
You can't really limit references to just software. I think a better analogy for a free game accessed via Origin would be the same as taking a really rather wet shit on clingfilm, dropping in some broken glass, gently wrapping it, then throwing it full pelt in someones face...
...and then say "Look, I gave you free glass!"
No Pete, it's much worse than that.
In the same way, you go to the EA site and think "Origin" - must be ok. EA are a big company, have been making games for years. They must be able to get their digital delivery system right. Valve are a much smaller organisation and they got it right with Steam (eventually). In the end, you find out that Origin is just a software version of Igor with his sweaty pube fist.
MrE - congratulations, that is the most appropriate gif ever.