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CJacobs posted:Origin is so much better than Steam as a client it's almost embarrassing. I wish Steam ran as well or was so less cluttered or even so nice to look at as Origin is. It's just a shame Valve doesn't have to make Steam function that well because people are gonna use it (in a lot of cases have to) no matter what. Origin worms its way into my computers startup processes in a way that steam never does, and it's constantly trying to run background poo poo or install updates when I don't even want it to be running.
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Snak posted:Origin worms its way into my computers startup processes in a way that steam never does, and it's constantly trying to run background poo poo or install updates when I don't even want it to be running. That is a bummer but you can just tell it not to do that and it won't anymore. I get a popup telling me I need to download an update just about every time I launch the thing because it can't do it automatically anymore but whatever. 
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May 18, 2017 03:30
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CJacobs posted:That is a bummer but you can just tell it not to do that and it won't anymore. I get a popup telling me I need to download an update just about every time I launch the thing because it can't do it automatically anymore but whatever. I mean, I used origin like, once 4 years ago, and after not seeing for 4 years, I caught it doing poo poo like 6 months ago. I think what happens is, when you update it, it resets its preferences to start automatically. GOG is real gross and horribly buggy, both as an interface and as a service. I don't have any special attachment to steam, but it does work just fine and doesn't piss me off very much.
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May 18, 2017 03:32
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GOG Galaxy destroyed my windows installation so you will hear no praise about it from me. I am glad they let you download their games copy-protection-free if you own them so that I never have to look at it again.
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May 18, 2017 03:35
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origin seems to display games as vertical tiles like xbox and that is un. tenable i say this as someone who has over 1000 games on steam. gently caress browsing through tiles why don't these alternative clients not have simple text-based lists to just fuckin double click and the game loads
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May 18, 2017 03:44
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This question isn't about any recent release, but since there isn't a thread specific to it I'd thought I'd ask here! I want to play a space or far future game. However, I cannot decide on the genre, much less the game. Does anyone have any recommendations? I would like to avoid Stellaris right now because I am Paradoxed the gently caress out. I've loved Alpha Centauri, Freespace, Homeworld, Master of Orion 2, ~*Star Control 2*~, and own some of the X games (although I wouldn't know which one I would start with.) Suggest whatever you think would be fun and why! Thanks.
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May 18, 2017 03:47
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CJacobs posted:GOG Galaxy destroyed my windows installation so you will hear no praise about it from me. I am glad they let you download their games copy-protection-free if you own them so that I never have to look at it again. Last year, a friend and I were trying to play some old RTS that was on GoG, and we bought it, and couldn't get it to work, and when he tried to refund it, they told him he couldn't because he didn't have it. Right there in his library.
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May 18, 2017 03:48
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Endless Space has good flavour and is a good fun standard 4X. There's an Endless Space 2 that's either about to come out or already is out but I don't know anything about it
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May 18, 2017 03:49
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Node posted:This question isn't about any recent release, but since there isn't a thread specific to it I'd thought I'd ask here! I want to play a space or far future game. However, I cannot decide on the genre, much less the game. Does anyone have any recommendations? I would like to avoid Stellaris right now because I am Paradoxed the gently caress out. I've loved Alpha Centauri, Freespace, Homeworld, Master of Orion 2, ~*Star Control 2*~, and own some of the X games (although I wouldn't know which one I would start with.) Endless Space 2 has been in early access and is entering 1.0 on Friday. I have heard only good things about it. The first one was bad but Endless Legend, their fantasy 4X, was fantastic, and they have taken the lessons they've learned from that and put it back into Space.
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May 18, 2017 03:50
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CJacobs posted:Origin is so much better than Steam as a client it's almost embarrassing. I wish Steam ran as well or was so less cluttered or even so nice to look at as Origin is. It's just a shame Valve doesn't have to make Steam function that well because people are gonna use it (in a lot of cases have to) no matter what. Origin was dogshit the last time I tried to use it years ago, I've avoided it since then out of a combination of "gently caress ea" and the fact that they reduced one of my favorite childhood devs to nothing but their name for their drm service, which also comes back to "gently caress ea"
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May 18, 2017 03:51
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MysticalMachineGun posted:I mean, Origin. loving Origin haha name an actual problem with origin besides "is not steam"
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May 18, 2017 03:53
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I was down on Origin when it meant that EA games no longer got massive price cuts during Steam sales. But now nothing gets massive price cuts during Steam sales so it's all a wash
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May 18, 2017 03:54
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:I was down on Origin when it meant that EA games no longer got massive price cuts during Steam sales. lots of games do, but theyre games you already own
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May 18, 2017 03:58
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:Endless Space 2 has been in early access and is entering 1.0 on Friday. I have heard only good things about it. The first one was bad but Endless Legend, their fantasy 4X, was fantastic, and they have taken the lessons they've learned from that and put it back into Space. I assume 1.0 means its leaving early access and is becoming retail? If so, that's nice timing. Thanks. I'd still love more recommendations if anyone has some. I remember playing Distant Worlds a long time ago before the expansions and I liked how there was a private sector aspect of the game that you had no control over, it felt like you were really managing an empire.
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May 18, 2017 03:59
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corn in the bible posted:lots of games do, but theyre games you already own but the people who usually complain about the deals sucking probably only have some sort of snide opinion of indies
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May 18, 2017 04:00
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May 18, 2017 04:01
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Origin would be good if EA makes worthwhile games to install it
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May 18, 2017 04:04
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:I was down on Origin when it meant that EA games no longer got massive price cuts during Steam sales. Also Origin has solid discounts of its own and Origin Access is surprisingly good value.
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May 18, 2017 04:07
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Quest For Glory II posted:also plenty of recent indie games go on sale for cheaper and cheaper with each sale I am actually less likely to go hunting for deals on indie games since I feel better about supporting the devs at full price. Also they usually have much better deals through Humble and Itch
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May 18, 2017 04:09
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I just discovered I own Lords of the Fallen on PS4, from PS+ I guess, and I've heard it's not really all that bad and it's free so I think I'm gonna try it out tonight
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May 18, 2017 04:19
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I don't like Origin because I don't want to install more programs to play games I own. I don't like battle.net either for the same reason. On the other hand EA hasn't made a single game I want to play since Origin came out so it doesn't really matter
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May 18, 2017 04:25
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i would say this if Nintendo had a PC client with virtual console or whatever and some of their eshop games like Pushmo or Boxboy, you fuckin know I'd install that poo poo i don't care how good or bad the client would be especially if it was crossbuy with Switch I mean this would literally NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER happen so don't remind me that it would never happen because I fuckin know
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May 18, 2017 04:35
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Google "emulator"
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May 18, 2017 04:38
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im not gonna pirate my good good boy Pushmo
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May 18, 2017 04:45
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corn in the bible posted:haha name an actual problem with origin besides "is not steam" - the tiled interface - scanning your computer for any EA published games to add to your Origin library (even though you can still play them via Steam, at least last time I checked) - no DLC support in games like Mass Effect - I had to go buy stuff directly from Bioware rather than handle it through the client - despite picking remember me it always gets me to log in - all the other reasons people have listed
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May 18, 2017 05:05
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precision posted:I just discovered I own Lords of the Fallen on PS4, from PS+ I guess, and I've heard it's not really all that bad and it's free so I think I'm gonna try it out tonight It is really all that bad
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May 18, 2017 05:36
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It's pretty lovely. You can have fun playing jt , but it becomes progressively more of a slog. The final few boss fights are just really drawn out and boring.
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MysticalMachineGun posted:- scanning your computer for any EA published games to add to your Origin library (even though you can still play them via Steam, at least last time I checked) Why is this a bad thing?
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May 18, 2017 05:40
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because then you're reminded that you paid money for EA's very bad games
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May 18, 2017 05:42
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CJacobs posted:Why is this a bad thing? Because he needed another bulletpoint.
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CJacobs posted:Why is this a bad thing? hes just SO ANGRY about EA and their storefront that has good customer support where actual people talk to you immediately instead of never
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May 18, 2017 05:49
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part of me agrees that a hidden or mandatory system scan is shady poo poo, but that part of me is still salty that blizzard locked my account because its mac os scanner couldn't communicate with hackintosh firmware, and games wouldn't launch unless it obtained your system info first
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May 18, 2017 05:51
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it doesnt communicate any of the info to EA or anything like that, it just checks for EA stuff and adds them to the launcher list for you so you can launch them in origin if you want. its maybe a pointless thing but it doesnt do any harm afaik
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corn in the bible posted:hes just SO ANGRY about EA and their storefront that has good customer support where actual people talk to you immediately instead of never I once bought DLC for Mass Effect 3. I got double charged for it which I didn't notice until a week later. I called EA's customer service to make a complaint. They banned my account claiming I was trying to commit fraud and hung up on me. I called back and had to talk for about two hours going through several supervisors until they sorted it all out. It did not leave a good taste in my mouth. Also I don't like Origin's UI. Steam UI sucks too, to be fair.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7CKWhNB4Es
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May 18, 2017 06:16
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Yeh soundtrack to fondly reminiscing about our favorite digital distribution services.
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Ometeotl posted:Because he needed another bulletpoint.  It might not be a problem for other people but it annoys me greatly to a) scan my PC without permission and b) list one thing in two different places when at the time I greatly preferred Steam.
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i saw suikoden 2 on firesale on a band trip when i was 13 and i almost bought it but went with saga frontier 2 instead three years later, i bought it from my friend after he gave it to our other friend as a birthday present for the same price. i played that poo poo on connectix vgs because we weren't allowed to have playstations (only computers) this is my reminiscence of this song Fur20 fucked around with this message at 06:27 on May 18, 2017 |
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Quest For Glory II posted:because then you're reminded that you paid money for EA's very bad games Hey now Titanfall 2 was good, and uhhh... Titanfall 2 was good. chumbler fucked around with this message at 06:55 on May 18, 2017 |
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controversial: snes aladdin really is a way more fun and interesting game than genesis aladdin and i'm surprised people apparently like genesis more, the gameplay in that version is super bland
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