Another Reason Why Origin Stinks Big Time

The only reason I buy Origin games is if the games are only available on Origin. But I bought two games that were on sale on Origin and I should have got them on Steam instead. They were Batman Arkham City and Gotham Imposters. I played 6% of BAC, but I never bought any paid DLC for it because Origin never sold it. You had to buy the DLC for the game on a separate Xbox Live website, and I never trusted that Xbox website because I thought it was unpopular and would go out of business. Today that fear is true, as the Xbox site is going down, see: Games for Windows FAQ | PC Games FAQ - Xbox.com

The other reason to hate Origin is because they drop games and you can't redownload then if you have a reformat. This is exactly what happened to my Gotham Imposters game! I saved my receipts and I saw that I paid for this game on Origin. After reinstalling Win 7 and Origin, I couldn't find a game tab to download the game and also Origin didn't sell the game anymore! SO IT REALLY SUCKS THAT ORIGIN WON'T LET YOU REDOWNLOAD A GAME THAT YOU PAID $$ FOR! Steam drops games but you can still redownload them, so Steam is awesome.

So I suggest to you, if a game is available on Steam or Origin, ONLY BUY THE STEAM VERSION. Plus Steam versions are better with Steam supplied DLCs. Like the latest Tomb Raider game, best on Steam!

How about you? Have you lost a game on Origin and what was it?

 

Good advice. I buy games on sale and sometimes don't download until months later. I would be pretty mad if I bought a game but never got to play it. I think you should do a class action law suit. After all, did they tell you that you could only download the game for a short period? They should give you a refund as you no longer have the game. Or they should send a DVD.

Be the squeeky wheel.

 

There was a big todo a while back about the Origin terms of service basically not guaranteeing you anything. Then EA said they didn't intend to ever remove access from your games, but also didn't change their TOS. Now it's happening. Hooray.

 

Yeah I only use Origin for the exclusives. Steam is just plain and simple better in most aspects I find. Long live Gaben!

 

Not if he doesn't start taking care of his health for once. Seriously if I had that much moolah I'd do everything in my power to be in the best shape so that I could live as long as possible to enjoy it all.

 

The IDEA of Origin, if executed properly, is fantastic. Origin, however, is so terrible that I hate that there are ANY exclusive titles for it.

 

Uplay is worse. Why when i download assassins creed 3 do i have to install 6 individual patches instead of one roll up?

It's just crap usability.