BattleField 3

[hellfire257 3]

I haven't played BF3 for ages! It got too repetitive and frustrating for me.

If it had mod tools though, the outcome would have been vastly different. Oh well, more fool them.

[onlyrazor 11]

So, the game's been lagging pretty badly for me over the past month. After several minutes of painstaking research, I managed to nail it down to my outdated BIOS with staggering (5%) accuracy. Hopefully, it will now work.

[jw custom 56]

Dan;2123063']I was going to buy BF3 on origin' date=' but I downloaded and installed Origin and it just keeps saying Origin has stopped working before I can even log in. Anybody else had this issue or know how to fix it? (google didn't bring much)(also I reinstalled several times and no joy)[/quote']

Try running Origin as admin, also try disable whatever AV/firewall programs you have running to see if theres a problem there.

[Flash Thunder 10]

I picked the game up but for xbox 360. And god it's a mess to play on Standard definition....

I can barely see things 20 feet away, and the game is forced to run in widescreen so my small 20 inch tv is more like a 12 inch screen now.

if it wasn't due to my mates nagging me to buy it on console I would've just bought it for PC and dealt with all the origin BS and problems.

game is running at 480 on about 12 inches of screen and it still can't hold a solid 30fps even with all the fake visual trickery and baked lighting. FPDR

God consoles need a huge upgrade already!

Yep a nice waste of 80 dollars. Wont be touching it again.

Edited March 26, 2012 by Flash Thunder

[Mr. Charles 22]

80 dollars? Get a refund, man.

[[evo] dan 79]

Try running Origin as admin, also try disable whatever AV/firewall programs you have running to see if theres a problem there.

Not turning my firewall off just to let origin run, I guess if my firewall and anti-virus is blocking it, it has a good reason. Looks like I wont ever be buying another EA game then, especially after they destroyed C & C and the GAME group.

[boneboys 0]

I had to "allow" BF3 in Avast to get things to work, this mostly concerned matchmaking challenges and as far as I am aware applies only to Avast.

[jw custom 56]

Dan;2124589']Not turning my firewall off just to let origin run' date=' I guess if my firewall and anti-virus is blocking it, it has a good reason. Looks like I wont ever be buying another EA game then, especially after they destroyed C & C and the GAME group.[/quote']

Well it was just a suggestion so you could find out if that was your problem, if not then well something else is causing the problems your having. I'm pretty sure your computer will survive a few minutes with Origin running.

[Baff1 0]

If it's anything like Steam, any time I launch it I just start swearing.

LMAO.

My sister bought me a copy of BF3 for my birthday. Good old girl, I'm just waiting for a set of parts of me new Eyefinity setup and I'll be giving it a test run at the end of the week.

I'm going to look into that software I heard of "Sandboxie"?

The one that stops Origin tipping off EA about my donkey porn. That sounds like my kind of paranoia pleasing utility.

I hope it works, I don't fancy getting raided by the RSPCA that much.

[Flash Thunder 10]

80 dollars? Get a refund, man.

well 64 for the game, 15 dollars for the karkand pack.

Maybe once i get an HDTV it will get better but as of now its literally unplayable.

[viper[cww] 14]

If it had mod tools though, the outcome would have been vastly different. Oh well, more fool them.

As a business point of view they have made a smart move, why let people make stuff and distribute it for free, when you can make mediocre stuff labelled as 'Destruction HD', 'Super Huge Never Seen Before Maps' for £10-20 each time.

At the end of the day if they made mod tools available it would ruin EA's profit margins, and that's all they care about.

Unfortunately.

[bangtail 0]

;2125028']As a business point of view they have made a smart move' date=' why let people make stuff and distribute it for free, when you can make mediocre stuff labelled as 'Destruction HD', 'Super Huge Never Seen Before Maps' for £10-20 each time.

At the end of the day if they made mod tools available it would ruin EA's profit margins, and that's all they care about.

Unfortunately.[/quote']

I find myself playing older games more and more these days. This business of selling half a game for $60.00 and then releasing the other half in dribs and drabs for $10.00 a shot is really out of control now.

I wish they would just go back to the days of expansions which would provide another ~20 hours of original content (not content that was part of the original game) for $20-30 as opposed to this legalized thievery.

I don't have any problems with people making money but it was a lot better for gamers when there was a mix of creativity and capitalism as opposed to unbridled greed.

[st_dux 26]

I don't have any problems with people making money but it was a lot better for gamers when there was a mix of creativity and capitalism as opposed to unbridled greed.

The line in the sand that you're drawing between "a mix of creativity and capitalism" and "unbridled greed" is completely arbitrary. These "half games" selling for $60 are extremely popular; clearly, the model is being accepted by consumers.

[viper[cww] 14]

Well, they've gone and done it. Put a price on buying unlocks from day one.

http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/in-game-shortcut-purchases-come-to-battlefield-3/#tab_row

/Greedy Bastards

[slatts 1978]

;2125123']Well' date=' they've gone and done it. Put a price on buying unlocks from day one.

[url']http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/in-game-shortcut-purchases-come-to-battlefield-3/#tab_row[/url]

/Greedy Bastards

what? if you cant be arsed to unlock the stuff you should get it for free? XD

even if a new player buys this stuff if they cant use it properly in game then it doesnt bother me, they wasted their own money in my view

P.S. I dont get the whole anti-EA/DICE thing for them trying to make money, they arent forcing you to buy this stuff, like every other company on the planet they are trying to make money off their product

[bangtail 0]

The line in the sand that you're drawing between "a mix of creativity and capitalism" and "unbridled greed" is completely arbitrary. These "half games" selling for $60 are extremely popular; clearly, the model is being accepted by consumers.

So was Britney Spears - just because you like to throw your money away on it doesn't necessarily make it good.

Edited March 27, 2012 by BangTail

[gammadust 12]

P.S. I dont get the whole anti-EA/DICE thing for them trying to make money, they arent forcing you to buy this stuff, like every other company on the planet they are trying to make money off their product

I wouldn't blame anyone selling its workforce, or any company big or small selling its products simply because their are trading in exchange for money... this is not what we have at hand.

The flak EA/DICE are getting originates in their fraudulent business practice of advertising one thing and selling another. They advertized a sequel to an estabilished series, including specific features which have not ultimately been delivered. This is bate and switch against "vulnerable" consumers (kids with his dad's cc for a good part). In civilized country(ies) where justice works, they would be appropriately out of business already (the fun thing is that EA shows itself so greedy that this may come about without actual justice interfering)

fraud/frôd/

Noun:

1. Wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.

2. A person or thing intended to deceive others, typically by unjustifiably claiming or being credited with accomplishments or qualities.

Synonyms:

cheat - deceit - deception - swindle - humbug - fake

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[Tonci87 163]

I wouldn't blame anyone selling its workforce, or any company big or small selling its products simply because their are trading in exchange for money... this is not what we have at hand.

The flak EA/DICE are getting originates in their fraudulent business practice of advertising one thing and selling another. They advertized a sequel to an estabilished series, including specific features which have not ultimately been delivered. This is bate and switch against "vulnerable" consumers (kids with his dad's cc for a good part). In civilized country(ies) where justice works, they would be appropriately out of business already (the fun thing is that EA shows itself so greedy that this may come about without actual justice interfering)

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THIS

So many games are advertised with features that don´t make it into the game, or get shiped out with DLCs, that should be punished

[Baff1 0]

What a piss take this game is to install!!!

estimated over 30 hours.

Add this to the 3 hours it's already taken me to register it so that I could download it.

I was expecting Origin to be bad, and it truely is.

Well over a half a week to install a game from a disc.

Diabolical.

Edited March 28, 2012 by Baff1

[bangtail 0]

THIS

So many games are advertised with features that don´t make it into the game, or get shiped out with DLCs, that should be punished

Exactly, it's not about them making money, that is the society most of us live in after all. It's about dishonest and nefarious business practices that quite clearly border the 'grey' area of most western consumer laws.

Obviously, most big companies/corporations perpetrate this kind of nonsense with impunity because they have the money to squash anyone who challenges them (revenue generated from the aforementioned dishonest and nefarious business practices).

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What a piss take this game is to install!!!

estimated over 30 hours.

Add this to the 3 hours it's already taken me to register it so that I could download it.

I was expecting Origin to be bad, and it truely is.

Well over a full day to install a game from a disc.

Diabolical.

What's even funnier is how the morons at EA actually think this is a challenger for Steam :rolleyes:

And for those that say Steam was that bad when it released, simply put - no it wasn't.

Steam had teething problems but it was never as bad as Origin and EA have had the benefit of many years to study the proper implementation of a digital distribution system, unlike Steam that pioneered it.

Edited March 28, 2012 by BangTail

[Dead3yez 0]

What a piss take this game is to install!!!

estimated over 30 hours.

Add this to the 3 hours it's already taken me to register it so that I could download it.

LOL.

By the time you finish installing / downloading, it will be time to install the patch which'll be an extra half a game to download. :D

[jw custom 56]

What a piss take this game is to install!!!

estimated over 30 hours.

Add this to the 3 hours it's already taken me to register it so that I could download it.

I was expecting Origin to be bad, and it truely is.

Well over a full day to install a game from a disc.

Diabolical.

Make sure it's actually installing from the disc, if your doing a full download it will take a lot of time. The update is around 1.7gb if i remember correctly so that will take some time depending on your internet connection. If you have used 30+ hours installing from a disc then lol.

[Baff1 0]

It's not actaully downloading off my disc at all.

That would be far too easy.

The disc just gives me some Error message that EA isn't intrested in and that Google has provided no cure for.

Getting funnier and funnier, estimated DL time, is now 100 hours.

So that's at least 4 days.

Hahahah.

And another patch after that you say!

I can't wait.

If services like this and Steam are the future of PC gaming, I think I'll stick with my olden but Golden titles or change platform.

£5 says if I had pirated BF3, I'd be playing by now.

Edited March 28, 2012 by Baff1

[viper[cww] 14]

what? if you cant be arsed to unlock the stuff you should get it for free? XD

even if a new player buys this stuff if they cant use it properly in game then it doesnt bother me, they wasted their own money in my view

P.S. I dont get the whole anti-EA/DICE thing for them trying to make money, they arent forcing you to buy this stuff, like every other company on the planet they are trying to make money off their product

No not at all, you should work at it until you get the unlocks, by that logic when EA decide to but a price on $ per bullet/magazine would you be happy. If they can do it for class/weapon unlocks they don't be surprised if they do this in the near future.

I'm not anti-DICE just anti-EA since they have wrecked many great titles in the last two years or so, they are a multi-million pound organisation, they should be happy with making money of the initial product, instead they have to bleed dry the product for $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. Ten years from now, I doubt any of us will be gaming, when this happens.

[Mr. Charles 22]

Nope, we will be playing ArmA 4 - Revenge of the Mechs

Apparently, we'll get a patch tomorrow:

http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/03/28/battlefield-3-pc-patch-will-land-tomorrow/

Edited March 28, 2012 by Mr. Charles