Battlefield Tri-hard

[Amit]

Yeah, so BF3 will most likely be available from any vendor in the future:

“As it relates to Battlefield and Mass Effect,” says DiMartini, “I think we’re trying to reach as many customers as we possibly can, and we’re trying to give customers as much choice as we possibly can.

“If gamers feel like the feature set of Origin, and Battlefield’s relationship with Origin creates a situation where that’s where they want to purchase and play that game? Then by all means we would encourage that.

“However, if consumers are more interested in purchasing from their favourite retailer, or digitally through other partners,” he continues, “then by all means we would encourage those who earn their business to gain their business.”

http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/06/the-state-of-origin/

[TeeKup]

Dissection
June 20, 2011 at 2:22 PM

How exactly could Steam be better?

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Karachi King
June 20, 2011 at 2:27 PM

Lasers.

Couldn't help but laugh at that. I'll wait and see what EA has for origin. I enjoy steam but I have no qualms about try something new. I have more faith and respect in EA than most other publishers.

[Amit]

ROFFL:

8:15 seconds in.


I tried all I could to hear everything the guy said in the Official trailer on youtube but couldn't hear the second part of what he said. He yelled: "Holy shit! It's fucking Mordor!"

I LOL'd.

[Ifafudafi]

I have more faith and respect in EA than most other publishers.

You must not have been paying attention ~6-10 years ago when they were getting eighteen times the hate that AV gets these days. :P They have made a significant and conscious effort to turn around from that old image, though, and I will say that they at least manage to appear like they treat developers and their IPs with some modicum of respect; lord knows that's a rare thing these days.

My issue with Origin isn't the fact that it's EA doing something, it's the fact that I would (in theory) have to sign up and utilize another service with another list of friends and another set of credentials and services in order to play the games I like to play. Steam, being (imho) the most ubiquitous and user-friendly of known DD services, has become my go-to client for keeping track of other PC gaming mates and centralizing all those scattered games and publishers into one neat little digital package. Forcing another service into the mix screws all that up.

If Origin can somehow prove itself to be 1. easier to use 2. better featured 3. more wallet-friendly and 4. more widely used than Steam, I'd be all for it. I just don't see fufilling any of those qualities, much less all of them.

(they'll probably integrate BF3's MP into Origin somehow and we'll all end up downloading it anyway even if we do get it off Steam)

E: Amit: HURR. I was kind of wondering what he said too; assumed it was just a generic "HOLY SHIT LOOK AT THAT GUYZ LOOK AT THAT." or something. +1 respect points for the DICE scriptwriters

[TeeKup]

Oh I'm well aware of what they used to be like. But like you said Ifaf, at least it seems they're making the effort in the right direction. That alone lends them more respect than I could ever remotely begin to imagine in giving to Activision. I keep a close eye on everyone.

[Amit]

Oh I'm well aware of what they used to be like. But like you said Ifaf, at least it seems they're making the effort in the right direction. That alone lends them more respect than I could ever remotely begin to imagine in giving to Activision. I keep a close eye on everyone.

This pretty much. EA is better than a lot of Publishers these days. I just hate seeing all the piles of hate for EA and Origin on Reddit where people get their facts wrong. Most thing EA pulled their games from steam, but the opposite is true. They are ignorant and haven't even used the service yet. And Origin is from EA. I can't imagine why they would make us sign up for it when we all have EA accounts from playing BF2 and BC2. I'm guessing you just log into with your EA account and proceed. It's no more than you had to deal with before.
Now the social aspects I don't know about. I didn't know that you get a new friends list with Origin. And frankly, I don't care. I don't see myself using it since I know BF3 is going to be on Steam, but if the pre-order shit is only on Origin I'll use that and add BF3 as a non-steam game. Really, just deal with it.

[Amit]

Here's an interesting video that discusses a few more details about multiplayer (subtitles don't kick in till 16s and the meaty details are after Bach's interview):



Something that really caught my attention is the ability to customize each vehicle with upgrades tailored for that specific vehicle. No more generalized abilities, like in BC2. If I understood the interview correctly, weapons will be customizable to the same degree as vehicles or even higher.

[ThePlague]

I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE SAYING

[Amit]

I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE SAYING

Did you even read my post...at all?

[ThePlague]

Yeah, afterwards :3