I should have bought the Xbox 360 or PS3 version of Battlefield 3 instead!

A few days ago I bought BF3 Limited Edition for my PC. The worst thing I hate about this game on the PC is that I need Origin running to play it and I need to an internet connection for Origin account verfication each time I play this game on my PC. I click on the BF3 shortcut icon then it loads the web broswer and then I click on Campaign and then the actual game starts loading butthrough the web browserand then I'm in the game's menu.Also I had to install a plug-in forthe web browswer andcouldn't install the plugins succesfully the first time and had to do it again and exit my web browswer so that I could start the game.Also I have to disable my internet secruty software or else the game won't load most of the time. I would have prefered not having Origin and going straight to the game after clicking my shortcut. Also I need my Origin account verified each time I launch the game. What happen to the days of just installing a game and then leaving the disk in the DVD drive in order to play a PCgame without all this nonsense DRM?

Also even though I can use my Xbox 360 controller in the game, sometimes the fight buttons won't respond on the controller and I have to use the keyboard to fight reliably,and the letters on the screen don't correspond to the Xbox 360 controller if I use it, only keyboard and mouse buttons. I might as will use the keyboard and mouse the whole time I play it.

Also sometimes I get huge stuttering for the first2 seconds when restarting a checkpoint. Something like this shouldn't happen on a i7-2600k / 16 GB RAM rig. However, it does run smoothly most of the time on my machine aside from those stutters that I mentioned.

If I would have bought the Xbox 360 or PS3 version I wouldn't have to deal with Origin being required to run the game and not have to go through all these hoops to start this game.

If Origin wasn't required to run the game and it had no web browswer interface I have to go through before starting the actual game and my Xbox 360 controller worked reliably in this PC game then my thoughts about his game would be positive.

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Id rather have the better version personally, which is the PC version.

Im not 100% set on battlelog but its not all that bad to me after awhile. I prefer how BC2 was for servers,etc.. but this Battle log and Origin doesn't make me wish I bought the inferior version.

Ive played both 360 and PC version of BF3 adn its not even close, PC version destroys it. Better grahics, better performance, 64 players instead of 24, the maps are bigger in size,etc..

I dont know if Id be willign to trade all that in just to not have Origin. Sounds like PC's are a bit to much for ya, maybe get xbox or ps3 versions of games from now on? PC gaming is not for everyone.

Id rather have the better version personally, which is the PC version.

Im not 100% set on battlelog but its not all that bad to me after awhile. I prefer how BC2 was for servers,etc.. but this Battle log and Origin doesn't make me wish I bought the inferior version.

Ive played both 360 and PC version of BF3 adn its not even close, PC version destroys it. Better grahics, better performance, 64 players instead of 24, the maps are bigger in size,etc..

I dont know if Id be willign to trade all that in just to not have Origin. Sounds like PC's are a bit to much for ya, maybe get xbox or ps3 versions of games from now on? PC gaming is not for everyone.

kozzy1234

It's not that PC's are too complicated for me. It's just that I prefer the simplicity of consoles.

Now I get a message saying Origin is experiencing problems with game activation after I click on the BF3 icon and this is a legit copy. F**ck this! That's it, I'm selling my GTX 580 after I beat the single player campaign in BF3.

I have just got the PC version and boy does it look and play good! Love it,Also I don't have a problem with Origin IMO I don't think it's that bad.

I have just got the PC version and boy does it look and play good! Love it,Also I don't have a problem with Origin IMO I don't think it's that bad.

CUDGEdave

Yeah I was expecting the worst thing ever when I heard about Origin, but its actually nto to bad. Somethings in the Battle log and Origin could be improved but for how new Origin is it sure runs well.

Battlelog in the beta was enough for me to switch to the xbox version. If offline bots ever get modded in, I'll pick up the pc version too.

Whoops, I forgot. No mods either.

Yeah, it's either the console version or PC version. The console version works, but looks less good. The PC version doesn't really work that well yet and you have Origin and Battlelog, which are both pretty much redundant. The PC version does look better though.

Yeah, it's either the console version or PC version. The console version works, but looks less good. The PC version doesn't really work that well yet and you have Origin and Battlelog, which are both pretty much redundant. The PC version does look better though.

JW-toch

it also controls better

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Yeah, it's either the console version or PC version. The console version works, but looks less good. The PC version doesn't really work that well yet and you have Origin and Battlelog, which are both pretty much redundant. The PC version does look better though.

ionusX

it also controls better

Except for jets and helicopters.

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[QUOTE="JW-toch"]

Yeah, it's either the console version or PC version. The console version works, but looks less good. The PC version doesn't really work that well yet and you have Origin and Battlelog, which are both pretty much redundant. The PC version does look better though.

xLittlekillx

it also controls better

Except for jets and helicopters.

Yeah, it's either the console version or PC version. The console version works, but looks less good. The PC version doesn't really work that well yet and you have Origin and Battlelog, which are both pretty much redundant. The PC version does look better though.

JW-toch

Yeah, it's either the console version or PC version. The console version works, but looks less good. The PC version doesn't really work that well yet and you have Origin and Battlelog, which are both pretty much redundant. The PC version does look better though.

JW-toch

PC version doesn't work? What?

Only issue Ive had so far is lag in a few servers and the fact that we had to update PB today as servers were kicking us out. Other then that Im ahving a blast, done all the coop levels, played an hour or two of campaign and done about 15 hours of the multiplayer.

Or are you talking about how origin is having an issue with activating the game?

Some people it might be experiencing BF3 nto working as you say, but a ton of people are playing it fine.

Game defiantly needs some patches but as far as it "doesnt really work" I gotta dissagree, its also runnign at a much better FPS I expected to.

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Yeah, it's either the console version or PC version. The console version works, but looks less good. The PC version doesn't really work that well yet and you have Origin and Battlelog, which are both pretty much redundant. The PC version does look better though.

streetridaz

The activation servers are down as we speak, that pretty much means that everyone who has bought the game and has yet to activate it can't play the game. I'm not generalizing when I say that Battlefield 3 on the PC didn't have a fresh start and the game isn't working as intended. Of course, a lot of people are playing without problems, but you can't deny the fact that way too much people are having difficulties with playing the game. This and loads of people complain about Origin and Battlelog.

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Yeah, it's either the console version or PC version. The console version works, but looks less good. The PC version doesn't really work that well yet and you have Origin and Battlelog, which are both pretty much redundant. The PC version does look better though.

JW-toch

The activation servers are down as we speak, that pretty much means that everyone who has bought the game and has yet to activate it can't play the game. I'm not generalizing when I say that Battlefield 3 on the PC didn't have a fresh start and the game isn't working as intended. Of course, a lot of people are playing without problems, but you can't deny the fact that way too much people are having difficulties with playing the game. This and loads of people complain about Origin and Battlelog.

origin sucks this sint anything new.. we knew this before bf3 was even put on that horrid platform.

they should keep gamesoff it. borderlands suffered under the strain of gamespy.. now its on steam. wvee gone through this before. i only hope they wake up and smell the coffee like 2k did.

the fact is this no one other than steam creates a communal DD system quite as good. and when they mvoe it over and come to their senses (or at min move it to GFWL) the better.

So let me get this straight, you are angry over the fact that you have to be connected to the internet, to play.... online multiplayer? yes.... i can definitely uhhh... see the shocking uhhh.... revelation that must have been.... :|

Meh Battlelog isn't that bad, I wasn't kool with having to launch all of these windows at once but BF3 is worth it. I haven't had any of the problems you have stated tho :?. My main gripe with it now is that I can't change key bindings, graphic settings etc. out side of the game.

Oh look, another anti-Origin/Battlelog thread. How original.

[QUOTE="ionusX"]

it also controls better

Except for jets and helicopters.

Yeah, it's either the console version or PC version. The console version works, but looks less good. The PC version doesn't really work that well yet and you have Origin and Battlelog, which are both pretty much redundant. The PC version does look better though.

JW-toch

Geez, what a joke...If you want the REAL version PC is the only way to go. Yes Origin sucks and is a pain in the ass to use but I'll take the massively upgraded graphics, more than double the players and double the framerate. You are compaining about nothing...

If you want to fix the crappy controls all you need to do is use the better "controller", the mouse and keyboard.

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[QUOTE="JW-toch"]

Yeah, it's either the console version or PC version. The console version works, but looks less good. The PC version doesn't really work that well yet and you have Origin and Battlelog, which are both pretty much redundant. The PC version does look better though.

xLittlekillx

it also controls better

Except for jets and helicopters.

Get a flight stick.

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[QUOTE="JW-toch"]

Yeah, it's either the console version or PC version. The console version works, but looks less good. The PC version doesn't really work that well yet and you have Origin and Battlelog, which are both pretty much redundant. The PC version does look better though.

xLittlekillx

it also controls better

Except for jets and helicopters.

You think this is complicated, then you obviously didn't play PC GAMES before the advent of DirectX and windows support. PC games use to have to be run from MS-DOS, and they usually required a Boot disk which you had to write yourself often for each individual game.

Personally I hate games that require some client to run. Over the years I've gotten over steam but I refuse to ever install origin on my pc.

You think this is complicated, then you obviously didn't play PC GAMES before the advent of DirectX and windows support. PC games use to have to be run from MS-DOS, and they usually required a Boot disk which you had to write yourself often for each individual game.

ShimmerMan

I started PC gaming 18 years ago which was the time DOS and Windows 3.1 were standard. I played games that required DOS back then and I know how to create a boot disk. I also have an associates degree in Informational Technology Support and I'm A+ Certified. I don't think it's complicated.

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