StingingVelvet wrote on Jul 20, 2011, 21:13:
Origin is really not that bad though. A lot of hate comments about it are rooted in the past when it was the EA Download Manager.
I honestly have never used Origin...I believe I installed the EA download manage only once, but uninstalled it immediately after I was seeing some instability in my system...I eventually had to perform a reformat and reinstall of everything except for the download manager and everything ran smoothly from then on.
StingingVelvet wrote on Jul 20, 2011, 21:13:
(don't tell me you can block patches, you can't really)
No...apparently StingingVelvet can't block patches. But Rockn-Roll can...and I can teach anyone to do it too, but not everyone can learn how...again...apparently. It's very simple really. All you need to do is backup the game when you first install it. Set Steam to be offline then uninstall the game and then you can reinstall the game in it's original version anytime you wish. You can do the same with every patch that comes out. You can backup after each and every patch to have every version there was...and the offline mode blocks patches.
What can you do with previous versions of multiplayer games? Not much really...well...all you can really do is host your own LAN parties because if you try to go online with an unpatched version then Steam will force you to patch it...it's called client security and Steam has it for us honest gamers...it's a feature to prevent hackers from joining games with unpatched exploit-ridden clients.
StingingVelvet wrote on Jul 20, 2011, 21:13:
Steam is better, sure, but Origin is not some terrible trip to the dark ages like Games for Windows Live is.
If Origin allows players to block patches to their clients and then join multiplayer games with known exploits still in place then it's not something I would want to use. But, I actually don't think that was what you were trying to say...maybe you don't really know yourself...you probably just heard something about not being able to block patches and just brought it up as a stab at Steam as it if was a shortcomming.
I've been involved in Steam vs. discussions for years and the only valid problem I know is from low bandwidth players who can't play for a couple of days when a patch comes out. Well...guess what? Valve just fixed that and now there is no valid complaint against Steam...it's the best service and it's free. Every complaint (including patch blocking) are just players that don't know how to use the service to their full advantage or (like with patch blocking) are wanting to use exploits and Steam isn't letting them.
Let's Rock!