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Luke Send message Joined: 31 Dec 06 Posts: 2546 Credit: 817,560 RAC: 0 |
I've just had the worst experience with them. Just don't touch them. Their support is just pathetic. I've tried for a whole 6 hours to get one of their games to work. Re-installed about 5 times - and I still get this crap about product keys and licensing. What a waste of $48. I'm not ranting here, I'm just exhausted and warning you all. Gosh I'm tired. - Luke. |
Misfit Send message Joined: 21 Jun 01 Posts: 21804 Credit: 2,815,091 RAC: 0 |
Does EA even make original games anymore? Usually they are just involved with marketing and distribution, even if their logo comes up first. me@rescam.org |
Luke Send message Joined: 31 Dec 06 Posts: 2546 Credit: 817,560 RAC: 0 |
Does EA even make original games anymore? Usually they are just involved with marketing and distribution, even if their logo comes up first. I can't even remember the last time I played a game developed in-house by EA. Burnout Paradise is developed by Criterion, Spore & Sims are developed by Maxis... - Luke. |
Scarecrow Send message Joined: 15 Jul 00 Posts: 4520 Credit: 486,601 RAC: 0 |
This is most likely irrelevant to the issue at hand, but some time ago I actually did a paid service call to help someone enter a license key. It wasn't a game, but rather an accounting related app. Their whole problem was that zero (0) and O aren't the same, and in this case upper/lower case mattered. Needless to say I didn't go back to them to have my taxes done. But in fairness, some of the licensing/key hoops that one has to jump through anymore are more than a little frustrating. |
Luke Send message Joined: 31 Dec 06 Posts: 2546 Credit: 817,560 RAC: 0 |
Sigh. Steven: Hi, my name is Steven. How may I help you? Gosh, it's easier just to torrent the damn thing for free, isn't it! - Luke. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65773 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
This is most likely irrelevant to the issue at hand, but some time ago I actually did a paid service call to help someone enter a license key. It wasn't a game, but rather an accounting related app. Their whole problem was that zero (0) and O aren't the same, and in this case upper/lower case mattered. Needless to say I didn't go back to them to have my taxes done. But in fairness, some of the licensing/key hoops that one has to jump through anymore are more than a little frustrating. Oh I ought to know, I had an Atari 400 w/48K ram and there were keys and such to enter, Some were part of the chipsets symbols in a manual for the game and those symbols were Atari specific. COMPUTE used a lot of them when typing a program from the magazine to the computer such as Caves of ICE which I'd typed in years ago. Or that Antic Magazine used Here (Attack on the Death Star). The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
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I'm not ranting here, I'm just exhausted and warning you all. Gosh I'm tired. Reads like a rant. How can someone who lives in such a beautiful country be such a rant and raver. Almost every thread and post from you is a rant and rave. If you were posting from a bullet strewn hovel in Somalia, one could understand. iRant iRave iStack 'em May we All have a METAMORPHOSIS. REASON. GOoD JUDGEMENT and LOVE and ORDER!!!!! |
Misfit Send message Joined: 21 Jun 01 Posts: 21804 Credit: 2,815,091 RAC: 0 |
Gosh, it's easier just to torrent the damn thing for free, isn't it! As a matter of fact yes it is. How can someone who lives in such a beautiful country be such a rant and raver. Hahahahaha me@rescam.org |
Mike Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 34258 Credit: 79,922,639 RAC: 80 |
I never had problems with EA games. I always wait for the first patch. With each crime and every kindness we birth our future. |
Al Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 5832 Credit: 401,935 RAC: 0 |
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arkayn Send message Joined: 14 May 99 Posts: 4438 Credit: 55,006,323 RAC: 0 |
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GalaxyIce Send message Joined: 13 May 06 Posts: 8927 Credit: 1,361,057 RAC: 0 |
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Al Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 5832 Credit: 401,935 RAC: 0 |
Reviews my man, if i like the idea and look of the game I'm buying that sucker, but even then its hit and miss. Don't you read them? Do you game? Scorpions - Wind Of Change |
GalaxyIce Send message Joined: 13 May 06 Posts: 8927 Credit: 1,361,057 RAC: 0 |
Reviews my man, if i like the idea and look of the game I'm buying that sucker, but even then its hit and miss. I used to, Command a Conquer and all that strategy stuff like Dungeon Keeper, Age Of Empires, Stronghold. Love those games and yes, mostly got into them because of reviews. There's always a miss, some of the AOE were not good, previously the Dungeon Keeper II was a total flop. But you can tell I'm not into current games, don't really do it now any more. flaming balloons |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65773 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
I don't play any recent games, Just Civilization 4 or Mule from time to time. :D The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Al Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 5832 Credit: 401,935 RAC: 0 |
Ah well then at least you know how it feels to get a sequel and it turns out crappy :( Too bad tho, some good stuff coming out these days. Scorpions - Wind Of Change |
City of Elgin Send message Joined: 14 Nov 05 Posts: 191 Credit: 521,833 RAC: 0 |
Command and Conquer.......Brilliant game..........those were the days |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65773 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
At one time I used to play command and conquer, cannon fodder too, But I went to XP x64 and those games suddenly didn't work anymore, I asked and the publisher said that they don't support XP x64, So Why buy their dumb games? The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
GalaxyIce Send message Joined: 13 May 06 Posts: 8927 Credit: 1,361,057 RAC: 0 |
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zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65773 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Command and Conquer.......Brilliant game..........those were the days Still won't run in a 64bit OS, EA doesn't support any 64bit OS still, I looked on their C&C website and I saw mention of Vista(In compatibility mode) and XP(Service Pack 2/3), But no mention of Win 7 or any 64 bit OS. http://forums.commandandconquer.com/jforum/posts/list/596.page The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
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