Origin is still a peace of s***

As the topic states. Origin is complete and utter garbage, I have been saying such since it was released and it hasn't been improved. People keep accusing me of trolling, it's not as bad as it used to be, much better now they say. Horse****. It is every bit as bad 3 years on as when it was released.

I have been trying to download Titanfall for 24 hours now! (which I didn't even want to play to begin with, but my buddy sent me a key since it was only $10, so I am obligated) A download that should have taken less than 19 on my connection and I still have 4-5 hours to go. If it isn't erroring out regularly and stopping the download it is randomly jumping back 10-20% (I just watched it go from 80% to 60%).

Looking at the problem on Google this had been a known issue since launch and in three f***ing years they still haven't fixed it! F*** EA and their glorified download utility and f*** anyone else who defends it. It is just as broken and useless as it was 3 years ago. I am not touching another EA game on the PC even if it is free.

/rant

Rant God.

Weren't you the guy that bashed Titanfall for months, and now trying to download it? Hypocrite much?

I've downloaded about 4-5 games from Origin and they all maxed out my connection. I also have no problems whatsoever running any game (it's more online these days than Steam which goes down for maintenance). I really don't know why you have so many issues.

Had this same problem with both origin and steam. My one goes a step that completely wipes the download and starts over again. And did not find a solution why this happens. :(

I have never once had a single issue downloading a game on Steam and I have over 100 games at this point. Origin has been erroring out downloads since I can remember, but this one really takes the cake. Used to be it would just fail to authenticate my ME3 DLC now it just wasting my badwidth with nothing to show for it. Completely f***ing useless. I cannot believe I let me buddy guilt me into reinstalling this malware on my PC.

It isn't my HD that's for damn sure, I have a SSD that is less than a year old. And my connection isn't the problem either, it may be slow, but I have zero issue downloading games from any other source. It is an Origin issue plain and simple.

i had no troubles with origin but their latest update it pretty much broke origin in-game. Got terrible lags and small freezes on Battlefield . As soon as i disabled it everything is smooth

well, your first mistake was downloading titanfall :P

I've used Origin for a fair number of games for the past few years and have never had any issues. It seems to max my download speeds as well (45 Mbps fiber) the same as Steam. Steam has more features and I'd rather use it over Origin on that basis alone, but overall my experience with Origin has been just dandy.

No problems with orgin here better then uplay any way. Prefer non though.

The only problem I have with Origin is that the built in On Screen Display conflicts with MSI Afterburner. It literally makes games like Titanfall and BF4 unplayable as they want to load at 2 fps. This started happening about 6 months ago after an Origin update. So, I have to disable the Origin OSD so I can OC my cards. Prior to that, I don't remember having issues with Origin. I actually like the clean look of it compared to Steam and Uplay. Of course Steam is the best for features, community and the store.

Never had issues downloading on Origin. Bummer man.

I find origin downloading better than Steam.

Never encountered any problems either. It must be a problem on your end.

I actually get better speeds downloading from Origin than I do from Steam. I don't like the fact that I have to split my digital game collection between the two, but I'll live. I won't tolerate uPlay, though. Two digital distribution platforms is quite enough for me.

My Origin seems okay. It (size: 2.39gb) took a bit over 5 minutes to download the FIFA 15 demo. By the 6 minute mark, the demo's ready to play.

Sounds like you got really upset over something you can't really control. However if you go to the settings in Origin try setting a cap on your bandwidth. Your ISP might be clocking you down because if you are downloading too fast it might be costing them too much. Or it might be the EA servers.

Set the cap at 500kb-1mb and see if you can stabilize.

I rarely buy games from uPlay (I still liking buying physical retail boxes), but you still need uPlay to play Ubisoft games.

Its all garbage ! Steam, Orign, Uplay... All Of It is Garbage.

Like everything, it has it's good things and it's bad things.

Origin works just fine. Sometimes it makes me wonder if it really is an EA product.

I'm not inherently against other services.

The problems the prices, both EA and Ubisoft, are taking the piss. Assuming you are as dumb as a rock.

Not only is the price usually about 40% than steam, they spam multiple convoluted versions that bring a game up to 200% the price of retail. **** off.

The issue is definitely on your end. Origin downloads faster than Steam for me, and for many games writers I follow on twitter.

Origin is fine. Sure I prefer Steam because I have a better friends list there, but Origin is totally fine as a service.

I said it before, it must depend on region.

I sometimes find that here in Australia Origin has cheaper pricing than anywhere else (not always, sometimes).

@FelipeInside

True.... Its all Garbage though... Steam Must die 1st since its in the lead, the rest will fall in line if we can manage to kill it.

I like Origin, I get 10Mb/s dl speeds.

No it is not, I get max download speed on Steam and have never had a single failure to download in nearly 10 years at this location. I have never had a single issue downloading anything from Blizz uPlay or any other game service or website. I have had nothing but trouble with Origin since it was released. The only other game I have on it is ME3, when that was released and until I stopped playing it Origin would frequently get in a pissing match with the EA auth servers and fail to let me use the DLC I purchased unless I downloaded every piece of DLC I had access to (it also did this to my buddy who lives 3 states away). And even then it would not automatically update my games, I had to do it manually. And now after about 30 hours of downloading (it should have taken about 18) it is almost finished and I fully expect to fail to instal and make me start over form the beginning.

In my experience, origin downloads are faster than steam by quite a bit. Never had either of them fail at downloading something though.

Battlelog was made by DICE for Battlefield, has nothing to do with Origin. I can't believe people still get these confused.

@FelipeInside:

He's not a hypocrite until he starts saying that Titanfall is 'good'.

origin is fine. get more mad your internet sucks.