(08-17-2013, 01:04 PM)graykin Wrote: (08-16-2013, 04:22 PM)Bridge Wrote: I hadn't used Origin at all before buying these games but I'm happy with it so far. It's unintrusive and the interface is appealing IMO. Anyway, only BF3 and The Sims require Origin, all of the others work on both.
Not to mention Dead Space 3, at least according to the Origin Bundle homepage. It wouldn't be the first time the HIB put up quasi-false information about that sort of thing, though. With the Serious Sam bundle, they said almost all of the games would require Steam keys, but I think only Serious Sam 2, BFE, and First/Second Encounter HD needed keys.
Well, maybe it's not as bad as I thought, but I think I'll wait a bit still. These HIB's tend to reveal extra goodies as time goes on--maybe EA will eventually let us have them all on Steam (unlikely, but a guy can dream).
And the people who have already purchased will for some reason be excluded from these extra goodies should they be added? That makes absolutely no sense. If extras are added, they will be made available to everyone no matter when they bought I'm sure.