Battlefield 3 Cracked To Run Without Origin, EA Sheds A Tear

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Source: http://www.cinemable...Tear-36643.html

EA is probably fuming over the news right now but gamers and anti-Origin groups are cheering over a slight victory. Torrent-natives and piracy group Razor1911 has announced (yes, they have announced) that Origin is no longer needed to play DICE's highly praised multiplayer shooter, Battlefield 3. If you?re an EA fanboy, you better pull that flameproof jockstrap out of the closet, and you may as well bring your matching flameproof 2.0 girdle to the party?you?re going to need it.

According to GamaSutra, Razer1911 released an Origin-free crack that enables true Battlefield fans to play without having to open or use EA?s new service, just as if it was 2002 and DRM was just a pipedream at a Ubisoft shareholders meeting.

Well, it gets better?Razor group had a statement alongside the crack (yes, pirates these days are sophisticated enough to play the PR game) stating that?

"This release is dedicated to our fans worldwide who bought this game on [sic] legal way and don't want to install the trojan from Electronic Arts to play online,?

Yes, that?s right folks. As the statement says, this crack is only for those who bought the game the legit way. This isn?t for those same people who downloaded the full game from Torrentz a few weeks ago and want to play multiplayer scotch free, since the only way to access the multiplayer is via Origin and Battlelog. Any of you pirates who get the game illegally and then use the above mentioned crack should feel very ashamed of yourselves?you?re completely foregoing EA?s plans of world domination through a digital distribution service. How is EA going to rule the world, spy on your e-mail like the CIA, uninstall DLC when you aren't looking or give you a digital wet-Willy while you're playing games on Steam if you don't install Origin? Really...Shame. On. You.

The Razor1911 patch is only 8MB and is said to only work for those who bought the game legally. Realistically, though, if you already bought the game from Origin you may as well stick with it. I don?t really see the point of going through the hassle of removing Origin when it?s no less intrusive than Battlelog.

Anyway, you can pick up Battlefield 3 from retailers or from Origin for $59.99. Check out Gaming Blend?s review of the game if you?re unsure the game is worth the purchase.

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Probably a good thing, but I'm scared right now to give it a try... Don't want my game/serial key to get flagged.

Why would it get flagged? Your game is 100% legal and all you are doing is removing that crap from your computer. I think the reason Battlefield 3 crashes is because of that Origin garbage. It is totally unnecessary. I don't know why they made such a stupid decision to put that crap in the game.

Anyways, here's what appears to be another, safe solution to not using Origin:

http://www.ghacks.net/2011/11/04/want-to-play-battlefield-3-without-origin-do-this/

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I'll stick with Origin on the off chance EA somehow updates Origin to detect this hack and ban people who are using it. Call me paranoid, I don't care. I also don't have a lot of money to throw around too so better safe than sorry. Unless Razer1911 is going to compensate me for all my games on Origin if/when the account gets banned? Since they are so sure it works perfectly and all..

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Yeah if you're into cracking software and using other unofficial workarounds, your life is always a lot more inconvenient, fidgety and the whole thing is just not worth doing since with every update things will change, both with the software and the service itself. Just stay with what you've got and everything will work properly.

Unless you like messing around with files and don't mind using outdated, unsupported software and/or error messages every so often. :p

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Anyways, here's what appears to be another, safe solution to not using Origin:

http://www.ghacks.ne...origin-do-this/

According to the comments, it didn't "fully" work... :/

Actually I think this an excellent idea by Razor! I bought BF3 and I have to run a shortcut which launches Origin which opens a web browser that will start my game.

What the...

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According to the comments, it didn't "fully" work... :/

Actually I think this an excellent idea by Razor! I bought BF3 and I have to run a shortcut which launches Origin which opens a web browser that will start my game.

What the...

welcome to the dumbest video game setup ever. if anything, this makes me want to get BF3 even more.

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According to the comments, it didn't "fully" work... :/

Actually I think this an excellent idea by Razor! I bought BF3 and I have to run a shortcut which launches Origin which opens a web browser that will start my game.

What the...

What? Really? I open my browser and click on my book mark. That's two clicks. Three if you click on quick game... You guys are pansies, for real :p

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Why hasn't anyone said anything about renting this game on PS3 or XBOX360 and how you need to buy a on line pack to play. If you buy the game then you sweat, but if you buy it second hand or renting or borrowing your mates copy, then you need to spend 800MS point to play on line! dont know about PS3.

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Why hasn't anyone said anything about renting this game on PS3 or XBOX360 and how you need to buy a on line pack to play. If you buy the game then you sweat, but if you buy it second hand or renting or borrowing your mates copy, then you need to spend 800MS point to play on line! dont know about PS3.

10 bucks for ps3

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10 bucks for ps3

Yep. This is EA games' new way of getting extra cash from you. I play Tiger woods golf quite a bit and was amazed that a season in the 2012 version contains courses that aren't included in the standard game. You go through a number of competitions at different courses but after a short while it reaches one that you don't have and then asks you if you want to pay 320MS points for it! If you say no and skip that competition, you fall behind in the rankings as the computer AI player goes ahead and wins. Seriously, how can they sell a game that isn't whole. It would be like buying BF3 and then have to spend cash to buy your weapons to complete a mission.

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There's a far easier solution. If you don't like EA's tactics and their "spyware", do what I do and vote with your wallet. Don't buy the game at all.

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There's a far easier solution. If you don't like EA's tactics and their "spyware", do what I do and vote with your wallet. Don't buy the game at all.

DONE THIS, no steam no buy! nice to see EA rape another classic game to death!!

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Yep. This is EA games' new way of getting extra cash from you. I play Tiger woods golf quite a bit and was amazed that a season in the 2012 version contains courses that aren't included in the standard game. You go through a number of competitions at different courses but after a short while it reaches one that you don't have and then asks you if you want to pay 320MS points for it! If you say no and skip that competition, you fall behind in the rankings as the computer AI player goes ahead and wins. Seriously, how can they sell a game that isn't whole. It would be like buying BF3 and then have to spend cash to buy your weapons to complete a mission.

This is actually one of the reasons why I'm abstaining from BF3. I, too, got Tiger 2012 and got suckered into the additional courses - what a F'd up way to go by EA. As you said, you can't even play the full proper game without buying the DLC. Can't wait to see what they really do with ME3 and how they fudge that up.

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EA created Origin, as far as as anyone knows it doesn't collect or send any information, creates huge backlash from whiners due to BF3 not being sold via Steam.

Valve creates Steam, collects hardware and personal information and sends them to Valve, Half Life or any other Valve product isn't sold anywhere else and no one complains.

PC gamers, biggest hypocrites in the entire world. You make politicians look honest and sane.

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At first I really didn't want to install Origin and "conform" but now that I have, and got BF3 working properly (after about an hour after installation, kinda pathetic EA)... Origin really doesn't bother me. It's fine.

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There's a far easier solution. If you don't like EA's tactics and their "spyware", do what I do and vote with your wallet. Don't buy the game at all.

Hmmm, people want the game just not the dross that accompanies it.

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EA created Origin, as far as as anyone knows it doesn't collect or send any information, creates huge backlash from whiners due to BF3 not being sold via Steam.

Valve creates Steam, collects hardware and personal information and sends them to Valve, Half Life or any other Valve product isn't sold anywhere else and no one complains.

PC gamers, biggest hypocrites in the entire world. You make politicians look honest and sane.

You know that steam asks you if you want your infos to be on the steam survey or not, right?

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Its not surprising given the size of the EA empire and the reluctance of gamers to submit to any one company. I think that competition is good. As FloatingFatMan said, vote with your wallet. I bought it cause I wanted to try it and couldn't be stuffed one way or the other. If I didn't want to play, I wouldn't buy it. I guess at the end of the day, it comes down to personal choice. EA aren't required to sell their products to you on Steam. Just like Apple aren't required to sell their products to you though third party suppliers. Obviously they do by choice because they know this benefits them. If we're lucky, EA will realize the same through time and give us more choice.

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