$19.99 off certain games on Origin

I know that this belongs in the special offers thread but this deal is too amazing to have it hidden away in that thread.

I know everyone hates Origin, so do I, but if you use the promo code OS3874XVC on Origin upon checkout you get $19.99 off your purchase. You can also use it on cheaper games and get them for free. Only works in the US and Canada. Its one use per person.

Heres the list of games it works on:

Dead Space
Dead Space 2
Dragon Age: Origins
Dragon Age: Awakening
Dragon Age II
Crysis
Crysis Warhead
NFS Shift
NFS Hot Pursuit
NFS Undercover
NFS Shift 2 Unleashed
NFS World ($20 speed boost credit included)
Medal of Honor
Littilest Pet Shop
Burnout Paradise the Ultimate Collection
MySims
Command & Conquer 4 Tiberian Twilight
Command & Conquer 3
Mass Effect 1
Mass Effect 2
Battlefield 2 Complete Collection
Battlefield 2142 Deluxe Edition
Battlefield Bad Company 2
Battlefield Bad Company 2 Vietnam DLC
FIFA Soccer 12
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12
Sim City 4
Mirror's Edge
Mirror's Edge DLC
Shank 2
Spore
The Saboteur
Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows Part 1
Bulletstorm
Sims 3 add-ons

Also I think BF3 add-ons also work but Im not sure.

Games Not Eligible:

Star Wars the old Republic
Pre-orders
Games released within 30 days of purchase
Valve games
Select partner titles distributed by origin Virtual currency
Game time codes

Expires on 10/21/2012.

Enjoy! I got Command and Conquer 3 for free using this.

Thanks :2thumbsup:

Edit:
Oh it's US, Canada only....... :(

Huh. Neat. I had most of the games I was interested in, but it's been ages since I've played a golf game. I won't say no to an ultimately free tiger woods '12. Thanks.

I'll pass, I hate origin enough that I wouldn't have it installed if every game you listed was free.

And any game connected published by EA will be a game I never play.

Eh, Origin isnt so bad, at least in my experience. Unwieldy and slow, but otherwise harmless, IMO.

The minute any game series I play and love becomes Origin exclusive, I will give up on being a gamer. Hopefully, it wont happen. In the event that it does... MS-DOS Games, here I come!

Can someone explain the hate for Origin? Ive never had a problem with it, yet everyone seems to hate it for the sole reason that it is EA owned.

Steam is bad enough, in short.

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Originally Posted by Hooahguy

Can someone explain the hate for Origin? Ive never had a problem with it, yet everyone seems to hate it for the sole reason that it is EA owned.

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Originally Posted by Tiaexz

Steam is bad enough, in short.

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My problem with origin is, put simply, that it is non-functioning software, nowhere near ready to serve in the capacity that EA needs it to be. Yet we are forced to use it anyway if we want the privilege of playing EA published sofware. I had the same issues with steam for years, as did many other people.

Today Steam has come a long way from where it began, but it is still very much a closed platform, and while the store and the sales are fantastic I have no illusions of the fact that it's main role is DRM. The fact that I don't even notice it 95% of the time allows me to accept that fact, but others have equal issues with steam as I do with Origin.

Currently, Origin is stuck in offline mode and won't go online. No, seriously. I'm not even sure how this is possible but Origin is literally refusing to connect to the EA servers. It says it needs to update every time I login, and I tell it to, but something in the process is completely broken and it kicks me into offline mode before an update even begins. I've tried everything I can think of and still it just sits there in offline mode. It doesn't help that EA's customer support is legendarily bad. I have looked and looked for a solution, tried everything short of ancient rituals to those who should not be named, and still nothing helps.

I haven't been able to play the new ME3 multiplayer stuff because of this, and after a few evenings of messing with it have just given up altogether.

In terms of download speed/connectivity, Origin has a long way to go. I get those occasional Offline error as well.

Steam, on the other hand, feels like breeze. CD/DVD days are almost gone, so digital distribution needs its own means to fight copyright infringement where broadband connection set itself as the standard as of today.

You guys have connection and download speed problems with Origin? Strange, I do not seem to have these issues. Downloading BF3, which is like a 15 gb download, took less than an hour. C&C3 took all of five minutes to download.

This is probably why I dont seem to hate Origin or EA like most of the gaming community does.

My issues are primarily with EA. That they created a pathetic excuse for trying to compete with steam is ancillary.

I'm too bored with the topic of EA being a company who has throughout their existence been at cross purposes with their customers, so I'll just throw you these couple:

http://www.giantbomb.com/news/everyb...parently/4070/

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/vide...People-Hate-EA