Disagree there. If you've played 1 and 2 you should know by now whether you want to play 3. If you haven't played 1 and 2, you're doing it completely wrong imo :)

I usually defend this stuff the same as you are here, but ME3 is a special case. If you had the Prothean companion day one DLC you would realize how integral it is to the game. It's a big deal.

Just sharing my impressions. I hated the day one DLC idea as much as anyone, but troughout the entire playtrough, I have not seen anything that would as much as hint at something missing. ME3 felt like a complete experience and if I didn't know that there is such a companion, I would not miss anything.

I hear you. I guess my impression from the opposite end of it is that I can't imagine playing that game without him and his missions in it. The other DLC? Pretty disposable, but him? Not so much.

Maybe they miraculously accomplished both.

I feel the same way. I played the Wii U one with the companion and when I played the PC one without him, I just felt something was really missing in the experience.

This is a recent example of an unsolved problem:

Unfortunately, I have first hand experience with that particular issue. That was the proverbial last straw before I simply removed Origin completely.

can anyone else connect to Origin currently through the client?

ive been trying 2 days now with only this wonderful message :
"Could not connect to the server, please try again in a few minutes."

the site / browser log in work, just not the actual client.
did all the little 'fixes' that dont work and gone through 3 advisers / online helpers to no avail.

I was able to connect no problem

>_<

ty for the update.

After reading the last few posts in this thread, I just tried firing it up on my rig as well and had no issues.

got prob too, look like random or something

It's safe now. I stayed away from it for years, for fear of spyware and whatnot. I finally broke down this past year and installed it. It's not as full featured as steam, which is hands down my preferred gaming client. But, my daughter plays alot of EA games, so I figured I best get a grip on using origin. Origin does have one advantage over steam, and it's a big one. They have 24hr online chat support. That doesn't sound like much, but I've run into a few problems with older games activating in origin. I entered chat, and within 5 mins or so, they had fixed all my problems. Had this happen a few times, mainly with games I'd purchased on DVD, but wanted to have put into my daughters Origin account. They happily fixed things up for me. They've also been giving games away every now and then, and the sales are getting much better than they used to be. They are nowhere near as good as steam's holiday/summer sales. But, they are at least trying. The choice is yours about whether to install origin or not. But, I'm picky about things slowing down my PC, and running in the background, and such. I can tell you, origin shouldn't cause you any issues. I hope that helps.