Need For Speed: Most Wanted currently free to CLAIM!

[Space Coward]

ayy lmao just go to steamcgmunity...

Alright, no more joking. NFS Most Wanted is free right now on Origin. For those of you who don't know what On the House is, it's a service EA has been running recently where anyone with a free Origin account can claim the game EA picks out every month or so, and when it's claimed, it's yours forever.

https://www.origin.com/en-us/store/free-games/on-the-house

Other games that have been on On the House:

• Dead Space
• Battlefield 3
• Jade Empire
• Syndicate (the 90's one)
• Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2

Just to name a few.

Origin's a much better client than it was back when it first launched, and the privacy concerns have been addressed, so I'd highly recommend downloading it, even if only for this game.

If someone's really suspicious that I'm lying just because of the phisher joke at the top of the thread, I'd be happy to take a screenshot of both the store page and the email I received.

EDIT: There's also a pretty big sale going on right now, 50-75% off for most of EA's games. Again, I'd really recommend checking it out. In a twist that can be described as "House of Cards ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥t," EA's a pretty good company in comparison to its competitors like WB Games and SquareEnix.

[jed]

Thanks for the heads up! I rarely go on origin so thanks

[Mule]

Not to be a prick, but steam is mortal enemies with origin. I know this is off topic but pleasedon't fill spaces with advertisements. not a moderator, just suggesting.

[Space Coward]

Originally posted by Dirk Gently:

Not to be a prick, but steam is mortal enemies with origin. I know this is off topic but pleasedon't fill spaces with advertisements. not a moderator, just suggesting.

It's not an advertisement. I'm damn well going to point it out, because NFS MW is a good game, and people would want to play it. I wasn't aware that I was an EA employee deliberately sent here to take people away from Steam, but if I am provide proof and I'll gladly take it down.

Also, if you really think EA and Valve are "mortal enemies," you need to grow up. They're similar clients that serve a similar purpose, and just like Phil Spencer says with Xbox vs PS4, nobody said a lesser success somehow isn't a success.

[Sir Dookface McFerretballs]

Free would totally be worth it if the whole "Origin" things wasn't attached to it.

Some guy in russia stole my Origin account years ago, and I can never get it back because it sends me to EA Russia for customer support and I'm too lazy to learn Russian to be able to talk to them.

[Lily]

Originally posted by Dirk Gently:

Not to be a prick, but steam is mortal enemies with origin. I know this is off topic but pleasedon't fill spaces with advertisements. not a moderator, just suggesting.

There's a megathread on the on the house thing in the old forum's off-topic section, and there have been threads on previous on the house promotions on this forum as well. Don't see any reason why this would be a problem.

[Space Coward]

Originally posted by Sir Dookface McFerretballs:

Free would totally be worth it if the whole "Origin" things wasn't attached to it.

Some guy in russia stole my Origin account years ago, and I can never get it back because it sends me to EA Russia for customer support and I'm too lazy to learn Russian to be able to talk to them.

Talk to EA US without logging in. Their phone service is also great.

For "Worst Company in America," they really don't deserve that name. They're far from perfect but they definitely have their merits as a company.

Also, in my opinion, if you're selling this for $20, it's impossible to be the worst company in America.
https://www.origin.com/en-us/store/buy/c-c-the-ultimate-collection/pc-download/bundle/ultimate-collection

[♠ZerØ♠]

Good work looking out for your fellow Gamers.

[Space Coward]

Originally posted by ♠ZerØ♠:

Good work looking out for your fellow Gamers.

:woo::fshappy:

Last time I did this, it was when they had Red Alert 2 up. I ended up letting a lot of people down, since so many people tried to download it that EA's servers were down for two days.

Free games, the most effective DDoS method in history.

[Sir Dookface McFerretballs]

Originally posted by Kill-Cam Celebrity:

Originally posted by Sir Dookface McFerretballs:

Free would totally be worth it if the whole "Origin" things wasn't attached to it.

Some guy in russia stole my Origin account years ago, and I can never get it back because it sends me to EA Russia for customer support and I'm too lazy to learn Russian to be able to talk to them.

Talk to EA US without logging in. Their phone service is also great.

For "Worst Company in America," they really don't deserve that name. They're far from perfect but they definitely have their merits as a company.

Also, in my opinion, if you're selling this for $20, it's impossible to be the worst company in America.
https://www.origin.com/en-us/store/buy/c-c-the-ultimate-collection/pc-download/bundle/ultimate-collection

They are a pretty bad company. From the way they treat employees to the way they don't care about customers (gave up trying to get my account back after nearly 3 years) to the game companies they buy out just to destroy so they don't have to worry about "possible" competition.

What is great Is I already have all the C&C games before Origin was even a thing and they ruined that series too.

[Space Coward]

Originally posted by Sir Dookface McFerretballs:

Originally posted by Kill-Cam Celebrity:

Talk to EA US without logging in. Their phone service is also great.

For "Worst Company in America," they really don't deserve that name. They're far from perfect but they definitely have their merits as a company.

Also, in my opinion, if you're selling this for $20, it's impossible to be the worst company in America.
https://www.origin.com/en-us/store/buy/c-c-the-ultimate-collection/pc-download/bundle/ultimate-collection

They are a pretty bad company. From the way they treat employees to the way they don't care about customers (gave up trying to get my account back after nearly 3 years) to the game companies they buy out just to destroy so they don't have to worry about "possible" competition.

What is great Is I already have all the C&C games before Origin was even a thing and they ruined that series too.

2013 may have been a bad year for the company, but the reform movement they have going is something to applaud. They've ditched microtransactions, they're not implementing community microtransaction markets at all, they're avoiding fake remasters altogether, I've heard great things recently about working conditions (most notably DICE LA), and they had a refund policy before it was cool (Great Game Guarantee).

That, and it's easy to say that somehow they're singlehandedly responsible for Maxis' downfall, but they did delay the inevitable by a good 16 years. If it weren't for their Maxis buyout, we never would have seen Spore, SimCity 3000/4, or The Sims. Their support is also great, especially in comparison to Valve, and for every screwup they make they have some kind of good thing to counteract it.

Then, you have companies like SquareEnix and WB Games, customer abuse at its finest. Abusive DRM, a big "♥♥♥♥ you" to PC users by selling a broken product then running, sketchy business models, half-baked games, just overall ♥♥♥♥. It's like they're both a complete reboot of Ubisoft/EA from 2007, the exact same downward trend being repeated by these two, while the real EA and Ubisoft are starting to change their ways (EA moving way faster than its French competitor).

Even then, I would never call any of these companies "Worst in America" under any circumstance. At the end of the day, it's some first-world-problems ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Nestle's links to human trafficking, a massive oil spill, causing a massive economic recession, wrongly foreclosing homes, and somehow a few mediocre video games make you the worst in the country? Oh, internet...

[Fragile Waters]

Thanks for the heads up based OP.