Origin Store Free Games

[sablestorm]

For those who don't know, the Origin Store has a free games section. Sometimes you can download games for free outright, which I used to get some of the old Ultima games as well as Bejewelled and several others. Other games give you basically a trial account sort of access to the games, such as Sims 4 right now and that is only a 48 hour trial. Is there any chance we could get UO's 2 week trial listed in this section?

 

[Tabby Kapak]

Very good suggestion Sablestorm! Gives more chance of new players giving it a try.

Not meaning to hijack your thread, but we have a question that you might know the answer to.
We had a look at the Origin Store, and we saw a relatively low price for the 6 month game time code, only 45,99 Euros compared to the 67,99E per account that gets deducted from the credit card each half year. Is that a special price or the usual and have we been paying far too much all this time? (Or should see that as avoiding the hassle with account management every 6 months?) The difference is nearly 1/3rd which seems a lot!

 

[Melchiah]

That's the usual price Tabby - I always buy a 6 month gametime code after I realised the difference between that and a monthly subscription.

 

[sablestorm]

I'm in the US so I fear I have no clue what the Euro prices are. I'd go with what Melchiah says!

 

[Melchiah]

6 month gametime code in GBP is around £36.99, compared to £8.99 on a subscription. Just have to make sure you remember to renew when it runs out, but a reminder on my phone usually sorts that out.

 

[Thrakkar]

We had a look at the Origin Store, and we saw a relatively low price for the 6 month game time code, only 45,99 Euros compared to the 67,99E per account that gets deducted from the credit card each half year. Is that a special price or the usual and have we been paying far too much all this time? (Or should see that as avoiding the hassle with account management every 6 months?) The difference is nearly 1/3rd which seems a lot!

That's the usual price. Buying GTCs from Origin is definitely way cheaper than having your CC charged directly. It has been like that for years...
11,50€ (GTC) vs. (roughly) 16,50€ (CC) for a single month, or in your case 45,99 vs. 67,99 for half a year.

TBH, paying with the CC is a complete ripoff...

 

[JC the Builder]

Slightly related to the Origin store, this choice of wording is unfortunate.....