Battlefield 4 had a rather tumultuous launch, causing EA’s stock to take a tumble and even get investigated by shareholder to see if they knew the game was going to be such a problem. Fans of the franchise say the game is excellent, and now you can find out for yourself, risk free.
EA has brought back Origin Game Time. You can add Battlefield 4 to your Origin library anytime from now until 14 August. Once you have it, it’s up to you when you decide to download and launch the game. Upon first launch, you have 168 hours to play – that time runs when playing and when at work, play and sleep. Don’t worry about download times, though – your game time clock will only start ticking down once you’ve launched the game for the first time.
Game Time offers the entire Battlefield 4 experience. Complete the single-player campaign, or be like most people and just jump straight into multiplayer to join your 63 friends. Progress and Origin Achievements are saved, so if you end up buying the game after all your free gameplay time, you can pick up where you left off.
Head on over here and redeem your free game time.
Now this offer I like. This is a nice length for a demo – let players see that the game is no longer broken on PC and decide if they actually want to play it and enjoy all the levolution pew pew action. Good job EA – this is how you can appear like good guy EA.
Last Updated: August 8, 2014
Rince
August 8, 2014 at 08:13
Why can’t they do this with every game that comes out? A 5 hour window, a DEMO! Remember that you suit bastards? When we would by a magazine and almost pass out as you opened its still virgin pages? The sound as you peeled back its cover to remove the CD and ram it into your rom drive? Okay, I may have just had a muffin but this is inexcusable Rince… Still, bring back the DEMO!
Hammersteyn
August 8, 2014 at 08:18
Plus you then would know for sure how the game runs on your PC before you bought it
Rince
August 8, 2014 at 08:27
Well in the case of Battlefield 4 the magazine would have to have a strap at the top saying ‘before playing please purchase the next 7 months of our editions with CD updates…’
Hammersteyn
August 8, 2014 at 08:28
hehehe
Kromas
August 8, 2014 at 08:28
And the pages would be torn up so they would send you a small piece of tape to fix one page at a time.
Spaffy
August 8, 2014 at 08:53
Probably cause you’d finish the game in 5 hours
Rince
August 8, 2014 at 08:13
Why can’t they do this with every game that comes out? A 5 hour window, a DEMO! Remember that you suit bastards? When we would by a magazine and almost pass out as you opened its still virgin pages? The sound as you peeled back its cover to remove the CD and ram it into your rom drive? Okay, I may have just had a muffin but this is inexcusable Rince… Still, bring back the DEMO!
Hammersteyn
August 8, 2014 at 08:18
Plus you then would know for sure how the game runs on your PC before you bought it
Rince
August 8, 2014 at 08:27
Well in the case of Battlefield 4 the magazine would have to have a strap at the top saying ‘before playing please purchase the next 7 months of our editions with CD updates…’
Hammersteyn
August 8, 2014 at 08:28
hehehe
Kromas
August 8, 2014 at 08:28
And the pages would be torn up so they would send you a small piece of tape to fix one page at a time.
Spaffy
August 8, 2014 at 08:53
Probably cause you’d finish the game in 5 hours
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 8, 2014 at 08:14
Cool, now I can play the part I’m interested in, the SP
Hammersteyn
August 8, 2014 at 08:16
And the rest of the six and a half days?
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 8, 2014 at 08:17
FUS RO DAH!
FoxOneZA
August 8, 2014 at 09:23
I’m pretty sure the SP can be cleared in a complete weekend.
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 8, 2014 at 08:14
Cool, now I can play the part I’m interested in, the SP
Hammersteyn
August 8, 2014 at 08:16
And the rest of the six and a half days?
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 8, 2014 at 08:17
FUS RO DAH!
FoxOneZA
August 8, 2014 at 09:23
I’m pretty sure the SP can be cleared in a complete weekend.
Hammersteyn
August 8, 2014 at 08:17
They are extending the Beta by a week? How nice of them.
Spathi
August 8, 2014 at 09:59
Oh my soul this was brilliant!
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 8, 2014 at 08:17
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Hammersteyn
August 8, 2014 at 08:20
One day cats will save the world. Today we are cancelling the apocalypse!
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VampyreSquirrel
August 8, 2014 at 08:29
I appreciate that appreciative gif, it’s appreciatively awesome.
Gareth L (That eXCheez Guy)
August 9, 2014 at 08:18
I’m in tears. This is brilliant.
Hammersteyn
August 8, 2014 at 08:17
They are extending the Beta by a week? How nice of them.
Spathi
August 8, 2014 at 09:59
Oh my soul this was brilliant!
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 8, 2014 at 08:17
In appreciation of international cat appreciation day, appreciate this appreciative gif:
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Hammersteyn
August 8, 2014 at 08:20
One day cats will save the world. Today we are cancelling the apocalypse!
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VampyreSquirrel
August 8, 2014 at 08:29
I appreciate that appreciative gif, it’s appreciatively awesome.
Kromas
August 8, 2014 at 08:27
I own the damn premium edition and I don’t even play it anymore. EA … FIX YOUR ****
VampyreSquirrel
August 8, 2014 at 08:27
I shall be on the side of the dragon born and say…
FUS RO NOPE!
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 8, 2014 at 08:45
Unrelenting Force!
Kromas
August 8, 2014 at 08:27
I own the damn premium edition and I don’t even play it anymore. EA … FIX YOUR ****
VampyreSquirrel
August 8, 2014 at 08:27
I shall be on the side of the dragon born and say…
FUS RO NOPE!
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 8, 2014 at 08:45
Unrelenting Force!
Alien Emperor Trevor
August 8, 2014 at 08:34
That’s a good offer & good PR. See EA, you can do something nice every now & again – you might get to sell some BF4 to people who were already inclined towards it if they enjoy the experience all for the cost of a bit of bandwidth.
Now just don’t let any of your executives talk about it because that’ll ruin it for everyone by being arrogant pricks.
Alien Emperor Trevor
August 8, 2014 at 08:34
That’s a good offer & good PR. See EA, you can do something nice every now & again – you might get to sell some BF4 to people who were already inclined towards it if they enjoy the experience all for the cost of a bit of bandwidth.
Now just don’t let any of your executives talk about it because that’ll ruin it for everyone by being arrogant pricks.
Juan-Claude Oosthuyse
August 8, 2014 at 08:44
game is a lot better than when it was launched but it’s still broken.
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 8, 2014 at 08:45
How is the SP?
Juan-Claude Oosthuyse
August 8, 2014 at 09:09
the SP isn’t to bad actually, most of the bugs if not all is in the MP.
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 8, 2014 at 09:20
Awesome
*starts download*
Juan-Claude Oosthuyse
August 8, 2014 at 08:44
game is a lot better than when it was launched but it’s still broken.
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 8, 2014 at 08:45
How is the SP?
Juan-Claude Oosthuyse
August 8, 2014 at 09:09
the SP isn’t to bad actually, most of the bugs if not all is in the MP.
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
August 8, 2014 at 09:20
Awesome
*starts download*
Danie Nell
August 8, 2014 at 12:29
Yep, multiplayer is still broken. The hitreg is so terrible…
Ryanza
August 8, 2014 at 08:47
I bought Sim City 5 and to thank me for buying Sim City 5, EA gave me Battlefield 3 for free. Funny enough, since then I haven’t bought another EA title again.
So can some free time in Battlefield 4 make me want to install and use Origin again. Oh Ryanza, what’s your stance on DRM again. No seriously, EA doesn’t get it.
Ryanza
August 8, 2014 at 08:47
I bought Sim City 5 and to thank me for buying Sim City 5, EA gave me Battlefield 3 for free. Funny enough, since then I haven’t bought another EA title again.
So can some free time in Battlefield 4 make me want to install and use Origin again. Oh Ryanza, what’s your stance on DRM again. No seriously, EA doesn’t get it.
Mossel
August 8, 2014 at 09:10
Sweet, will download this tonight and check it out. Really like the MP of bf3, so this should be epic…if it works.
Alex Hicks
August 8, 2014 at 10:32
Yeah Mossel … I’m not sure what everyone was on about in terms of brokenness. Maybe I never noticed – cause I’m quite crap at it, so probably didn’t realise.
The only problems I’ve had are 4 occasions when I’ve emptied a clip at a player and lost to him with not a single shot registering. You do get the odd “killing each other at the same time” moment too – but that’s just funny.
Unless you’re one of those blokes who cares deeply about your K/D ratio.
I play for the awesomeness of being in a pitched, running sniping battle underneath a giant, half finished, satellite dish. That and the wonderful feeling of landing a headshot at extreme distance, or the stab to the face, knife to the neck, grab the dogtags and go …
Mossel
August 8, 2014 at 09:10
Sweet, will download this tonight and check it out. Really like the MP of bf3, so this should be epic…if it works.
Alex Hicks
August 8, 2014 at 10:32
Yeah Mossel … I’m not sure what everyone was on about in terms of brokenness. Maybe I never noticed – cause I’m quite crap at it, so probably didn’t realise.
The only problems I’ve had are 4 occasions when I’ve emptied a clip at a player and lost to him with not a single shot registering. You do get the odd “killing each other at the same time” moment too – but that’s just funny.
Unless you’re one of those blokes who cares deeply about your K/D ratio.
I play for the awesomeness of being in a pitched, running sniping battle underneath a giant, half finished, satellite dish. That and the wonderful feeling of landing a headshot at extreme distance, or the stab to the face, knife to the neck, grab the dogtags and go …
Mossel
August 8, 2014 at 12:26
That could be due to latency, my internet connection is quite volatile, so I’m used to it. I’m also not too concerned about K/D. As long as it is above 0.5 I’m happy. I tend to run in guns blazing lol! And afterwards think to myself…well that was pretty stupid.
Yeah I like the whole feel of the game! CoD feels like an arcade game compared to BF. Battlefield actually feels like a freaking battlefield! haha! My personal favourite thing to do is sneak around and take out the tanks, planting mines and bombing them!
Sir Rants A Lot Llew
August 8, 2014 at 09:29
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Sir Rants A Lot Llew
August 8, 2014 at 09:32
Disquss, I hate you sometimes
Sir Rants A Lot Llew
August 8, 2014 at 09:29
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Sir Rants A Lot Llew
August 8, 2014 at 09:32
Disquss, I hate you sometimes
DrKiller
August 8, 2014 at 10:22
Meanwhile in SA where it will take most of the people a week to download the game anyway 🙂
DrKiller
August 8, 2014 at 10:22
Meanwhile in SA where it will take most of the people a week to download the game anyway 🙂