"EA Access" on Xbox One

MarcusP12 · 08-02-2017 2:10pm

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

set up the console as irish and try and redeem the code.

I'd nearly bet money on it working.

the system is very open.

And in signing up for EA access, say put country down as Ireland? sounds too good to be true! surely can't be that easy but i'll give it a whirl....what I don't want to do though is make a balls of setting up the console such that it doesn't know where the hell it is!!

marcbrophy · 08-02-2017 2:43pm

MarcusP12 wrote: »

And in signing up for EA access, say put country down as Ireland? sounds too good to be true! surely can't be that easy but i'll give it a whirl....what I don't want to do though is make a balls of setting up the console such that it doesn't know where the hell it is!!

It'll work fine, don't worry about it.

The whole life of my 2 xbox ones, have been set up as Ireland, even though the VPN on my network would lead them to believe that they are in Canada or UK or US.

You can set it up as whatever region you like

MarcusP12 · 08-02-2017 6:52pm

marcbrophy wrote: »

It'll work fine, don't worry about it.

The whole life of my 2 xbox ones, have been set up as Ireland, even though the VPN on my network would lead them to believe that they are in Canada or UK or US.

You can set it up as whatever region you like

Ok so let me get this straight.....if I set up my console here in Bahrain and tell it its in Ireland and set up an ea access account and say Ireland is my country, then I can enter code (say that came with the pack) and it should work?? Even though the IP address will be for Bahrain? What about Xbox live gold, surely that will cop that the console isn't based in the country is says it it....I really hope it works but I'm scepticalðŸ˜€

sniper_samurai · 08-02-2017 7:04pm

MarcusP12 wrote: »

Ok so let me get this straight.....if I set up my console here in Bahrain and tell it its in Ireland and set up an ea access account and say Ireland is my country, then I can enter code (say that came with the pack) and it should work?? Even though the IP address will be for Bahrain? What about Xbox live gold, surely that will cop that the console isn't based in the country is says it it....I really hope it works but I'm scepticalðŸ˜€

It works. MS don't really care about it.

Stone Deaf 4evr · 09-02-2017 12:13pm

MarcusP12 wrote: »

Ok so let me get this straight.....if I set up my console here in Bahrain and tell it its in Ireland and set up an ea access account and say Ireland is my country, then I can enter code (say that came with the pack) and it should work?? Even though the IP address will be for Bahrain? What about Xbox live gold, surely that will cop that the console isn't based in the country is says it it....I really hope it works but I'm scepticalðŸ˜€

I await the conclusion to this epic journey with bated breath.

dunworth1 · 12-02-2017 1:37pm

MarcusP12 wrote: »

Ok so let me get this straight.....if I set up my console here in Bahrain and tell it its in Ireland and set up an ea access account and say Ireland is my country, then I can enter code (say that came with the pack) and it should work?? Even though the IP address will be for Bahrain? What about Xbox live gold, surely that will cop that the console isn't based in the country is says it it....I really hope it works but I'm scepticalðŸ˜€

yep your only issue will be payment method you'll need an Irish card
and address

12-02-2017 3:20pm

I'd go with a 30 day code from CD Keys costs about 2.50 I think. That way you can test it with little risk.

Lord TSC · 12-02-2017 3:22pm

Just saw Star Was is on it.

Is there any single player in it? I'll be honest, if I want online multiplayer, Overwatch is my go to, but if there was a single player or story, I'd happily give it a try

marcbrophy · 12-02-2017 3:26pm

Lord TSC wrote: »

Just saw Star Was is on it.

Is there any single player in it? I'll be honest, if I want online multiplayer, Overwatch is my go to, but if there was a single player or story, I'd happily give it a try

Nope.

There's a couple of training missions that spawn in waves of bots, but that's pretty much it.
No story mode, just MP.

MarcusP12 · 13-02-2017 7:59am

marcbrophy wrote: »

Nope.

There's a couple of training missions that spawn in waves of bots, but that's pretty much it.
No story mode, just MP.

Excuse my complete ignorance on multiplayer online gaming (C64 generation!!) but in the case of battlefront, can I join any random campaign or how does it work? I 100% absolutely do not know anyone to play online with so does that mean I will never experience the best aspects of BF? Just curious.....

theteal · 13-02-2017 8:18am

MarcusP12 wrote: »

Excuse my complete ignorance on multiplayer online gaming (C64 generation!!) but in the case of battlefront, can I join any random campaign or how does it work? I 100% absolutely do not know anyone to play online with so does that mean I will never experience the best aspects of BF? Just curious.....

I don't know anything specific about Battlefront as I've never actually played it but in general most online shooters you can just jump in and play at random. You just click play, the game searches for a game/lobby for you and then dumps you in. You'll probably get smashed initially but you just find your way around, pick off a couple of kills and before you know it, you're having proper fun. I don't play with anyone online, I've never spoken to anyone, you'll never catch me wearing an ear piece thingy.

I know I'm missing out on some team play aspects of games and I do come up against people who are clearly in cahoots with each other - usually ends badly for me, but I get 15-20 minutes to myself to play (usually holding a sleeping baby) so a quick jump in and out suits me just fine.

Mickeroo · 13-02-2017 10:36am

Yeah you don't need anyone to play with, it will find other people for you and you can pretty much forget they're there. If you don't play many online shooters it's actually a very easy game to pick up and play and if you're big into your star wars you might very well enjoy it. No harm to to try it out and see if you have an access sub anyway.

CatInABox · 13-02-2017 10:44am

Also, don't worry about your score or number of kills or anything like that, you'll be playing against people who know the levels like the back of their hand, so I generally spend more time trying to learn a level rather than kill anyone at the start.

MiskyBoyy · 13-02-2017 6:14pm

I think Skate 3 has been added to the vault?

sniper_samurai · 13-02-2017 6:22pm

MiskyBoyy wrote: »

I think Skate 3 has been added to the vault?

Confirmed by EA Germany. No mention on the EA Access FB or Twitter yet though.

https://twitter.com/EA_Germany/status/831186219509940225

Stone Deaf 4evr · 13-02-2017 6:27pm

nice, I just want to see what all the fuss is about, I played 1 & 2, but I'm more of a Tony Hawk man at heart.

13-02-2017 6:30pm

Yeah showing up in my ready to install list!!

marcbrophy · 13-02-2017 6:52pm

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

nice, I just want to see what all the fuss is about, I played 1 & 2, but I'm more of a Tony Hawk man at heart.

The fuss was a bunch of youtubers recording 3 hours of gameplay for a 12 minute compilation video. Editing it carefully to make it look hilarious at all times!

It really isn't that great of a game.

I, being the idiot that I am, forgot this and when it went BC, I bought it digitally

But for free, sure it's worth a go, I guess :pac:

14-02-2017 1:19am

marcbrophy wrote: »

The fuss was a bunch of youtubers recording 3 hours of gameplay for a 12 minute compilation video. Editing it carefully to make it look hilarious at all times!

It really isn't that great of a game.

I, being the idiot that I am, forgot this and when it went BC, I bought it digitally

But for free, sure it's worth a go, I guess :pac:

100% agree and yes I bought digital too. PS2/One era Tony Hawk games are Skateboard gaming golden era.

DaveNoCheese · 14-02-2017 10:28am

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

nice, I just want to see what all the fuss is about, I played 1 & 2, but I'm more of a Tony Hawk man at heart.

The soundtrack to Pro Skater 2

Stone Deaf 4evr · 15-02-2017 12:06am

DaveNoCheese wrote: »

The soundtrack to Pro Skater 2

Speaking of soundtracks, there's some great stuff on spotify, I spent my weekend listening to the ssx3 soundtrack. Some real throwback tunes in there.

MarcusP12 · 15-02-2017 6:22am

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

I await the conclusion to this epic journey with bated breath.

No need to wait any longer...i'm up and running and have downloaded BF which works no problem. I set up as irish console. Used 30 day EA access trial that came with it so only concern now is how to pay for yearly subscription once that is up.....I assume there'll be no issue....

Max Mafioso · 15-02-2017 9:27am

Test it to see if you can purchase a Monthly sub, then go for the yearly one

MarcusP12 · 15-02-2017 9:38am

Max Mafioso wrote: »

Test it to see if you can purchase a Monthly sub, then go for the yearly one

Yeah might do that alright....small money anyway in the grander scheme of things....

Stone Deaf 4evr · 15-02-2017 11:11am

MarcusP12 wrote: »

No need to wait any longer...i'm up and running and have downloaded BF which works no problem. I set up as irish console. Used 30 day EA access trial that came with it so only concern now is how to pay for yearly subscription once that is up.....I assume there'll be no issue....

Nice one, glad to hear you got sorted.

CatInABox · 16-02-2017 11:47pm

https://twitter.com/EAAccess/status/832311107138228226

Madden 17 hits the vault soon, for those wishing to recreate Tom Bradys Revenge Tour.

omb0wyn5ehpij9 · 17-02-2017 10:23am

I'm going to sign up for EA access this weekend. For those that have played the Battlefield games, which is your favourite (i.e. which one should I download first!)?

BadCharlie · 17-02-2017 10:54am

BDJW wrote: »

I'm going to sign up for EA access this weekend. For those that have played the Battlefield games, which is your favourite (i.e. which one should I download first!)?

I would go with Badcompany 2. I played a little of it my self but found it good. Problem is i have to many games to play at the moment. Still playing plants vs zombies garden warfare each day "just to much fun"

B_Sharp · 28-02-2017 10:24pm

https://twitter.com/EAAccess/status/836682428748083200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Max Mafioso · 01-03-2017 12:32am

BDJW wrote: »

I'm going to sign up for EA access this weekend. For those that have played the Battlefield games, which is your favourite (i.e. which one should I download first!)?

I enjoyed the multi-player on battlefield 4, sorry was good but I love the story on Battlefield Hardline mainly because anytime I go back to play it out sums up what's happened line in a TV show with "Previously on Hardline" so if you haven't played in a while you will probably remember what you were doing before

"EA Access" on Xbox One

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