I have been playing FIFA12 for a few weeks now. Game is great, but why oh why do we have to put up with Origin? I want to play the game EA, I do not want to spend ages going through several screens of useless information. When I turn on the game I often get an 'update' for Origin.. again, I dont need it!! I do not want to play online, I just want to play.. Why cant we buy the game with and register it and be done? So each time I open FIFA I must get past this awful useless bit. Waste of time.
Altogether the game has been fantastic but Origin is ruining the experience.. It is for this reason I do not give the game 5 stars.

I am yet another person who payed good money for an unopened FIFA 12 DVD at a reputable shop, but can't play the game. Why not? Because once the totally useless Origin program had installed, and I entered the activation code for the game, I got the message that the code was already used! So I'll now have to spend time and money on the phone to the UK trying to sort out a problem that is obviously due to lax security at EA. Or I could just download a cracked pirate version of the game... Perhaps that's what I should have done in the first place, because the pirate edition would probably work first time, which is better than the "official" version does! Are you listening, Electronic Arts?

Just bought this game and there seems to be a problem with ea/origin. i would be very careful when purchasing this game since many people including myself have encountered an error saying that the key code is already in use. ive had to contact ea and provide proof of purchase before they sent me another key. doesnt seem to only be a problem from amazon though since my friend had the same error despite buying the game from a different retailer.

hope ive helped.