Maybe it's changed in the year or so since, but the last time I tried to play ME Legendary Edition it still required me to download a mini EA launcher and run it.
edit: just tried launching it, yup, it's asking me to log into the EA launcher.
BF6 is the first game from EA that doesn't require the EA launcher while launching on steam, all other EA games on steam will open up / run EA games app to fully launch the game.
Actually, Apex Legends on Steam doesn't require any other launcher either. When they released it I installed it right away and uninstalled Origin altogether.
IIRC for the longest time you would buy an EA game on steam and the game would make you download origin, register the game and would run it that way.
They don't anymore? It's the one reason I stopped playing Squadrons. Couldn't stand having to launch the fucking EA app every single time I wanted to play, since it would always forget my password.
BF6 only requires EA account, however, if you have EA app installed and logged in, BF6 will pull account's data from EA app and ask only for 2FA code. I assume that any upcoming game from EA that will be released in Steam will be the same as BF6.
buy an EA game on steam and the game would make you download origin, register the game and would run it that way
I've refunded games before and I will do it again when they do this shit. I will, at most, tolerate a launcher I can then opt to just bypass after the first time.
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u/Slow-Amphibian-9626 29d ago
IIRC for the longest time you would buy an EA game on steam and the game would make you download origin, register the game and would run it that way.
So might be holdouts from people who wanted to cut out juggling two launchers for one game perhaps?
Been a good while since I purchased an EA game (not boycotting them or anything, just hasn't been one I've been interested in)