Talk:Dead Space 2 activation limit lockout
Related incident to cover
editDS2 isn't the only example of EA bricking games, and we should consider covering various games whose DRM doesn't work anymore after EA changed their launcher from Origin to EA. There's several reported games that became unplayable strictly because EA never bothered to invest in updating the DRM checks for their games to query the new launcher. I can't launch Titanfall 2 on Steam because of this shit!
Regaining my composure now, here's a list of quite a few jumping off posts to get you all started with adequate research:
titanfall 2 - first game I've had to deal with regarding this, still has calls for origin launcher in the code, users have to do some mild hacking just to launch the game
https://www.getdroidtips.com/titanfall-2-cant-launch-game-steam-launcher-fix/
https://www.reddit.com/r/titanfall/comments/15wiif9/titanfall_2_wont_launch/
https://www.reddit.com/r/titanfall/comments/18eefim/titanfall_2_fails_to_launchcrashes/
https://forums.ea.com/discussions/titanfall-franchise-discussion-en/titanfall-2-wont-launch/11441081
https://www.reddit.com/r/titanfall/comments/15yri58/windows_10_troubleshooting_titanfall_2_not/
https://forums.ea.com/discussions/titanfall-franchise-discussion-en/i-cant-open-titanfall-2-/11414674 - ea automatically marked this as resolved despite the user in the forum claiming it's not actually fixing it
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1237970/discussions/0/3113669366296153075/
Other EA games - some games that fail to launch were designed as 32-bit applications, and since EA chose to only support 64 bit, they neglected to fix this issue
https://www.reddit.com/r/origin/comments/vm8fhc/all_games_failing_to_launch_through_both_origin/
https://www.reddit.com/r/origin/comments/yah72l/unable_to_launch_any_games_on_ea_desktop_app/
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/0/4362376160461592641/ - modding the origin launcher just to play older games
https://forums.ea.com/discussions/mass-effect-franchise-discussion-en/how-to-launch-game-on-origin-launcher-without-steam-prompting-ea-app/9134497 - unnecessary fix just to get Mass Effect Legendary Edition to function as intended
https://forums.ea.com/discussions/ea-app-technical-issues-en/games-wont-launch/11910196 - The Sims Franchise
Ea only offers a generic AI generated article for troubleshooting