EA/Origin SUCKS
I have had an origin account for a little over 15 years, I started with The Sims 2 and just recent bought The Sims 4 High School years. I have not had access to my account for over a year. I have not...
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It certainly does! I haven't been able to play BF4 for literal years because the EA App/Origin has consistently failed to work, and they never do anything. I sincerely cannot think of a worse gaming company.
- EA_cuervo
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meanundevil If you let us know what error message you see and which troubleshooting steps you've already tried, we can try to help you fix this.
I'll try not to hold my breath given the multitude of open tickets prior...
Games wont start | EA Forums - 7550747
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1238860/discussions/0/601892123632026829/
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1238860/discussions/0/3937895635387852102/
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1238860/discussions/0/626674760070218262/
What error message am I getting? NONE! Because the awful EA app doesn't provide any. It attempts to launch Battlefield 4, opens a "preparing game" window, then crashes and restarts itself... CONSTANTLY. This will never stop without manually closing the programs and preventing them from running any arguments. Just stupid.
What have I tried? What HAVEN'T I tried???? I've restarted my PC, reinstalled the game, reinstalled steam, reinstalled the EA app (including any residual files), I've tried updating Punkbuster, I've tried a fresh install of Windows, I've tried running as administrator. Don't bother asking me if I've verified the file integrity. What's next? Buy it again?
Lol just fixed it myself. Turns out the reason nothing worked is because the EA app shortcut DOESN'T launch EA - it launches a useless launcher, that THEN launches the EA Desktop App! So running the EA APP in admin does NOTHING! You need to either MANUALLY EDIT THE SHORTCUT SO IT ACTUALLY TARGETS THE EA APP, or manually launch EA Desktop in admin every time! Either way, the steam release DOES NOT WORK and I am forced to do a workaround every time no matter what.
I reiterate: sincerely, the worst gaming company I can possibly think of. Thanks for nothing.
