Community ManagerHey @Attaloxx if you set EA Desktop or Origin to offline then you should have no issue playing offline.
You will have to periodically go online so as to ensure that the licenses are fully up to date and working but I play EA Play games in offline mode all the time.
Darko
Not to be rude but that's not true, I'm always required to have an internet connection for the EA app when I want to play any EA play game and it's really annoying as I dont always have a connection. Please fix this.
Hi Darko, thank you for that reply, I want to ask how can I access my games using origin?, I'm also an Xbox game pass ultimate user that's how i got my EA Play subscription
So first you say you can set it offline mode. Then someone tells you thats not true becuase the EA App won't even start without an internet connection.
Then you amend your statement and say, no EA Play won't work offline, you can use Origin offline mode.
Then because we are using EA Play and therefore are not allowed to use Origin, you tell us we won't be able to play offline, which frankly is *. If we download non-multiplayer games like Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order and we lose internet connection we should still be able to play, but for some reason you guys have designed this app so that if we don't have an internet connection it literally will not launch.
Community ManagerHey @SHDW_Saint I was mistaken, you can play games you own on EA offline but not EA Play.
If you wish to use EA Play games through Game Pass then you will need to be online.
If you have EA Play through the EA App or Origin then you can play it on both.
Also, as the app is still in Beta changes are being made all the time.
Darko
Please understand what we are saying
1. I have EA app on a PC...
2. I bought Fifa 22...
3. I have EA access *but
4 I purchased the game...
I still need access to Internet if i want to play fifa 22 (same with fifa 21 sam with fifa 20) all purchased...
Yet i need Internet to launch the app first man understand
The EA app doesn't work offline period
Community ManagerIf you own the games @CJustin416 then you can play them on Origin which has an offline mode.
As the EA App is still in beta features are being added all the time.
Darko
No. if you have zero internet, you can not log onto to origin. You can if you clicked the keep me signed in option, but if you forgot to do that then you can't.
It's so annoying cos I own the game, its installed on my computer but i can't play it if my internet goes out for days on end. Its a really sh#tty system. Spend thousands on sims and I'm at the mercy of these stupid login apps.
@EA_Darko I am still having issues with the offline mode without using a internet connection and keeping it on offline mode so i can go back to my Sims 4 game any time or day I want, but it keeps giving me a something's amiss message after keeping it on offline mode for a long duration of time so I wouldn't need to use Wi-Fi or my phone's hotspot. I am pretty irritated by this because I don't have the money to afford wi-fi where I live to keep logging in and restarting the app so my Sims 4 EPs, stuff packs and kits can be included with the base. If not then only the base game is on offline mode and can be played, but not ANY of the packs included and kits included. Will there be any improvements on the offline mode in the near future or is this just about it for offline mode capabilities?
can i still play them offline if i purched them through xbox market place
I buy fiffa23 and Need for Speed Unbund from Steam, so when I start this games from Steam its open EA app and start from there, before on my windows 10 I hed Origin insted EA app and I never have any issue, so now I cant start those games in offline mode, I read all this conversationts and look all help on youtube and google but I cant solve problem and now I use windows 11, for example I also play Forza Horizont 5 only from Steam and work perfect in offline mode, but those first 2 games via EA app no way to start in offline even there says when I put EA app offline mode show me that I can play both game but when I click on them nothing happend, so please can you help me with this or explain me step by step what I have to do becouse this is so anoying and I dont have all time internet, I am in prison so I need offline mode 🙂
Well, its 2023 and Origin is no longer available for Windows, and this cursed EA Play app is still on Beta and I cannot play games offline that are already in my computer, an issue I did not have with Origin and I have never had with Steam. And yes, I tried the "offline mode" and the "keep me logged in" features and it doesn't work. Eaither they fix it and let me play all the FULLY UPDATED SINGLE-PLAYER GAMES that I have been playing for years or they let me launch these games without EA Play.
But please do not lie to people by telling them that the app works offline when the app doesn't even run offline.
Agree this is a terrible user experience. And a costly one. I am discouraged to continue buying further EA games because I can't trust whether the gating mechanisms will work from one day to the next. If I'm out $50 for one game that's not the end of the world, but for EA you guys are out a few hundred because I can't trust your platform. Pennywise, pound foolish on the programmers' and QA budgets, I would wager.
I'm having the exact same problem trying to start Sims 4 in offline mode. Like, there was a huge game update a few days ago that will 100% break a lot of mods I currently use, so the go-to method for the past 8 years was always just to switch to offline and wait for all modders to update their stuff and keep playing with the previous built in the meantime. Now we simply can't do that. What a bunch of nonsense. And knowing EA's track record; even without any mods in, I'm sure there'd be tons of glitches/bugs regardless because there ALWAYS is when a new Sims 4 update comes out. Absolutely infuriating.
This whole app nonsense is a joke. I have Sims 3 on PC and I can't even launch the game without internet access. EA app will not launch without internet connection. There is an option to go offline when you are logged in but that is useless because you need internet connection to access that option in the first place. And I could not install Sims 3 game using my game disc. What a waste of money! Absolute joke.
We have confirmation that it is by design that we cannot play in offline mode anymore.
I want to play mass effect on pc it won't open without an internet connection but I don't have one right now. The game has been purchased and installed LOCALLY why. Can. It. Not. Open..... if you say the same thing then it's clear you know nothing or can't be bothered
Dear Darko,
I vigorously and vehemently object to not being able to access games I purchased fully and own from my hard drive without the EA app running. The app will not start if I don't have internet access, or if there is something going on with the EA server, like today. The EA app has locked out local executables. This is unacceptable. Also, it will not let me use Origin. Origin is removed because of the EA app and you can never go back to Origin. The EA servers are down today, and there is no possibility of using the EA app in offline mode. You need to advise a workaround to this.
Has this been fixed now since we no longer have access to Origin?
I can no longer access my game through origin since EA took over. Which is very frustrating. I’ve never had any problems with Orgin when it came to accessing my sims game offline. Now here comes the problem with EA. When will you all have the offline option available for EA, because not everyone is fortunate to have Internet connection, which is why off-line should be assessable because people should be able to enjoy the game that they paid for rather they have Internet or not.
That’s a lie! I can’t even launch my game without an internet connection! It’s annoying I didn’t have these problems with origin!
