Finally got it running after 2 restarts and countless error messages. My original question stands. It really shouldn't be this hard to launch a 8yo game.
Yeah, so I ran into the same problem as everyone here 3 days ago. Ran the game smoothly for over 150 hours then it crashed for no reason. Couldn't open the game for the life of me no matter what fixes I applied.
As a last resort I installed Origin. It verified the game files through Steam then I was finally able to open the game.
I came to the conclusion that the Ea app if bullsh*t and stopped me from opening the game for some reason.
Try with the Origin app, maybe it will work as it did for me. Good luck!
