I've found another workaround, there seems to be an issue with EA accounts and online, I turned my wifi off and I was successfully able to run the game.
This may or may not work for everyone but this at least works for my particular account problem, my friend doesn't have this issue at all so it might have to do with CERTAIN accounts.
Home Menu Settings > Network > Settings > Connect to the Internet (OFF)
after this, try connecting to the game and turn the server connection off.
(the attachment is just the "Grey Screen" error code)