Thanks for all your help. I actually disputed the charge for the game since it doesn't work properly & got my money back, so maybe once it goes on sale on Steam I'll pick it up there. I can't justify installing EA/Origin just to accommodate one purchase. I still need to upgrade my GPU in order to take full advantage of what these games can offer anyway, so I don't mind waiting...
I'll save you the trouble, don't bother with Steam either, its the exact same issue as Epic. You must install EA App to play it thru steam now and EA APP doesnt let you launch the game either, so its dead there also.
Ugh. Thanks for the heads-up. Can you launch it directly from Steam, either in the application itself or through a desktop shortcut? Does it at least show up as "Installed" in Steam?
Currently if I click the desktop shortcut, it either launches Origin/EA, which in turn opens Epic, where I have to click "Install" to play the game. Is it the exact same situation with Steam?
Looks like I am having the same problem with @TheValkyrieAsh
For me, it shows up as installed in my Steam account. I cannot launch the game directly, either through Steam or actually clicking the game's .exe. Either way, the game always loops back to the EA App.
When I click the desktop shortcut it's the same as opening it from Steam, the game always opens the EA App first. When launching from Steam the EA App said "Something went wrong... To continue linking your EA Account, head back and start over." I did, and it keeps repeating that.
Are you even able to play the game at all? I seriously thought I was the only one having problems launching this game. I think there was another similar reddit post (from around the game's initial launch, if I remember) describing what I was going through, but whoever it was never posted a followup.
No I can't, I can't even start the ME: LE launcher from Steam or directly because of the EA App...
Is anyone helping you fix it? I can at least run the game if I wanted -- I just hate the hoops I have to jump through to do it. It blows my mind there can be problems this significant in something that was released a year and a half ago...
