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ntrairat's avatar
2 years ago

Mass Effect Legendary Edition offline workaround

Steam deck.

Can't play mass effect offline. EA will not allow me to. There must be a workaround. I have proof of purchase, I bought the game honestly it is not pirated.

The always online DRM makes it very hard to play this game because my home internet is very spotty (I live outside an urban area in farm country) and I travel a lot for work, often in wilderness settings for weeks on end. Mass Effect is my favorite game of all time, but I cannot play it.

I can't even get my money back because it took so long to download all my games on the slow/inconsistent home internet that by the time I knew something was wrong, I was outside the refund window.

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  • Launching EA App on PC at least, putting it into offline mode, SHOULD allow you to launch your games without issue.  I just tried doing this on OE ME and LEME games, and had zero issue.  I don't know if it being steam deck makes any difference, or how it integrates between steam and EA app. 

    Have you tried launching directly from EA app with the EA app in offline mode?

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