Yes, if the right region is set for your EA account.
The game is an international version, so it should still launch, but if the EA account is set to the wrong region, there may be problems.
@holger1405 Any progress in my case? Got a problem with another game after updating from Win 7 to Win 10, read that the problem may be caused after such an update, and started wondering if that could've caused problems with MELE as well. Will do a clean OS install this week anyway, but could my problem be related to something screwing up during the update?
The overlays are still disabled? If not please disable them again, also shut down Discord for the time being.
To be clear, all 3 must be disabled at the same time.
If you did not already done it, try to repair the game.
(Origin > Game Library > right click MELE > Repair)
(Steam > right click at MELE > Properties > Local Files > Verify integrity of game cache.)
Then preform a clean boot and test the Game in clean boot mode.
Make sure your virus scanner and other security software and also Afterburner and similar software is disabled.
Make also sure that your GPU & CPU are not overclocked.
@holger1405
Did those thing already, but just now did them again for good measure:
1. Completely disabled overlays on both apps with Discord off, tested, didn't help
2. Verified files through Steam (did that 4-5 times already but just did it again), all files successfully verified
3. Checked for any modifications to settings I'd have forgotten about, GPU is in factory settings, my CPU has overclocking locked, OC Genie was off
4. Just did a clean boot with Microsoft Defender completely disabled, tested, game didn't change in behaviour in any way, games still crash after selection and send me back to the launcher
