So I Bought the Hard Copy of Lord of the Rings: Conquest for my PC

I know it's an old game, but it's a favorite of mine. Anyway, The download went smoothly, but as I try to open the game, a message pops up saying: "The game cannot start: We cannot connect to the licensing server. Please try again in a few minutes" was what I basically got. Well, I did wait, and still that. It looks like it's a common problem with other older EA titles like Need for Speed: Undercover, Godfather 2, etc. I have the download key and such. I just really wanna play this game. I'm sure there is some kind of weird fix for it (I was reading something about a paul.dll and a winui.dll files (I have them and there is something where you change them? If this is a way to fix this game let me know how. I'm not the most tech savvy person so I'll need a play by play) or deleting the licensing folder (which doesn't exist anyway. I've tried looking for it but can't seem to find it if it does exist point me in the direction, unless this will just break my game.) I sort of don't understand how this game is having this problem. It's no longer online and I'm only playing for Instant Action and the Story Mode (Not to mention that this game DOESN'T have Co-op or multiplayer even though from what I've been reading this game has controller support unless it's not like an official thing or the game for PC wasn't made to be played on keyboard), so did they also shut down the licensing server that also prevents people from playing the game in general? Because that seems really dumb. Anyway, let me know if there is a fix. I am playing on Windows 10 so maybe that's it? I guess I'll hopefully find out. Also I'm not using Origin.. because it's not even on Origin since EA technically doesn't have the license anymore. I do have Origin installed if that is somehow a fix.