New EA/Origin Desktop App.
I just saw this notification when I was closing Origin down after playing today. Is this necessary? Is there any feedback from it? I'm not sure I want it.
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"Pamtastic72;c-17671261" wrote:
I am doing the Beta testing for the new desktop app as well so far the issues I have had are that it won’t download TS3, My Sims Medieval isn’t listed at all, and it lists that I own all the dlc for S4 except Vampires, which I do in fact own. The only dlc I don’t own is Journey To Batuu which isn’t on the dlc list at all. Oh, and last night after installed it and opened S4 and had a snoop around I closed S4 and EA desktop wasn’t visible on my screen anymore. I tried to launch it and nothing in several attempts so then I tried to open Origin, but got a pop up saying Origin couldn’t open because of EA Desktop. So I opened my task manager. There was listed something called EA Desktop background. When I clicked that the app UI became visible again. That was really annoying. I have reported all of this on AHQ.
Other than that I do like it, it does seem like my S4 game loads faster and it’s way easier to find dlc to purchase and down load, that was my biggest frustration with Origin. I could never remember where I needed to go when I wanted to purchase new packs it was always a 15 minute hunt through tab after tab. On the new app it’s clearly labeled and I can find it in one click.
As far as functionality it no different than Origin in that you do not have repurchase the content you already own, you can join EAPlay (I think that the name, not at my desktop atm) and rent content and that also is front and center and accessible in one click on the home page.
Overall I like it, I like the clean clear look of it, I like not having to hunt around if and when I want to purchase content and I like that it seems to take some burden off my game as it runs in the background. I have to admit I haven’t tried gallery access with it yet, so we’ll see how that goes. It would be nice to not have to reconnect every time I go to use it as I do with Origin.
Okay, I am done now. Life is too short for this mess. Now it has my S3 game loaded and ready to launch and says my S4 game needs to be downloaded, which it will not let me do. I do not have the time or patience for this so I am just going to stick with my Origin for now and when they get this thing working properly I will give it another try. Right now, my patience has run out. l have been fiddling with it for over an hour.
