I think the mistake that @SilentKitty and I made was to allow Origin itself to update. Usually this is not a problem. You could let Origin update and then go offline and play an unpatched game. With the latest Origin update, you must 'repair' and allow the game to be patched.
If you can still launch Origin in offline mode and stay offline, then I think you are good to play your unpatched game.
I will try this method thank you, this is unacceptable that origin has done this for the last update, I’ve not patched in months and took a break, so hopefully complete offline mode let’s me in with no trouble, we’ll see, not amused either, this is why I avoided the EA app thing well here goes nothing.
