EA’s Games On Steam Have Had A Mixed Reception So Far

The Origin integration and incorrect listings haven't gone down well.

Dragon Age 2

Following the significant move yesterday that saw EA start to add their back catalogue to Steam, players have been flocking to play some of the publisher’s biggest hits on the platform. And they have some thoughts.

Some bona fide classics and also the Need For Speed reboot are now available to purchase on Steam, though not without the need for an Origin account: the EA equivalent of Steam that used to be the only place to play their games on PC.

The issue seems to be that the Origin client is causing problems with some of the games, causing them to constantly crash. On top of that, some games seem to require you sign in to Origin every time you launch them.

This hasn’t gone down well with some players on Steam, leading to a lot of EA’s games currently sitting on a Mixed reception.

From Azwa, reviewing Dragon Age Inquisition:

“Adore the game (and DAO) but ♥♥♥♥ EA and ♥♥♥♥ Origin. I have 344 hours on the Origin version and was super excited about not having to use it anymore to play. Turns out you have to download a light version of Origin to play where you’re forced to log in. Stops running after logging in and refuses to run. By the grace of god I get it to run and then it crashes during a loading screen after choosing my race and class. Keeps crashing, unfortunately returning the game. (Game has absolutely no issues nor has it ever crashed on the Origin version.)

“Thank you for giving me another reason to hate you EA.”

dragon age inquisition

From Levi, reviewing Burnout Paradise Remastered:

“The hassle you have to go through with Origin is ridiculous. It’s asking me to sign in to Origin EVERY time I launch the game, even when I have my account details saved in there so I wouldn’t have to log in. Also the game does not even launch, neither from Steam or Origin, just black screen after another whatever I try to do. Before that problem is fixed, it’s unplayable.”

From krook, reviewing Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville:

“I’ve owned this game on Origin for 600+ hours and if you’re thinking about re-buying this on Steam, it really isn’t worth it. You’re still forced to use a form of the origin UI that you can’t even disable and it’s just the exact same experience as adding a non-steam game to your library.”

It even appears that a game that used to be on Steam before it was dramatically pulled due to a dispute between Valve and EA is having some issues. According to its reviewers on Steam, the store listing for Dragon Age II is misleading with the game not featuring promised controller support.

While a third-party launcher needing to be used to launch games on Steam is nothing new, like Ubisoft and Rockstar’s offerings, it does seem that EA maybe haven’t configured things as properly as they should. Somewhat understandable with everything going on.

It’s also worth noting that Origin doesn’t have reviews on its platform that allow for such open comments like these above, so that might be a bit of a culture shock to EA. You can expect that the likes of FIFA won’t be drenched with love when they are eventually added to Steam.

Still, you would expect they will be working on improving the integration, especially ahead of the launch of EA Access on Steam. We don’t know anything about the Steam version of the subscription service just yet, though expect it to offer the same kind of games as its console counterparts.

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