It was a no from me... I don't want an account and a dedicated launcher just to play a game that I am not even sure I'll get into
I tried to play Halo MCC last night and needed to make an Outlook account lmao.
this post was submitted on 22 Dec 2025
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At least it warns you
Steam shouldn't allow this kind of crap, much less have software support for it.
They warn you and still give you the option to buy it if it's not a deal breaker. Let's stop making everything more authoritarian, yeah?
Turns out you need the orion launcher for this particular game, which is impossible to gmlog into because youre logged into the EA launcher too, but your passwords are different too? How did you manage that?
Anyway, these launchers are for our convenience so just enjoy the convenience
I have no idea what that means, but I know that it is neither convenient or practical.
You bought an EA game. That’s on you.
I didn't buy it
It was a no from me…
But I am still frustrated that this is the reason that I didn't buy it
Dude I played this game like a week after release with a fitgirl repack. Sail the seas matey.
Sail the seas matey.
It has always been a better "customer experience" than being an actual customer.
If it’s not multiplayer, then pirate it. EA is Saudi owned now so fuck them in particular.
Or better yet, don't bother. Their games are trash anyways.
You can pry SimCity from cold dead hands.
Also just a heads up, your EA and Steam can only be linked once per lifetime.
It's irreversible if it's linked incorrectly.
Yeah its fucking annoying as hell. Been through this recently. Fucking hate EA.
Imagine any other media content where you had these sorts of restrictions placed on you.
You may only watch this movie in a theatre with armed guards walking the aisles to ensure you don't record it on your phone. You must also endure a studio driven survey before you may enter. Approved snacks are posted on the list below, you must eat at least 4 items from this list. If you are unhappy with any of the terms you may only address them through arbitration, no class actions allowed!
This is why piracy is a service delivery issue.
You're missing the part where you give them all your contact details and they install some "metric gathering system" a.k.a. spyware in your device.
There’s plenty of media with the same level of restrictions. The difference is that Steam is putting those restrictions in a convenient bulleted list right at the point of purchase - everywhere else, you’re expected to play ball and find out as you go along.
It was worse in the 70's. We had to fill out a lot of forms in triplicate, using real carbon copy paper, and have them vetted and approved by the local municipal government, just to play tag.
And soon you'll have to agree to not criticize members of the Saudi Royal Family or disparage their name...
"Giant raging assholes" is a term of respect and honor. honest.
Pirate it pirate it pirate it
I was gonna say that! The pirated version has no Launchers, no Eulas and no accounts at all. Add it as non-steam game, if you want the entry to look nice go to https://www.steamgriddb.com/boop and follow instructions.
When I see content that is being sold with policies that I object to, I do not buy it. There’s plenty of other stuff to do or play.
For example , I have not bought any Sims game since 2.
I bought red dead redemption 2 on sale, didn't pay attention to those things, saw it demanded I create an account to play it, I closed it and refunded it.
Fuck this practice.
I hate when I try to load up an old game in my library only to find out that I need to log in to another launcher to which I've forgotten my password to.
Let me guess Titanfall 2
It says Dragon Age Inquisition right there lol
Lol I'm blind I guess I saw that on Titanfall 2 today as its on deep discount
I don't recall having to create an account for this one
No it's Assassin Creed 4 Black Flag