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[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 13 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Split Fiction and It Takes Two were pretty great.

[–] Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 13 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Add Mass Effect, Dead Space and Star Wars Jedi series..

But yeah I wish all of these were DRM free, without any online connection and on GOG.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I only bought Split Fiction because it didn't come with the EA launcher. It seems to be a recent decision of theirs to not include it on some games on Steam, but they're not doing it retroactively. It Takes Two I played on Game Pass for a dollar, because I'm not willing to put up with EA's additional DRM.

[–] doublah@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

It Takes Two actually removed the EA App in a patch a while back.

I think they allow studios they only publish for and don't own like Hazelight the freedom to remove the EA App DRM now, but EA won't pay for the dev time for their back catalogue.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Thanks for the link, though the store page does still say it requires an EA account. Is that just outdated? Dragon Age: The Veilguard also doesn't have an EA app requirement, so this is a thing they're doing with studios they own too.

[–] doublah@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 minutes ago

IIRC it still requires an EA account for online play, but not if you play offline.

[–] Screen_Shatter@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I have it takes two, played the whole thing on steam without EA launcher. Was on my steam deck, so maybe linux dodged that somehow?

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

I believe it's still running in the background and makes it an extra pain in the ass to play without internet. I ran into that one with Jedi: Fallen Order when trying to play on the train (I only paid $4 for it and still felt ripped off). The store page still lists that it's there. It's why whenever I get around to the Dragon Age games, I can play the first one on GOG and the fourth one on Steam (no EA launcher), but unless something changes, the best option appears to be pirating 2 and 3.