Comment on Ubisoft patch Splinter Cell Blacklist after 12 years to add achievements

• ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Even when you buy their games on Steam, there’s an EA launcher there in addition to Steam. This is the case for It Takes Two, for instance, but not for Split Fiction. Split Fiction only uses Steam if you bought it on Steam.

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• any1th3r3@lemmy.ca ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You’re right, they do - this Steam DRM-free games list shows Jedi Fallen Order is the most recent DRM-free EA published game on Steam afaict.
  Same goes for DRM-free games on the EA app.

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  • ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Jedi Fallen Order says right on the Steam page that it incorporates EA DRM.

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    • any1th3r3@lemmy.ca ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I can’t confirm for Steam, since I only have the game on EA app, but the game’s wiki page on PCGW shows the same DRM-free info (with correct launch steps).

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      • ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I believe it was added after launch. I distinctly remember trying to play this game on the Steam Deck on a train with no internet, and the EA app complained about it and wouldn’t let me launch the game. It’s quite possible that this can be sidestepped by specifically putting the Steam Deck in offline mode, rather than just severing the internet connection, but I didn’t know to try that at the time, and it’s definitely DRM.

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  • leave_it_blank@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    So just that I understand this correctly: I need steam to buy it, but after that it launches without steam after I download the installer? Like on gog?

    If yes, holy shit, I would have never expected this from EA!! Last time I checked this company was pure scum, but this is a surprisingly nice move!

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    • any1th3r3@lemmy.ca ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Not exactly, you need Steam to install it, but then per PCGW’s wiki:

      DRM-free when launched directly via <path-to-game>\SwGame\Binaries\Win64\SwGame-Win64-Shipping.exe while EA app is not installed.

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      • leave_it_blank@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Bummer… Thank you, I was seriously considering buying it this evening, thanks for the heads-up!

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