Dragon Age_ The Veilguard will launch on Steam without the clutching, hateful tendrils of the EA app
By Dr. Eleanor Vance | Published on January 01, 0001
It's bad enough that we have apps launching our apps. While I tolerate Steam purely as a matter of convenience, every additional layer of software between me and the executable I'm seeking is a distance I'm forced to further stray from God's light. But a launcher launching another launcher? That's a [[link]] crime against human decency, and no perpetrator is worse than the EA app.
Luckily, according to a tweet from BioWare, won't require the EA app to launch on Steam. "We'll be Steam native - meaning the EA App will not be required [[link]] to play the game," . The curse is finally loosening.
We're making great progress towards our fall launch date, and can confirm early that #DragonAge: The Veilguard is going all-in on @Steam features!⚔️We're verified on Steam Deck.⚔️We'll be Steam native - meaning the EA App will not be required to play the game.Details on…
I don't remember much about Origin except the primal revulsion that the EA app's predecessor evoked by appearing unbidden when I asked Steam to fire up an EA game—kind of like when you're opening the fridge for some leftovers you're excited to get back to, and you're met with a subtle whiff that tells you there's something in there you'd be better off without. The EA app, meanwhile, is a vivid, waking terror.
Since the EA app replaced Origin in 2022, there's not a single EA game I've tried to play that it hasn't bungled in one way or another. There was a recent dark chapter in my life where I spent three hours repeatedly reinstalling the app just so I could play Battlefront 2. It was such a harrowing experience that when I got the urge to revisit Titanfall 2 a few months later, I was so thoroughly disheartened on seeing the EA app appear that I just turned my PC off and left the house.
The world is gentler outside. There are no EA apps beneath the trees.
By leaving the EA app behind, maybe is a sign of a kinder future where publishers understand that their additional layers of launchers are only ever worsening the user experience. Hopefully is paying attention. Ubisoft Connect isn't without its sins.
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