September 2020
This is just some of the things I've noticed with the EA Desktop Application (Desktop).
Background Information
Specs: Dell Inspiron 15R 7520 SE (laptop)
CPU: Intel Core-i7 3612QM @2.10GHz
RAM: 2x4GB DDR3 @1600MHz SODIMM
GPU: Intel HD Graphics 4000
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7730M (2GB) (unusable due to drivers not installing at all, not affected by Desktop installation).
Win Build: Win 10 Pro Version 1809 (build: 17763.1282)
Origin version: 10.5.84.43868
Beta version: 12.0.5.4021
Build email was received at 3:04am. Downloaded current build at approximately 9am AEST.
Games Tested: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (2010). Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam (2010)
Games Available for testing, but not downloaded: Crysis, Crysis 2 and Apex Legends.
My experience and feedback so far.
I personally think this was really necessary to have a full overhaul of the Origin/Desktop app. Keep up the good work, guys/gals!
October 2020 - last edited October 2020
Additional information.
I am missing the BF: Bad Company 2 DLC, the Vietnam Expansion pack on EA Desktop, yet own it on Origin.
When I click on it, it says Buy DLC. This is very odd as I own it on Origin, yet apparently do not on EA Desktop. This can play issues in double-charging users, and extra Support tickets generated for Missing content
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October 2020
Nice feedback, but i don't get it, why is no one mentioning the fact you cant have multiple drives for game installs? In the age of SSD's surly i'm not the only one who has my origin spread over 4 different drives. But EA Destop does not let you do this, so at the moment I could not even us the app if i wanted to, cause 80% of my games are installed on other drives.
October 2020 - last edited October 2020
Agreed, that's odd. The only separate drive I have is my 8GB mSATA SSD on my laptop, which I can access in File Explorer, yet no mention of choosing your installation of your software.
November 2020
In game overlay not working, error reporter not working, getting help not working, posting not working...
December 2020
I wonder what the technical reason is for some DLC not showing up in the new client? e.g. I cannot get access to Mass Effect 2 or 3 DLC via EA Desktop (Beta) so I've had to uninstall it and go back to using Origin.
December 2020
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December 2020
I only did it with BFBC2 since that was the only game that I knew would run albeit at like 40FPS. It was a once-off.
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