May 2021
So i reached out to EA/Origin and they were very rude and unwilling to help. Referred me to this link: "https://help.ea.com/en/help/pc/troubleshooting-ea-games-on-steam/"
June 2021
I had spore for 8 years now i learned that you can acces online features today and it turns out ea blocked it. I am pretty sure they are gonna charge a fee to get the CD key.
June 2021
How did you go about doing it?
June 2021 - last edited June 2021
I was struggling immensely to create my account today, but then I noticed something: THERE'S A PASSWORD CHARACTER LIMIT. I believe it is 16 characters. If your EA account password is longer, you can't get in... Or that's what happened to me, at least. Except now it says the servers are down.
June 2021
June 2021 - last edited June 2021
@MeiOokamiSo... Did it work?
@PS4SuperiorityWithout EA, probably Maxis would never have made Spore.
But to stick with EA all these years... Is masochism.
---
And I'd also like to ask you guys the odds of me being from another country (not US, any European country, AUS or Canada) trying to get the CD-Key, cause imagine an EA support that doesn't have the PERMISSION to solve stuff. That's my country's.
June 2021 - last edited June 2021
Oh, absolutely not.
They only wanted the accounts linked so when I got into another support chat they could verify the purchase with screen shots of my steam purchase history and give me the game on Origin. The tech also didn't know that the steam login and screen name can and should be different, so spent most of the time explaining that. At least the DLC still comes with keys you can claim on Origin as well.
TLDR: Steam version online features are still not working, but I now have it on Origin as well after a couple hours of tech support.
June 2021
June 2021
Hello all.
I brought Spore and Creepy and Cute, as well as Galactic Adventures on Steam previously, but I created a new Spore account using a new EA account with a new email.
When I created the account, it shows me this page:
I can understand that that account does not own a game of Spore, but there isn't a link to the Steam version, so am I supposed to re-purchase the game on Origin? I have a physical copy of the game as well, so if I were to buy the Origin version, am I supposed to transfer the product key from the physical version to the Origin version?
I just want to make a new Spore account and start fresh and new again.
Thanks.
June 2021