Hi. So, many many moons ago, I bought the original Dead Space (2008) on my EA account and today I decided to attempt to play it on my Steam Deck but couldn't.
I downloaded the game onto my Windows PC and ran it without problems, and then copied the entire game folder over to the Steam Deck. I added the exe file to steam, selected Proton Experimental as compatibility. Normally, when I've copied files over this way I am able to launch games and just play. But with this one, it's says something like "Sorry, this game requires an Origin account to play"
So with that, I can see Proton Experimental compatibility seems to work. But, I thought this same could be played without the shitty EA account login etc. I do NOT want to install any EA launchers. Is there a way to bypass this on the Deck like typing something into the launch instructions etc? I can't believe a game from 2008 still wants access to Origin!!!
Many thanks for any replies/help