Removed from store???

[Дед динамо]

Also why 51 B size?

[Doggy Friend]

Now I have two versions of Mass Effect in my library: Mass Effect (2010) and Mass Effect (2010) Edition. The first one is 12 GB in size and the second one is 51 B in size.

[Дед динамо]

I bought this game today and still have it on my whishlist for some reason.

[Doggy Friend]

So you bought the game and got 51B version only? Wow...

[Дед динамо]

Yes its best deal in my life ;DDDDD

[Wulfhaz]

Since ME 1 and ME 3 are still on store, do you think they removed this one because of Miranda Ass? xD

[Retcon Rob]

Originally posted by Doggy Friend:

Now I have two versions of Mass Effect in my library: Mass Effect (2010) and Mass Effect (2010) Edition. The first one is 12 GB in size and the second one is 51 B in size.

same for me.

[Hard Core Rikki]

The original ME2 you played on steam had only 3 dlcs owned for me (mostly same, cerberus unlock).

The new 'edition' puts all the 26 dlcs in direct ownership on steam. Oddly theyre all marked as obtained the same day in 2011 on steam for me whereas they actually obtained on origin.

My guess is EA shuffling away the goodies originally unlocked on origin and this will be coming to other games. Switch out origin and its locked ownership of games, replace them by EA app that communicates back ownership of EA/origin games to steam - ie so that people can obtain dlcs on EA app/origin and it will be marked as owned on steam.
I wonder how that would affect the sims games.

[Дед динамо]

Funny thing is that i only have 51B version in my library and they removed ability to buy original release.

Originally posted by Hard Core Rikki:

The original ME2 you played on steam had only 3 dlcs owned for me (mostly same, cerberus unlock).

The new 'edition' puts all the 26 dlcs in direct ownership on steam. Oddly theyre all marked as obtained the same day in 2011 on steam for me whereas they actually obtained on origin.

My guess is EA shuffling away the goodies originally unlocked on origin and this will be coming to other games. Switch out origin and its locked ownership of games, replace them by EA app that communicates back ownership of EA/origin games to steam - ie so that people can obtain dlcs on EA app/origin and it will be marked as owned on steam.
I wonder how that would affect the sims games.

[Hard Core Rikki]

ME2 2010 has 2 store listings now, its just just in library.

- The original listing hasnt been updated since 4 years, and is no longer on sale on steam. This launches the local ME2 executable directly. Steam Deck-verified.

- The new 2010 'edition' has a new store, and is listed on sale right now (75% off), and marked as included with EA Play. This launches ME2 through the EA app and doesnt directly run the executable (assuming it makes the game online-only and slow to open now). Not Steam Deck verified.

[Luna ~]

Originally posted by Hard Core Rikki:

ME2 2010 has 2 store listings now, its just just in library.

- The original listing hasnt been updated since 4 years, and is no longer on sale on steam. This launches the local ME2 executable directly. Steam Deck-verified.

- The new 2010 'edition' has a new store, and is listed on sale right now (75% off), and marked as included with EA Play. This launches ME2 through the EA app and doesnt directly run the executable (assuming it makes the game online-only and slow to open now). Not Steam Deck verified.

I just wanna say that this is falls ME2 was never verified it was playable :)
But anyway The new version seems to be a 51B ini file that boots EA app but doesnt actually like do anything after that

[1singur]

I suspect this was removed from store because it was not bundling the DLCs.
You see, ME2's DLCs were never available on Steam, and EA had to offer them as separate free downloads to anyone who purchased on Steam. But now EA made a new build of the game which includes all the DLCs as well in a single purchase, so the old build had to be taken off the store.
I am curious if owners of the removed version will be given access to the new (2010) build.

[1singur]

Originally posted by Luna Rosa ~:

Originally posted by Hard Core Rikki:

ME2 2010 has 2 store listings now, its just just in library.

- The original listing hasnt been updated since 4 years, and is no longer on sale on steam. This launches the local ME2 executable directly. Steam Deck-verified.

- The new 2010 'edition' has a new store, and is listed on sale right now (75% off), and marked as included with EA Play. This launches ME2 through the EA app and doesnt directly run the executable (assuming it makes the game online-only and slow to open now). Not Steam Deck verified.

I just wanna say that this is falls ME2 was never verified it was playable :)
But anyway The new version seems to be a 51B ini file that boots EA app but doesnt actually like do anything after that

The full download of the new (210) version is over 10Gb, so the files are being downloaded by Steam. Perhaps the 51b listing is an error, considering the change is rather recent, or maybe it shows like that for players who owned the previous version already. I just purchased the game in the new form.

[Nothing.]

From what I've read, the new versions forces you to use EA's application which is pretty lame.

What happens if you own this version and uninstall it? Are you still capable of reinstalling it? I saw I was given the 2010 edition for free, but the original 2010 release is not offered by Steam anymore now.

[AbedsBrother]

Originally posted by Nothing.:

What happens if you own this version and uninstall it? Are you still capable of reinstalling it?

Yes.