A few days ago, I picked up the Mass Effect trilogy on origin for like $10, and just yesterday I finished ME1.
I've tried to download ME2 several times now, and ME3 once as well, but both downloads failed at nearly 100%.
Specifically, when I download ME2, Origin says that it will be a 9.71GB download and a 11.57GB installation.
Each time I've tried downloading ME2, the download gets to 9.70GB, then the download speed drops to 0B/s, then Origin crashes with a "fatal error". Sometimes, Origin will give me a popup telling me there's been a "download error" before crashing. The same issue occurs with ME3, but I don't have the exact numbers, as I only tried it once.
I'm not certain whether this is an issue with my network, or if this is an issue on EA's side. I'm on my college's VPN, and I've been able to download large files without issue before. (In fact, I downloaded ME1 on this network when I purchased it).
I've tried running Origin as an Administrator, but the issue persisted.
Anyone know how to fix this issue?
Best Answer
Turns out, it's an issue between my college's VPN and the way Origin downloads games.
I'm not an expert on networking, but I was able to use an off-campus network to download ME2 (admittedly, it took every bit of 5 hours...), and it worked just fine.