Posted March 19, 2015

"[...]An EA/Origin Account, including the acceptance of EA’s online Terms of Service and Privacy Policy [...], the installation of Origin client application [...] (or superceding download management software) as well as acceptance of the Origin (or superceding download management software) End User License agreement, may be required to access the Software.[...]"
Sounds like "anything can happen but you can find out!". Can anybody tell me wheather or not I need Origin to play such a game?
You do not need the Origin service to play the games you buy here on GOG :) Those are the standard EA EULAs :)