S4vant wrote:Same issue wit me. Built a new PC and tried to install BF3 and am not able to download it because the only choice is the russian version. I've owned BF3 Premium and DLC since launch in 2011.
The language will depend a lot from where you got the purchase initially, if you have already followed this and the only available language for the game installation is still Russian, it's because that's the regional origin of your game key
If you got the game from EA directly (no other places), then the reason could be you were visiting one of the related countries when getting that key (it was not just Russia, other nearby countries got affected too, but the list escapes my mind right now), or you were using something like a VPN for security reasons, but the country of the node at the time of purchase affected the outcome
Originally, those keys included the English language (that's why everyone recalls playing in English), but it got removed at some point (I don't recall the exact year, just the news) due to abuse of "region jumpers" (to get lower prices), leaving the keys with only the Russian language, this also affected people from surrounding countries (Ukraine for example) living inside the region that wanted the English option, BTW
also, if I recall correctly, there's no fix for this (as in, a change for your account), at least not all this years after development stopped, you need to get the game again (I would recommend Steam) for your region, the problem is more than likely on the vendor side (like someone selling those cheap keys that worked fine at the time due to having English as an option), or on whoever bought it for you and gifted you the key
