If you purchase ME Trilogy in Russia, what will be the language of ME3?
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE ANSWERING
(I'm yelling because the Russian version of ME3 is handled differently from other European versions. It has no language choice. Also, the question has information that is probably new for you. Please try to understand.)
Fact 1. When buying ME3 (standard game, not the Trilogy) from the Origin Store in Russia, you're asked to choose game language. The only option is Russian. The game doesn't download other language files, and doesn't have an option to change language later. None.
Fact 2. When buying ME Trilogy in Russia, you're asked to choose language. This time, language choices are rich, and identical to choices when buying ME2 in Russia. They include English, several European languages, and Russian. However, this is misleading, because one game in the bundle (Mass Effect 1) doesn't have a Russian version at all (and neither does it have Hungarian, Polish or Czech). I suspect that we're similarly being lied to about the language of the bundled ME3. This borders on fraud, because the consumer is being misinformed about the product he's buying.
When selling games on digital distribution platforms, publishers often split them into multiple "versions" for different regions of the planet, which come with restrictions on content, language, region where you can activate the game, or multiplayer matchmaking region. The difference between versions is hidden, and the users can't distinguish them by the title.
Intuition tells me that the Origin Store probably has only one standard version of each game for each region (with Deluxe and Collector editions mirroring all restrictions of the standard version), with Europe being a single region. The version of ME3 sold in Europe comes with several languages and an option to switch between them. The version of ME3 sold in Russia can't have languages other than Russian (which the Origin Store honestly tells you before the purchase).
There's no way to view the details on game versions in the bundle before the purchase. You can only see the titles. I suspect that each game in the bundle will automatically be assigned the standard version of your region.
TLDR: It looks like Russian buyers of the Trilogy (as well as Hungarians, Poles and Czechs) are being misinformed about the languages of the games they're paying for. Fraudulent on part of EA.
Knowing EA's attitude on regional restrictions and quality of service, I wouldn't count on me being wrong.
So, the question is: can anybody who bought ME Trilogy in Russia confirm or deny my suspicions? Thanks in advance!
