I'm in Poland, even though I have "English" set in Origin's settings, the content inside Origin is always Polish, at the bottom of the page I see another language seleciton field and guess what - it has ONE option - Polish.So I go to the store, check out Sims 4 and see: "Supported languages - Czech, Polish, Russian". Does that mean that because of my location I'm not allowed to buy this game in English or is English always there as an option and the 3 languages mentioned in teh description are an additional choice aside from English?

Unthinkable, inexcusible and mad are precisely the words the situation calls for.I'm an English speaking person living in Poland, and while can speak the language, it's beyond ridiculous that in the age of digital restribution a flie which allows me to play in my language at my leisure is simply chosen to be omitted. How on earth is that decision driven, if I may flair in outrage? Are they appeasing any ludicrous restrictions on local retail? Surely not, as this sort of debacle would never occur on Valve's watch.It's even more problematic as the 'special edition', one for which we the fans elect to pay extra on top, is graciously offered on Origin only - As to encourage our loyalty, no doubt!I think... that both the lack of need for excluding English, in this day and age, as well as aditional effort it must've taken to do so must be apparent to whomever we may thank for the decision, and I do hope that they come to realise the error of this bias regional approach and offer a solution within the next 10 hours or so.I feel punished for living outside of my linguistic zone, all the more for the extra integration that this itetarion offers, permitting to easily aquire great, fan made files, but should there be no remedy I will be regardless forced to ask for a refund, and pray to the gods for BioWare, Maxis and any other studio of worth that has to be overseen by company prone to decisions this questionable.A terrible move, to be sure. Short sighted would be an understatement.

Same problem here.I was actually considering applying for the 24 hours refund policy (a bit too late for that now), as the game (for me) is unplayable in Polish. What sounds fun in English sounds nauseous in Polish. Also - I can't find the info anywhere if a copy bought outside Poland (like British Amazon) would actually let me play in English or will it "switch" to the local version when added to Origin from my local ip? This also needs explaining.At this point I'll be happy to actually pay extra for the option to play in English legally if there was one. But there isn't! It really sucks that I'm even considering this, but I want to play the original game in its original language and I just don't get why I'm not allowed to buy it legally.Funny thing - I made it sort of work (some texts still display in Polish, the rest is in English) using both cracked launcher and cracked language pack. Yes, perhaps it's in the "grey zone", but consider this - I "pirated" my ORIGINAL game to make it playable. I bought the game legally, directly on Origin, on the launch day, just to be forced to seek semi-legal solutions to make it playable.Bare in mind I'll be happy with region language lock, but in Poland it's only Polish, Czech, Russian. There are many foreigners here and English is their desired language, as they obviously don't speak the other two as well. What about them? Also not allowed to play the original game in the language they understand, just because they happen to live in Poland. Why?

OK so, to make this clear - EA will not sell me a digital English version of Sims 4, right? And if so - is there any real reason for that? I mean, I could understand the other way around, if someone would want a localized version and there wouldn't be one, but English? That's the "original", right? Why would anyone want to not include it, especially if there are 2 other languages included in this version? I don't get it :-( Oh and one more thing - IF i would buy a physical copy (which I definitely won't, if I won't get an English digital copy, I don't want any other), then if there would be any downloadable content for Sims 4, would it work with an English physical copy or would I then also not be allowed to get it because ... reasons?Any comments? Will downloadable content work if I would buy a physical English copy and have Origin forced to use Polish for some reason?Edit Bump: Still waiting for a reply - will downloadable content purchased via Origin (where an English version is not sold) work with a physical English copy of the game?(Posts merged by CM)

Two years after the launch of the game, and this problem has never been solved... cool, EA, very cool. (NOT.) I just bought the game, didn't even think to check what were the offered languages because it's just an industry standard that, whatever the additional local languages added, English is always provided. But turns out EA is not on the industry standard. I requested a refund, I will not play this game in Polish. I find it ridiculous that EA has done it so. And now instead of buying the game straight from EA, I will perhaps go and buy it on secondary market, to make sure it is in my preferred language.

This is utterly ridiculous! I will never download any games from you until you work out this issue!Why do something the easy way when you can do things complicated, right? Outraging!

How can I buy Sims 4 in English? | EA Forums

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Amelia_E_Adler
10 years ago
Two years after the launch of the game, and this problem has never been solved... cool, EA, very cool. (NOT.) I just bought the game, didn't even think to check what were the offered languages because it's just an industry standard that, whatever the additional local languages added, English is always provided. But turns out EA is not on the industry standard. I requested a refund, I will not play this game in Polish. I find it ridiculous that EA has done it so. And now instead of buying the game straight from EA, I will perhaps go and buy it on secondary market, to make sure it is in my preferred language.
Vixanne
9 years ago
They released Toddlers for free but they won't release English language pack, something they already made anyway, even as a "dlc". Haven't played the game for a while because seeing Polish just annoys me and I quit with a feeling of regret, bitterness, disappointment and frustration. I'd love to play with Toddlers. I'd love to get DLC with vampires that's coming out soon. But with how EA treats this issue, it looks like I'd be wiser to wait until Sims 5 are out instead, then probably pay my friend in US to get the game so I can play it in English.

It's ridiculous, it's sad and it's making me angry as I'm diving deeper and deeper into Google search pages, looking for a way to english-fy my game that I just cannot enjoy because of where I was born and where I have to live now.
Anonymous
9 years ago
Hey "admin" nothing to say!!!???

I don`t know Russian language.

[Edited by EA_Mai: keep in mind our first rule]

I know Altai & a little bit English language.

I don`t ask you localize Sims 4 on Altai.

I & hundreds of people ask you - WE NEED ORIGINAL LANGUAGE!!!

Just few hours ago I want buy al DLC, but now I delete origin and I newer buy EA games in future.
Anonymous
9 years ago
2017 - still no solution. EA congrats!

Just bought the game and already requested refund. That's ridiculous! Why on Earth I can not play English version? What's wrong with you guys? I need a reply from tech support!

[Edited by EA_Mai: swearing removed, please check the forum rules]
ANANANANANANANA
8 years ago
It's mid 2018 and still no solution. I used to play The Sims 3 in English, now I moved to the Sims 4, and guest what? I have to play it in Polish... It's ridiculous. I hate the Polish names of the townies, I hate the dreadful messages and notifications. I want to use custom content traits but guess what? They're in ENGLISH ONLY. Omg...
jpkarlsen
Hero (Retired)
8 years ago
@ANANANANANANANAZ
See the answer by EA number 2 posting in this thread.
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New Hotshot
6 years ago
Hey! It's 2020 - and we're still like cavemen who can't use any language except one EA willed to sell to us!
As a person living in Belarus I can only thank EA for giving me a choice between PL and CZ instead of, let's say, Turkish and Lithuanian!
And one more reason to NOT buy anything EVER from Origin!
What's next? Region-locked clothes for our characters?
meeshmeesh3
6 years ago
@eustacecs Don't give them any suggestions. 😛
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New Hotshot
5 years ago
A small follow up.

Trying external tools to implant English into RU/PL/CZ version _will_ fail.

DLCs from RU/PL/CZ version will carry over to EN version without need in re-purchasing - however:

1. It may be changed at any time,

2. If you reinstall the game, you'll have to wait for base game download, restart Origin then select language for each and every DLC you're trying to download (there'll be a plenty of pop-ups for it).
karbowana
4 years ago
2022 and still no solutions...

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