Choosing Language

UPDATE 2015-05-30 There is now an easier possibility to change the language. Please make sure to opt in Origin Beta since it's not available on the current version of Origin. Instructions can b...

Anonymous

10 years ago

Hi everyone,
I bought my game from Russia and i want play it in English. So I changed the Registry keys but game needs [Remove]

Thanks

EA_Nils

Community Admin

10 years ago

@navidameli Hi,

We do not support altering your installation in such a way. If you would like to play in English you have to buy an English copy of the game opposed to the Russian one.

Sorry for the hassle.

Cheers,

Nils

The_Real_Koteyk
9 years ago
@EA_Nils wrote:
@navidameli Hi,
We do not support altering your installation in such a way. If you would like to play in English you have to buy an English copy of the game opposed to the Russian one.
Sorry for the hassle.
Cheers,
Nils
However, it is NOT possible to buy an English copy of the game in Russia, either as a DVD in a store or via origin.com. This is very annoying for both the expats and bilingual Russians (who are essentially native speakers of English). Russian localization is far from being perfect, and it doesn't cost EA a dime to provide access to the original title. What's wrong with you people??? Globalization is here, haven't you heard?
- crinrict
  Hero+
  9 years ago
  Did you try a retailer like Amazon ?
  - The_Real_Koteyk
    9 years ago
    Well, I already bought the game and some goodies via Origin so I'm not really looking forward to spending another $40-$60 plus the shipping. Also, I play on Mac, so I'd still enter the code in Origin to download the game, And since I would do that from Russia there is a big chance I'd get Russian/Polish/Czech version again.
    Curiously enough, I've seen a YouTube tutorial where someone has successfully changed the language of the game purchased in Russia by altering some settings in the ini file - and it worked. She did her demonstration from Australia though. The fact that this "non-supported altering" hack works in Australia and doesn't work in Russia makes it rather obvious that Origin/EA region lock is ISP-based.
    Also, if, say, EA/Origin justify their linguistic limitation by the fact that they sell their games for less in the developing markets, well, let's just have a separate Multilingual Pack for those of us who want to play in a different language! What is so inherently wrong with that?
    Finally, I'd like to reiterate that I don't relish the thought of having to "hack" the ini file to get what I want. There should be a civil solution to this problem. In Russia, I can buy a pirated DVD with all things Sim for less than $5. The fact that I chose to bring my money to EA/Origin instead speaks something. I think us loyal customers deserve better treatment.