Sims 4 game won't launch at all after update + repair (win10)

@jpkarlsenHey, thanks for answering! ^^ Clicking play on origin does absolutely nothing. I see from task manager that an arbitrary number of tasks called QtWebEngineProcess.exe start running under Origin but nothing happens. I see my mouse cursor change visually for a bit as if for loading something but then it just stops.

edit: I also tried moving my Sims 4 folder to desktop (as suggested in some other thread concerning sims not launching at all) but it didn't help. I'd assume that the game just recreates that particular folder inside Electronic arts folder if it can't find one there but clearly in my case when I try launching the game it doesn't even get that far to try and create that folder. I also find it weird that origin creates many instances of this one particular process when I try launching.