Playing Russian & Polish versions in English

Ok, the release hits the world!

Some may have already unlocked the full game via Korean\Japan VPN.

Could you please try 'DAI' replacement thing with the final released ru\pl version of the game? Would it work? The link it OP should be good.

Honestly....?

Just call EA help and ask them to switch your version to English one.

Seriously.

I did that recently - they switched my version of DAI to English without much fuss (though do check if they connected all your addons and potential DLCs to serial number - when they switch regional versions, these things can get unplugged, so have the person you call/chat with pay attention to that, unless you want to pay for paid additional content again).

won't work. I've done it once, lomg time ago, with DAA addon. But here we have a zero chance, it's different. DAA had no pricing or region restrictin (and I also had English DAO on my account).

Our region version is cheaper and it's not the same. In theory I could play the 'dumb customer' with them (it's not like we have something to lose), but it's a new game. Best case I know is that a friend of mine had refunded his Russian game + got a discount code. Also have in mind that we don't have a local number, and calling to US or Europe would be more expensive than refunding and buying the EN key.

Oh no, I'm not calling you a liar! The key word would be 'recently'. At some point they had removed the DAI language restriction (GOTY version is region-free), and now the game's been out for years already.

It's also known that EU MEA players that want Russian in their game had asked helpdesk to switch into the RU version, but were denied. Even with EU version being more expensive. They were basically told to go and buy the Russian key elsewhere. I don't see why would they change it vice versa (give EU for RU).Trying won't hurt though.

I've got it, going to update the link in the OP soon. May be it would help.

I could not stand it any longer. I've refunded the local version already.
In case anyone is interested - cdkeys.com price tag for the normal global is 41.5EUR. More than our regional price, but less than Origin VPN. Can confirm that it's not a fraud (my Origin had already accepted their MEA key).

Refunded my russian version of the game too. Activated new game key, everything seems to be in order, but my game still launches as russian trial... Repair does not work. Reinstalling the game now. Did anyone have the same problem?

Indeed

Hmmm, You can try asking for Origin help. I've heard that they sometimes remove trials and demos from people's libraries upon request. That might solve the problem. I don't think it hurts to try. I'll see if I can find other cases like yours.

Edit: Sorry, I confused two threads.

Will try EA help Thank you.

It can't be (because it can't be). EU version does not include Russian language at all.
Are you sure you're not missing another non-trial 'Andromeda' icon in your library? What do you see when looking at 'Properties'--->'advanced launch properties'?

I'd assume some kind of bugged leftovers from the Russian trial. Try renaming or deleting the 'MassEffectAndromedaTrial.exe' then run the other . exe and see what happens.

See? Told ya.


Many had reported this bug today. It's common in Russia (not sure about the other regions). In some cases MEA pretends that it had not been relaesed here just yet, in some cases it even has a prompt with the '23.03' as a release date.

I've seen it this morning too, had to run the 'repair' feature + relog into the origin. Some say that swithcing the language in the client (not in game) to\from English had worked for them.

And thank you NRieh.