Will the Sims 4 [UK] bought online ignore regional lockout?

[vinegaria]

I bought the game already via Origin. I'm based in Poland, and apparently that means I can only play the game in Polish, Czech and Russian, and I'm not allowed to legally play it in its original language. And playing it in Polish is a real pain. The only solution I found here was something like "we can refund the game if it's been less than 24 hours" although I bet I wouldn't get it just because of the language (and it's too late anyway). But I don't want to refund it, I want to find a legal way to play the Sims 4 in English.

Being unable to legally buy and play the game in its original version is frustrating to say the least.

However I've seen other online, legal shops selling the Sims 4, like Gamersgate. They sell what's labelled as UK version.

Do you know if the key bought there will ignore the lockout and let me play legally in English?

And will I be able to add second copy of the Sims 4 on Origin (as I already have the Polish version there)?

Please help

[vinegaria · Accepted solution]

Solved (though in a pricey way)! Replying here in case anyone has the same problem.

I caved in and bought boxed european edition.. and it works! Right now I have two Sims 4 games added to my Origin account, which looks silly. One is Origin's Polish Digital Deluxe and the second one is Multi-language regular one. And I basically have the game in English and I still have the deluxe stuff from Polish edition. Funny thing is - the european edition was even cheaper than Origin's regular, region-locked version. So I see no reasoning behind it (like I would if it was a cut version, but cheaper, for the poorer market to keep westerners from getting too low priced keys on Ebay).

To sum it up - it seems Origin digital keys will become region locked when activated, while a key from a boxed version allows you to install in the language version it came from. In my case - it was all languages available.

[crinrict]

Keys won't help you much since the Origin store checks your IP.

Disc versions let you choose the languag on installation. Don't know which language is included on which disc

[vinegaria]

Thanks. From what I see some boxed versions indeed include both English and Polish. Any idea what happens if I add this one to my Origin account? I bought the digital copy with extras, I'm wondering if they'll remain? And will it work or will it tell me I already own the game?

[crinrict]

I can't give you any guarantees (don't work for EA) but you should be able to just install the disc version with the already activated version. Stay offline to install then go online to activate computer.

[vinegaria · Accepted solution]

Solved (though in a pricey way)! Replying here in case anyone has the same problem.

I caved in and bought boxed european edition.. and it works! Right now I have two Sims 4 games added to my Origin account, which looks silly. One is Origin's Polish Digital Deluxe and the second one is Multi-language regular one. And I basically have the game in English and I still have the deluxe stuff from Polish edition. Funny thing is - the european edition was even cheaper than Origin's regular, region-locked version. So I see no reasoning behind it (like I would if it was a cut version, but cheaper, for the poorer market to keep westerners from getting too low priced keys on Ebay).

To sum it up - it seems Origin digital keys will become region locked when activated, while a key from a boxed version allows you to install in the language version it came from. In my case - it was all languages available.