He leaned back in his chair, gripped his controller, and finally began his adventure.

If the game is already installed and starting in a language like Russian, you can usually force it to English (or another language) by editing the emulator's configuration file.

Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\[Game Name] (or the developer's name).

If the language option in your game settings is grayed out or locked, you may need to edit a configuration file that tracks whether the initial setup has been completed. Some games lock language selection until you pass the intro sequence — you can bypass this by modifying the appropriate setting in the game's configuration files.

This is the most common method for repacks that use "emulators" (like Goldberg, CODEX, or ALI213) to run.