- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Bungie Software,
As being a deaf gamer, I always love to have games which includes subtitles so make a clear understanding what is happening in the game. I love Halo with all their wonderful graphics and gameplay, but what really disappoints me and several deaf friends I have is the ability to understand what's going on in movie scene where there is voices and no subtitles. We hardly understand whats the captain is saying or what to do.
I have played games like Grand Theft Auto where there is movie scenes with subtitles which makes it easier for us to know what to do and make the game more fun because i can understand what's going on. To be deaf and watching a movie without subtitles and not understand what's going on is like you watching someone talk another language and is clueless what to do.
Games such as Grand Theft Auto 3, True Crimes, and several others had gained popularity among me and other deaf people in community. We do not have to complain to the store to refund a game because we appreciate it including subtitles rather than taking it back, and tell the store, this game has no subtitles i can't accept it and want a refund. If you wonder, there is about a total of 21 million deaf and hard of hearing people in the US alone. (Of course it is population count from infant to old age, and profound deaf to minor hearing loss) If you could reach out to at least 10,000 deaf gamers to purchase halo 2, then that is still beneficial to your company.
I hope you would give it thought and contain subtitles in Halo 2 if you did not yet.
Thanks,
Samuel Carriger
[Edited on 5/6/2004 9:50:33 AM]