I could barely sleep the night of monday september 24. I was really excited about the next morning...rushing to GamePlanet /Mexican version of EBGames) to get my limited edition copy of Halo 3. The website announced they would be open at 9AM and a little shy of said time I was ready to go inside....lazy bums didnt open until 10AM. So anyway I picked up the game and walked towards the register when I noticed one of the clerks playing Halo3 with the audio track in spanish. I immediatly asked if they knew if the audio track in the game also included the english track, they said "no", they adjusted the console settings and only got the english menus and subtitles, but no english audio. I called xbox support and asked about this issue... and they were as helpful as a gore-tex jacket in the Sahara, the call ended like this: Me: "So, the only way I can be sure of what Im asking you is buying the game, testing it in my console and if I cant get the english audio track then theres no english track included?" Support: "Well...Yes". Dammit! I put back the copy of the game on the shelf and walked out empty handed.

When Halo 2 came out, I preordered the Limited Edition and never thought about the localization of the game...I was surprised when I heard all the dialogues in spanish; everything was translated literally so dialogues sounded awkward. I modified the console options to no avail. I went out to buy an importedcopy of the game form the "gray market" since when I decided to play it as it was it became unbearable, it sounded stupi, it made me angry.

Why MS, why the f***k could you not include both audio tracks in the same disc? Bioshock has both, Gears of War has both, Viva Piñata and several other games have both! "Gee I hope this latinos stop playing their soccer games and start playing Halo since now is in spanish" Well, f***k you!! I dont like dubbed media! I hate dubbed movies, tv shows and GAMES!! Ok, maybe there are lots of people that cant make s**t of what they are hearing or reading if the media is in english; but you are not offering any choice here.

I will have to wait some days until the import version is available, and Im exponentially happy that I didnt preorder, besides, preordering is idiotic, as if the DVDs were made in materials prone to extinction so you wouldnt be able to find a copy in Wal Mart.

Damn Im angry!

UPDATE: It happens again...Halo: ODST just includes the spanish audio track. Halo Wars included just the english audio track with (optional) spanish subtitles; both Gears of War includedenglish and spanishaudio tracks.

I will have to wait until i can get the imported version.