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Gears 5 is the very first AAA game to get a perfect score for accessibility for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing by CanIPlayThat.com
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that's super cool - Microsoft seems to be really on top of things when it comes to accessibility in gaming
This is fantastic to see and I hope that all AAA games take the challenge to meet or surpass what the team has done for accessibility going forward.
Speech to text and text to speech for MP? Never seen either of those features in an MP game before, much less both, good work Coalition
Reading through the accessibility options here and holy shit, between this and the Adaptive Controller, Microsoft are really pushing accessibility to another level. Great to see.
Some of these are things I don't think I've even seen in a game before, like Speech to Text and Text to Speech for multiplayer.
Some of these are things I don't think I've even seen in a game before, like Speech to Text and Text to Speech for multiplayer.
This kind of went unnoticed in many Reviews. This feature alone should have added 1-2 points to its Metacritic Score.
Kudos to The Coalition for doing this :)
Kudos to The Coalition for doing this :)
Its great to see yeah. And i think first party and other big publishers really should be leading with it and setting a example.
I think its their "job" if i am honest be the ones to push it forward.
Wow, big kudos to Microsoft and Coalition here. This should be more common.
Looks like a cool site to check out also.
Looks like a cool site to check out also.
This is great to hear, and so important! Now there's a game anyone can point to and say "this game does everything right, this is now the benchmark you have to meet for your own game's accessibility options."
Who knew back in 2006 that gritty dudebro muscle men chainsaw game would be the industry leader in accessibility and representation in 2019
This is great news. Good job everyone involved!!
I had no idea about that site. I will start checking it as well.
I had no idea about that site. I will start checking it as well.
This is good and deserves more attention. Every other dev studio with AAA resources have no excuse not to match this standard.
I didn't know this site existed. Great to see that Gears went above and beyond for deaf and hard of hearing gamers. I've got good hearing, but it still bothers me when a game puts vital information solely into audio cues without any visual information to assist.
A couple Remedy games come to mind (sorry, they just happen to be my two most recently played games):
Control gives a ton of information through audio. Headphones are nearly required because because it has almost no visual cues.
Alan Wake definitely plays better with headphones, but Alan does something interesting that makes the game easier for me to play at low volumes or the sound off - he turns his head towards enemies that are in my blind spot. Chances are if he turns his head, it's a good time to dodge away from that direction. It's a simple thing, but I'm sure it helps out deaf and hard of hearing gamers.
A couple Remedy games come to mind (sorry, they just happen to be my two most recently played games):
Control gives a ton of information through audio. Headphones are nearly required because because it has almost no visual cues.
Alan Wake definitely plays better with headphones, but Alan does something interesting that makes the game easier for me to play at low volumes or the sound off - he turns his head towards enemies that are in my blind spot. Chances are if he turns his head, it's a good time to dodge away from that direction. It's a simple thing, but I'm sure it helps out deaf and hard of hearing gamers.
Neat. Never played it, so I wasn't aware. Hope these features become standard for every game soon
remember early last gen with Dead Rising?I just have to say that this subtitle size should be the standard in video games.
You know, this stuff was always important and I think it is the one thing everyone agrees on that we can use more of. But not until I've had someone in my family recently with a disability does this stuff make me emotional every time I see people take strides to support all those types of play-styles in their games. Makes me really happy that their future in the gaming-medium I love is going to remain consistent with what I experienced.
BLAH.
BLAH.
my co op partner is Deaf/HoH and so this is all great news
she was excited about the game already but this is just some A+ cool shit for them to do when they dont have to(since there's no actual standards/requirement for any of this stuff)
she was excited about the game already but this is just some A+ cool shit for them to do when they dont have to(since there's no actual standards/requirement for any of this stuff)
Unreal Tournament 2004 had TTS for chat messages and it was actually really helpful to get callouts read to you. Haven't seen it in a game since then.
I believe that Plants vs Zombies Battle for Neighborville (which just came out yesterday) has them both too, so seems like the trend is going in a positive direction.
I don't need to, Man of Medan was just released.
this cant be real
what is this subtitles for ants
I just have to say that this subtitle size should be the standard in video games.
I noticed there was an option for subtitle text size in the menu as well.
super cool! keep it up XGS, they're doing some amazing things when it comes to accessibility.
holy shit is that real?!I don't need to, Man of Medan was just released.