Hopefully this is fixed soon. Read the rest of the article for more. Also, NME has reached out to Capcom for a comment, but they've received no response as of when I checked.Thomas Hughes said:
Source: NME
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NME: Street Fighter V is currently unplayable for blind people (recent patch changed game audio from stereo to mono) [UPDATE] Fix coming in March
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Source: NME
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To quote BlindWarriorSven from the linked article...
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I'm guessing that's a bug, right? I don't see why they would purposefully downgrade their audio, hopefully it gets fixed soon
They changed the audio from stereo to mono...completely? That sounds unintentional, and likely a bug. I hope it gets fixed.
I didn't even know the game was playable for blind people. I feel like they should have marketed that more as that seems pretty rare
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It's most likely a bug, but it won't get fixed if Capcom isn't made aware of it.
Being legally blind does not necessarily mean you have no vision whatsoever
With accessible systems and audio, manu games can definitely be playable for users with low vision or even no vision
Wow. I knew about Brolylegs, but blind playing is even more impressive. You're practically using the Force.
Playing Street Fighter V by ear, holy fucking shit. I would never have thought that it was possible.
It's interesting to see how much traction I've seen this issue get, and yeah hopefully Capcom reverts the change soon.
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Yeah, it's not even that they can play it functionally. This guy is fucking good. I could practice this game for a year and he'd still club me like a baby seal.
That's some Luke Skywalker blows up the Death Star using the Force shit right there
So how would someone that goes by hearing only react to players that just stand still, or crouch, or slowly move? It's impressive that they can play this kind of game at all without seeing the opponent, but I don't understand how they could completely overcome certain tactics like that.
It's so weird since they JUST gave the entire cast new audio (and visual) cues for backrises. Like they clearly had accessibility in mind when they made them, but somebody messed up bad.
The player in that video uses Ken who's a fireball character. You can use fireballs as a form of echolocation to get a sense of where the opponent is currently crouching/standing/slowly walking. If they block it, you know exactly where they are relative to you. If they jump to avoid it, you can kind of surmise a couple of options on where they are based on when they jumped.
Most blind people aren't totally 100% blind. Many have just super poor vision so they may see blobs onscreen but with the audio helping, be able to better track movement.
User Banned (2 weeks): Dismissing Concerns of Accessibility Over Multiple Posts
For some reason it's kind of strange to me to see a complaint about a rather broad error like this couched only in accessibility-specific concerns.
Way more than just the visually impaired should care that their games have stereo sound.
Like, there are people in this thread genuinely asking whether or not this change is a mistake?
There was a story for way way back involving someone blind completely demolishing people at Tekken.
I can't imagine they'd intentionally change a game that had stereo sound to mono. What would even be the reason?
It's a more basic and baseline feature than HD visuals. MGS1 had an encounter that literally made fun of you if you had your game audio set to mono.
Like of course this is a mistake. And a weird one because it's hard to imagine how it could even happen.
I don't know what you think you read in my post.
I mean sure, but realtively speaking who cares? We can still play the game even if theres a decline in audio quality. The change has a much bigger impact on some folks' ability to play at all.
I had no idea blind people played the game.
That is fucking awesome.
Please fix this ASAP Capcom.
That is fucking awesome.
Please fix this ASAP Capcom.
Capcom will fix the bug early next month
https://game.capcom.com/cfn/sfv/systemfault/133136
"■ Sound effects in matches playback in 'Mono' sound even if the sound option selected is set for 'Stereo.'
→This is scheduled to be fixed in the first week of March"
"■ Sound effects in matches playback in 'Mono' sound even if the sound option selected is set for 'Stereo.'
→This is scheduled to be fixed in the first week of March"
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I get where you're coming from, but sound cues are very important at higher levels of play. Yes it impacted individuals with disabilities more, but generally speaking many players care.
Like the point here is this needs to be fixed.
Good on Capcom addressing this ASAP. Still sucks for all the visually impaired missing out on a couple weeks of new season hype.