The Last of Us 2 — Deaf/HoH Review
"The Last of Us 2 is the game of a generation. Not in its narrative and artistic beauty, [...] but in its accessibility." Check out our review here.
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The Last of Us Part II gets perfect accessibility score by CanIPlayThat
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Indeed. It's so rare for it to happen (I think the last one was Gears 5)
Wasn't Gears 5 the first one too? Or am I remembering that wrong.
I was hoping that big game getting such a great score for accessibility would make it more common. Hopefully Last of Us II pushes it that way a little more.
It makes me so happy to see how much accessibility has progressed and become a focus this generation.
Both MS and Sony have been nailing it with accessibility options in their First party games. It seems apparent it is a big undertaking to flesh out the accessibility options like Gears 5 and TLoU2 do.
Uncharted 4 had a barebones accessibility option, which was cool for the time, in giving the choice to hold a button instead of tap repeatedly, Gear 5 took it to the next level, Part 2 here seems to take it to a level above Gears 5. Either way, progress in the right direction.
Don't forget Microsoft's adaptive controller.
The 10/10 that folks should care about.
Although the game itself was quite forgettable, I was impressed with the accessibility options in Gears 5!
Playing Crash Bandicoot N-Sane Trilogy made me realised that those developers didn't care about accessibility features whatsoever — no subtitles, no colourblind mode (for such a vividly colourful game), sound design not matching up to things going on onscreen and so on and on...
The barest of bare minimum.
That was a real lightning bolt moment for me. I don't need to use this option, but the fact it is there was so, so cool, especially as a specialist learning assistant teacher at the time ... 🙂
Although the game itself was quite forgettable, I was impressed with the accessibility options in Gears 5!
Playing Crash Bandicoot N-Sane Trilogy made me realised that those developers didn't care about accessibility features whatsoever — no subtitles, no colourblind mode (for such a vividly colourful game), sound design not matching up to things going on onscreen and so on and on...
The barest of bare minimum.
That was a real lightning bolt moment for me. I don't need to use this option, but the fact it is there was so, so cool, especially as a specialist learning assistant teacher at the time ... 🙂
As someone with a disability, this put a huge smile on my face. My disability doesn't affect my gaming per se', but for those greatly affected, this is truly wonderful to see. Thanks, ND!
Quite a few games offer that now, thankfully. I don't need it, but it's usually the first thing I change. I hate tapping buttons
Are there accessibility settings for people with Dyslexia or other issues that make reading difficult/challenging? If so I'd like to know what they are.
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You control the subtitles (size, color, background...) and text-to-speech in every text so you don't need to read
Ideally, Nintendo + Sony + MS will find a way to make all of these options a feature of the actual consoles, instead of this having to be a game by game implementation. That for me would be the way to go, make it standard and acessible to literally everyone from an agnostic point of view.
That said, congrats to ND on making such a in-depth implementation of these features!
That said, congrats to ND on making such a in-depth implementation of these features!
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Oh I didn't forget about the adaptive controller.
I think it's one of the best things to happen this gen. Seeing disabled people being able to enjoy video games in like... clips posted on twitter is a great way to flip around a grumpy face.
Damn, that really hits hard in the best way. Always great to have more options allowing people to play games.
Full list here for those who haven't seen it yet.
The Last of Us Part II: Accessibility features detailed
60+ settings make this Naughty Dog's most accessible game yet.
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Thats great! Hopefully it won't be too long before these are system level features rather than things that need to be implemented by each game.
This is so great and ideally becomes the standard, if someone wants to experience your game, they should be able to.
I wonder if the month or so delay allowed them to get this in at launch, I would gladly take a month delay to get everyone to experience a game who wants to.
I wonder if the month or so delay allowed them to get this in at launch, I would gladly take a month delay to get everyone to experience a game who wants to.
