Accessibility in video games should mean adding hard modes as well as just easy – Reader’s Feature

Accessibility in video games should mean adding hard modes as well as just easy – Reader’s Feature

Metro.co.uk - Entertainment·2021-09-18 12:02

Psychonauts 2 – great game, but it’s very easy (pic: Microsoft)

A reader argues that companies worried about games being too hard also need to make sure they’re difficult enough for more experienced players.

It’s always interesting to watch a new fad take hold with video games, not least because of how quickly it can happen. For decades gamers have been complaining about developers’ refusal to let them do something as simple as redefine the buttons in a game and suddenly accessibility, where you can change not just the buttons but many other aspects of the game, from the interface to the colours (to help colourblind people), is being added.

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