The Last of Us 2 is Naughty Dog's Most Accessible Game Yet
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, there has never been a time where so many different types of people were gaming. However, there are many players who struggle with the overall accessibility of the very games they love to play. With this in mind, the team behind The Last of Us Part II have been hard at work to ensure that their game is as accessible as possible.
Emilia Schatz is the lead gameplay designer at Naughty Dog, the studio behind The Last of Us Part II. During her time working on Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, she said that the team had "a very simple plan" in regards to the game's accessibility features. Some of these features included various camera assists, features that helped with aiming, and an option that allowed for players to switch quick-time-events (QTE) to a button hold rather than a button tap.
However, with The Last of Us Part II, Naughty Dog is attempting to go farther with its variety of accessibility options. Players can expect to find up to 60 options available to them to tweak and change to fit their individual needs. While there are several options that have become more commonplace, like subtitles and UI sizing, Naughty Dog has been hard at work adding in more granular options like using the touch pad to zoom in, or having fully remappable controls.
Naughty Dog didn't just stop there, though. Accessibility options for gamers with vision problems have been sparse in the gaming world for a long time. With The Last of Us Part II, players will have access to a multitude of vision aids including a high-contrast mode. This mode will allow for low-vision players to see their character and allies in a blue color, enemies in red, and everything else in a light tone of grey.
The addition of this plethora of features is sure to assist players in their enjoyment of the post-apocalyptic story in whatever way needed. Now players will be able to spend less time worrying about if they can physically play, and more time on that Clicker waiting for them around the corner.
The Last of Us Part II launches on June 19, 2020 on PS4
Source: The Verge
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