Paul Amadeus Lane, a disabled accessibility consultant, spoke to me about the existing mods.
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Horizon: Zero Dawn also has mods in the form of New Game+ saves that allow for higher level items, so players can breeze through the story and engage in the narrative aspect of the game. These are all mods that could make the game less taxing for those with cognitive disabilities, or even those with mobility disabilities who find it easier to just play rather than collecting ammo constantly. With blockbuster PlayStation games from years ago heading to PC, we're seeing similar mods surfacing.ĭays Gone has numerous mods available ranging from super accuracy, infinite ammo, and unbreakable items, to name a few. This is often in part due to games being developed before accessibility was as mainstream a topic as it's become in recent years. These types of mods open up video game playability to a wider audience by adding mechanics and features in areas where the original game hadn't flourished.
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There's also a Stardew Valley screen reader mod while Hades has a blind and visually impaired mod. There was a Cuphead assist mod that upped health, weapon damage, and coins. (More updates are planned.) Sightless explains that it felt as if a world of possibilities had opened up, "even if that world was severely limited by the amount of work it takes to implement new features into said mod."īut this is just one example of accessibility-focused mods.
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However, only portions of the game are updated with the mod's custom code that's injected to allow screen reader support. "Before the mod, I wouldn't have been able to play Hearthstone at all" disabled streamer and accessibility consultant SightlessKombat tells me when talking about Heartstone Access, a mod released in 2021 that makes the 2014 digital collectable card game accessible to the blind. I wanted to hear about the restrictions, but I also wanted to highlight how, going forward, studios can allow disabled players to not have to rely on third-party mods in future ports.įirst though, it's just an interesting time for accessibility mods in general. I wanted to talk with a few disabled people about how these mods are a good thing for making older PlayStation games more accessible. But with PC, the existence of third-party mods can open up areas of the games that could allow disabled players to better enjoy them.
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With these being ports, accessibility improvements are usually only minor parts of the package - such as keyboard and mouse remapping. With the launch of the PlayStation PC label for Sony's PC ports, more players are able to enjoy titles such as Horizon: Zero Dawn, Days Gone, and God of War.