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fired for The First Time , Steve Saylor, to the hot-awaited new game " The Last of Us part II, he burst into tears.

"Y' all don ' T even know how Much .", says he's sobbing in his video from The Moment the nearly half A Million views now had.

"I'm sorry. I don't know what to Say . "

Steve is blind, and looked at the overwhelming accessibility the options menu.

Courtney Craven, publisher of the accessibility-focused gaming Website I Can Play, is hard of hearing and has some motor control problems and had a similar reaction.

"The First thing I did when starting [The Game ] was for the First Time , FaceTime a friend, and cry," she says.

The Game has already been dubbed "The Most Internet game ever".

It has More Than 60 different settings for accessibility, so that a never-before-seen level of customization and fine-tuning.

Each key Can be changed, and the one-hand control systems are available by default.

players such as Courtney, in turn, Can indicate the direction of the arrows subtitles for where The Sound is coming from; players Like Steve Can characters outlines and enemies in bright colors.

'for the First Time in My Life ,'

Steve , who goes by the name "Blind players" online, has nystagmus - involuntary movements of the eyes, which blurred his vision. Since he was a child playing the original Nintendo Entertainment System, to seats, he was extremely close to the screen, and his reflexes have not always fit in to what modern games expect.

"For the First Time in my entire life, I was able to sit back on The Couch and play The Game without any obstacles in The Way .", he says.

"to play, I was able to sit comfortably and play a game, just Like when My Friends were in The Room with me. And this is for me to open extremely. It was emotional. "

visually impaired users Can get the settings to your own needs - such as high-contrast

In the interest of honesty, Steve keen, To Let people know that he is with The Game 's developer, Naughty Dog , if you are exploring the accessibility - But he was never in favour of it.

Courtney, suffers now surprised by enemies, who listen to you Can expect to, among other things.

"How many games have directional audio with signs that Say things Like , 'here!'" She explained.

"you Can Hear the players, the Uhhh, the direction of The Voice , But I'm often standing there Like :" where is here?'"

A years-long battle,

Game-accessibility has to decide a long Way in The Last few years, But players are largely dependent on individual developers, how Much - or how little - of the options for the output assistance.

In recent years, the willingness of major developers such as Ubisoft accessibility in the early phases of the big-budget game design has helped push the topic to the front.

In 2015, the Playstation 4 became The First large system to the re-mapping of Controller buttons to the system-level, rather than on the developers that option in their games. For many people with motor or dexterity impairments, which opens up the possibility of playing games which may have previously unplayable.

A turning point came in the year 2018, with the release of Microsoft's Xbox, the Adaptive Controller is a customizable unit that allows disabled players a wide range of tools-such as, for example, switch and bite pedals. But it only solves the problem for those who have difficulty using a standard Controller .

The deceptively simple-looking, the adaptive Controller is extremely customizable and has been extensively celebrated in the release of

And great titles are still coming in for criticism from the community. Activision Spyro's Unleashed" trilogy was criticised when it was released, without subtitles, in its cut-scenes - during Cd Projekt Red's player has had a permit to release a patch for the blockbuster game The Witcher 3 to-to adjust The Font size.

this latest success against this kind of background, that many are calling "The Most Internet game ever".

"We go back to look at this and [see], all for the accessibility, before The Last of Us, part II, and after," says Steve .

Courtney, the founded I Can Play, Which is in November 2018, with the focus on gaming, accessibility, says the effort is unprecedented.

"A lot of games that do some of these things. None of them have done everything Until Now ," she says.

more players, more dollars

hopes that this game will Follow a Way for others - and thinks there are rewards for the developers that do this.

Subtle Changes , such as a direction arrow on a subtitle, where The Sound is coming - Can make a Big Difference

"I think that the monetary reward will be really clear," she says. "So many people have told me that I Can Play, The coverage was the deciding factor in them buying The Game ".

But more importantly, they urged people to "make available to games, because you should. It's The Right thing to do. "

Steve puts it simply: "It just makes your game Much better. "

He points to friends without a diagnosed disability, told him of their experience was made better by some of the same options.

And he believes that this is the beginning of a New Wave of ascension, in The Next ten years.

"Obviously, more accessible-it may be that more people Can play, and that just means more dollars," he says, pointing to a huge untapped audience.

"And as a developer, you want everyone to be able to your game, so Why Not make it so that it is accessible for the player?"

accessibility, gaming, disability, blindness and visual-impairment

Source of news: bbc.com