[games_access] The Last Of Us 2

[Thomas Westin]

Nice to hear, and while I haven’t had the chance to try it yet (I only have a PS4 at work) it looks very impressive indeed. 

Best,
Thomas

> On 16Jul 2020, at 23:48, Ian Hamilton <i_h at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Definitely worth having a play Thomas, there's some similar stuff in there to in Terraformers 🙂
> 
> And yep they worked with one 100% blind consultant and two legally blind consultants, and did user research with a bunch more VI folk.
> 
> It isn't perfect by any means but it's a huge step forwards for AAA
> From: Berg, James <jamesberg at ea.com <mailto:jamesberg at ea.com>>
> Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2020 10:22:52 PM
> To: Thomas Westin <thomas at westin.nu <mailto:thomas at westin.nu>>; Ian Hamilton <i_h at hotmail.com <mailto:i_h at hotmail.com>>
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> Subject: Re: [games_access] The Last Of Us 2
>  
> Ian compiled a lot of the responses:
> https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/IanHamilton/20200714/366315/Gamer_response_to_TLOU2s_accessibility.php <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gamasutra.com%2Fblogs%2FIanHamilton%2F20200714%2F366315%2FGamer_response_to_TLOU2s_accessibility.php&data=02%7C01%7C%7C46775971e4064ae1a08908d829ce670a%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637305313748650010&sdata=j3nPGDkTsNNiZEErr%2BZUa4RcqPX3I9g%2FI0mqhmoYoag%3D&reserved=0>
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> Cheers!
> James Berg  (he/him)
> Senior UX Researcher
> From: games_access <games_access-bounces at lists.igda.org <mailto:games_access-bounces at lists.igda.org>> on behalf of Thomas Westin <thomas at westin.nu <mailto:thomas at westin.nu>>
> Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2020 12:14 PM
> To: Ian Hamilton <i_h at hotmail.com <mailto:i_h at hotmail.com>>
> Cc: games_access at lists.igda.org <mailto:games_access at lists.igda.org> <games_access at lists.igda.org <mailto:games_access at lists.igda.org>>
> Subject: Re: [games_access] The Last Of Us 2
>  
> Very cool. I would like to know what the blind gaming community thinks of it; 
> I suppose some blind gamers have been involved in the design process?
> /thomas
> 
>> On 9Jun 2020, at 23:38, Ian Hamilton <i_h at hotmail.com <mailto:i_h at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> This is a biggie! Tons of accessibility accommodations, info on all of them shared before launch, including some video overviews.
>> 
>> The features include it being fully accessible to blind gamers through audio/haptic cues and text to speech, which I believe is a first for a AAA. 
>> 
>> https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/the-last-of-us-part-ii-ps4/accessibility/ <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.playstation.com%2Fen-us%2Fgames%2Fthe-last-of-us-part-ii-ps4%2Faccessibility%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C46775971e4064ae1a08908d829ce670a%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637305313748650010&sdata=jxW9LztFIb5gWCqRtuDgBWR0EN2Ux6ZX5yXra5ifb84%3D&reserved=0> 
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>> Ian
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