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PVB wrote: Another accessibility annoyance: Huge text boxes, but just teeny, tiny text which barely fills a quarter of the box at most! :x
Edit: Seen a few screenshots with the text box full of tiny text, which is against accessibility guidelines for the amount of text on screen at any one time (for readability).
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Text is pretty big on my PS4 version. No problems reading it on the banner across the bottom of the screen
Maybe you're looking at a PC version screenshot?
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From the PS4 gameplay video link I posted, here’s a screenshot with original tiny text and an enlarged set at a size I would be able to read:

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PVB wrote:From the PS4 gameplay video link I posted, here’s a screenshot with original tiny text and an enlarged set at a size I would be able to read:

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Yeah. You’re right - the text is in those smaller boxes. Never noticed it simply because I can read it OK.
Odd that there are no Accessibility Options to make it bigger.
I’ll ping that as a request to the devs as I can’t see that being either difficult or a problem for gameplay
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Just picked up an Oculus Quest - I’d give my left nut to see some Lllamasoft games in the quest store. It’s bloody amazing.
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Hardbattle wrote:Just picked up an Oculus Quest - I’d give my left nut to see some Lllamasoft games in the quest store. It’s bloody amazing.
Yes it is.

The wireless and inside out tracking makes it a great experience.

Beat sabre, BoxVR, Table tennis and Superhot are getting some serious play time...
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Hardbattle wrote:Just picked up an Oculus Quest - I’d give my left nut to see some Lllamasoft games in the quest store. It’s bloody amazing.
Is there something wrong with the right one then ?
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Back on Yoshi's Crafted World at the moment... lovely game.... although very old school... currently hunting down more flowers so I can progress to the next bit....
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Currently working my way through Warhammer Chaosbane (Diablo meets WFRP!). Well presented ARPG with plenty of action. Some nice touches with Dryads (playing as elf ranger) which you can summon to fight for you (great for dealing with champions/elites.

skill tree is interesting with an element of strategy (you can select a set number of skills and allocate skill points to them - they can be rearranged as you like). There are extra god tress for additional bonus modifiers, blessings for weapons/armour (enhancements).

Story mode is realtively good though mainly focuses on annihilating the opposition with very few timed events (the odd rescue mission).

Currently on chapter 3 and finding it fun. When you finish a chapter you can go back and "explore" (aka grinding more xp) or do boss runs (haven't tried that). There is also multiplayer (not something I tend to try so don't know much about it).

Visually it is pretty good and definitely has the Warhammer feel. Game is more balanced than the WH40K ARPG which became quite repetitive very quickly). End of level bosses are enormous and not straightforward on hard (tend to do rest of the level on hard and revert to normal difficulty for bosses).

If you have a Diablo 3 itch in need of a scratch you then this might give you some relief :)
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Baggypants wrote:
PVB wrote:From the PS4 gameplay video link I posted, here’s a screenshot with original tiny text and an enlarged set at a size I would be able to read:

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If you drive I'd recommend an eye test.
Following several surgeries on my eyelids (including complete removal of my lower right eyelid) my vision has good/bad days.
Some days I can’t even read large subtitles on the TV, let alone text in games.

I haven’t driven since having the last surgery (not that I could afford a car on Job Seeker’s Allowance).
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TFO wrote:Yeah. You’re right - the text is in those smaller boxes. Never noticed it simply because I can read it OK.
Odd that there are no Accessibility Options to make it bigger.
I’ll ping that as a request to the devs as I can’t see that being either difficult or a problem for gameplay
Many games, both AAA and indie, have poor UI text, tiny subtitles (or even none at all).

Most games never get patched to improve them, despite gamers (many having disabilities), myself included, reporting such issues to the devs concerned.

Many devs don’t even bother to check sites such as this for guidelines:

http://gameaccessibilityguidelines.com/

Or flatly state that there are no such guidelines:

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/03/ ... -the-cold/
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I'm currently stuck on the bridge monk on Sekiro.

Flicking between that and horizon zero dawn.

Planning to get an Oculus quest soon and cannot wait.
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Horizon Zero Dawn is fantabulous. I know it got alot of slack for being derivative but I haven't playing all the other open-world Ubi alikes so it feels pretty fresh and the world, story, characters are right up my alley.

More recently finished all the single player levels on Boxboy+Boxgirl with 100% of the crowns. That wasn't difficult. Can't be arsed to grind all the mininum-moves stuff though.

Currently playing Gris on Switch so learning to spot the 3 pixel high smudge that is my character. Aside from that issue, it's a leisurely stroll through the art director's heads with only slight nods to platform gaming.
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I've been playing GTA Chinatown wars on the DSi. What a belting game. Some lovely mechanics, such as losing police stars by getting the cops to crash. Buying and selling drugs has proven to be... addictive.
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Currently on BF5 and Civ6.

Both unpopular but I don't see the problem with either tbh.
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