Why does Rocket want us to have congenital insenssitivity?

[Kraorr 6]

There are some of those things you can implement as options, but I do agree that it is hard, if not possible at all to make certain as much people can play the game. Most of the time as soon as some visual/sound effects are altered in some conditions (like close to death reddish screen/black and white/deafened by nearby explosions etc) and that are intended to influence the player's readability of the game, that's where most would hit problems.

Personally, being someone that always did what I could to go around my color blind issues, should the game let me configure it in a legit way, I would. Heck, for example back when I was playing unreal tournament 2004, just for the sake of it I would set the bright skins to a specific color depending on the general appearence of the map, taking into account the colors of flashes from shots or projectiles, including the color of my crosshair.

Needless to say when it is not possible to me I have a learning curve that can be slower than most with games that emphasize more cloacking/camouflage effects because it takes more time for my eyes to become more sensitive, or those near death visuals that are more trouble for me than the "normal eye" guy. So when there's no work around for me, I either put up with it and keep playing, eventually becoming as aware or almost as the other players, stick to places where I can see things properly for me or simply move to another game. One example of a game I gave up on was the nanocloacking of Crysis2 along with a lot of eye candy effects that even the non color blind guy would be angry about that hampered a lot the players ^^

Overall as far as it concerns in game elements in general, if someone manages to pull off some options voluntarily available to the players it is a good thing but idd not mandatory as we are a minority. "Normal" people could tick in those types of options to their advantage but it's there and they can - personally I do not mind, as long as I get rid of the situations where my handicap does not allow me to react with the same efficiency a non handicapped one would. Either way I understand what you mean; I just hope that, whether mild or not, that future/changed elements in the game will be possible options to choose from. If not, should they hamper me I'll put up with it, or move on to something else.

Edited September 4, 2012 by Kraorr

[OrLoK 16185]

Hello there

 

Chaps and chappesses, please don't post to ancient threads. Unless you have something "vital" to add to it, start a new one, please.

 

Sept 2012 is too long ago.

 

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