Low Vision Game Review – Fall Guys

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Introduction

Hello, my name is Victor and I am a gamer with degenerative myopia since I was born. To give some context, I have to start using glasses when I am 2 years old and to this day, I have lost more than 90% of my vision. I have never read any text for more than 10 years without using a 700% Windows enlargement in all games, and recently the narrator has become my favorite accessibility tool. This is my feedback about autumn people from a low perspective.

Arrangement

In Audio Category, we have three settings, masters, music, and slider volume effects. We can increase/reduce zero and one hundred.
I did not change one of them because they did not make a difference for me in this special game, so I have everything optimally.

In the Graphics settings We can adjust the graphics presets that you can change from low, medium, high and special. I always choose specifically to be able to configure some settings.

We have ordinary resolution, V-Sync on / Off and Windowed Mode on / Off.
Furthermore, we have other general options such as texture details, shadow details, ambient occlusion, anti -tuning. I have all these settings at the maximum value to make everything sharper. Sometimes I set Bloom to die because I added extra light that did not give me benefits, but in this game, it works well for me. I also have a screen space reflection to turn off. This option always makes it more difficult to see when it rains or has a blood effect on the screen. In this case, I am not sure what it functions but because I noticed there was no improvement from it, I would rather let it.

In the Controller Settings, the only thing that is useful for me is Rumble. I have it to have a vibrational signal. I prefer to play this type of game with a controller.

Gameplay

When the level will start soon, a message is shown explaining what we have to do on the specific track. Unfortunately, I can’t read anything because this message is white above the bright blue background. When I say I can’t read, I mean I can’t read and even use Windows enlargers. There is not enough time for me to open it, go to the right position and focus my vision.

The same text appeared after that, this time with a black background. It has better contrast but even smaller and there is a little more time. I hope there is an option to read it with me, both as a pre-regional voice or text-to-Speech.

The first round is usually quite easy to understand, just reach the end of the level. However, at other levels, we have to do something with eggs but at first, I thought it was a ball. The first time I played that I didn’t know what to do at all so I threw the eggs everywhere randomly. Then someone told me that I had to put the eggs in my base which had the same color as my team.

There is one level that has several images on the floor appears and disappears. I don’t know how to play it because I can’t see those pictures. I am very confused about what to do. I was told, once again, that it seems I have to memorize those pictures and go to the right but there is no chance for me to fix it because I cannot distinguish each other. Also, he has a countdown that I also did not realize. It’s hard to fix it. The best I can do for that is to follow everyone and hope for the best.

Contrast

Overall contrast in the game is very good, I can see almost everything is fine. Good track colors, obstacles have good colors and sizes. Knowing where to go is also relatively easy thanks to large arrows on the ground. This arrow is large and thick. The only thing that does not have good contrast is the initial level explanation.

Audio

Not much in terms of audio. We have the initial counting sound, the sound effect when the cannon fired the ball, and a little more. I want to have some audio cues before the platform falls, such as at the end or hex-a-non-level that I don’t understand for myself because I can’t see what happens to the floor tiles. Also some obstacles can have some extra sounds, but besides that, I can understand the rest visually.

Last thought

Fall guys are the overall game that can be accessed but with some problems. Bright colors and large size resistance help understand what to do most of the time. The most negative part of this game is the lack of audio cues that can make the game more accessible and more lively. Also, some levels such as suitable fruit, where good vision is needed is not possible. Must rely on other people is not a good choice. Vibration is also limited to the calculation of the initial level backwards and when you land after the jump, making it very limited in how much information it provides. I really hope that developers can improve in these fields to make the game a better experience.