XDefiant, the new FPS from Ubisoft has been in development for quite some time now, and while fans were anticipating a release date a few years back, we're now approaching that time.
Going into the game, it's good to understand all the accessibility changes coming.
XDefiant Accessibility Additions: All You Need To Know
XDefiant has many similarities in Call of Duty and other FPS titles, but the game does offer some unique weapons.
We aren't to sure if Ubisoft is going to add any additional ones before the game is fully released on the 21st of May.
In terms of all the accessibility improvements they've made, they shed some light on this here, but below you can also check it out.
ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES LIST
VISUAL
- High contrast readability and navigation - to add high contrast behind text; also passed contrast tests for common forms of Colorblindness
- Readable text - text chat displayed with a background, can pause text chat to scroll through messages
- Color reliance minimized - no information is communicated by a fixed color alone
AUDIO
- Text To Speech for Lobby, Team, and Party chat enables translation of text into speech
- Menu narration can be enabled.
HUD/UI
- UI text and elements used to locate and customize chat functionality are displayed with a background
- UI can be navigated and operated using digital inputs
- Separate volume sliders for UI navigation cues
- UI navigation to locate and operate chat requires only one action at a time
- No request for input or interaction has any kind of timeout or time limit
- No gameplay is required before accessing the text chat
CONTROLS
- No press & hold to engage with any UI
- Inputs used in navigating the UI used to locate and customize chat functionality are not on a capacitive touchscreen or touchpad
