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Handicapped gamers laud The Old Republic as "most accessible"
Posted: 22.01.2012 16:40 by JonahFalcon Comments: 3
AbleGamers, an advocacy publication for disabled video game enthusiasts, awarded BioWare's MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic its Mainstream Game of the Year, as being the most accessible videogame.

The group cited The Old Republic for having "many accessibility options such as full subtitles, queue-able actions, multiple action bars, area looting, auto looting, and built-in mouse sensitivity." In addition, other design decisions the way characters face the enemy they're engaging, absolute control through the mouse or keyboard, and a colorblind-friendly scheme.

The companions also drew praise, despite being "unintentional accessibility". According to AbleGamers, "These NPC characters which accompany the player through most of the game provide support to those who need it without forcing them to request help from other players."

"What makes this game so special is that the developers took the time to include so many accessibility options while up against tight deadlines in such a highly anticipated title," summed up AbleGamers, thanking both developer BioWare and publisher LucasArts.

Past winners of the Mainstream Game of the Year by AbleGamers include Forza Motorsport 3, Dragon Age: Origins, and MLB 11: The Show.
Source: Kotaku

Comments

By SirRoderick (SI Elite) on Jan 23, 2012
SirRoderick
Two things:
-Queue-able actions?!...mind telling me how to do that? (There aren't any)

-Your grey italics aren't working :D (EDIT: you fixed them :D)
By herodotus (SI Herodotus) on Jan 23, 2012
herodotus
I don't really see anything here I don't see in "STO"....apart from "queue-able actions", which like SirRoderick I don't get. Perhaps they are in "STO" and I just don't understand what is meant by them.
The rest listed are however standard in the game. Perhaps noone has bothered raising them before....too busy having fun:)
By Kres (SI Elite) on Jan 23, 2012
Kres
Sorry about letter errors in news posts guys. We've had server issues at the end of last week if you've noticed and seems we got some old errors back. This is going to be fixed today.