I will agree there. Though I disagree about knowledge of the game itself...
the first day I picked up soul calibur five I brought it home, unpacked it,
and leapt right into story mode... and knew half the moves already. Why?
Because movelists float around the internet well before the game is released
because of different builds with the game and usually reflect the latest
build. As for it taking longer to reach a level of skill, the only thing
worth comparing here is memorization of options. And so long as you can jump
into a mode and play the first time you get a game, everything else can be
learned later. I can tell you for sure that I know at least half the
mechanics in the game Street fighter x tekken, and that game isn't coming
out for another month or so. And one thing that will make the games slightly
more accessible? The characters will be announced as you scroll through the
character selection screen. So in the memorization department I agree with
you. But as to skill at the actual game... one does not need to take longer
just because they're blind. I bought SC 5 the first day, had a few friends
come over, and beat them all despite them having read the command lists from
top to bottom.
----- Original Message -----
From: "dark" <d...@xgam.org>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Game accessibility was,Re: FINALLY! There is a Wii
game for the blind!
Hi Clemment.
I am not saying you personally cannot play such games, or that sighted
people do not use faqs.
i am saying that the amount of time and trouble it takes a sighted user,
from the day he/she gets the game out of the box to the point of acquiring
a certain loevel of proficiency at that game will be less than the same
amount of time and trouble taken by a blind user.
this is an average, some sighted users may be worse, some blind users
better, but it is a question of general mean average balanced out betwene
the groups.
for example, a blind user needs to memorize options, however quickly you
can do this, it will not be as instant as the sighted user who can read
them.
A blind user canot read the special move names and descriptions, and thus
with the absense of a faq has no idea what is going on in the game. A
sighted user has all that information instantly available.
this is why the games are inaccessible, and will remain so until the same
amount of information and feedback is given within the game to a blind
user as a sighted user.
What you do with that information, how well you play, whether you look at
faqs or whatever is irrelevant to that central point.
Afterall, these games are not called "video games" because they play by
sound.
Bewre the grue!
#dark.
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