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Hey, everyone! I\u2019m Michele Zorrilla, the Advanced Senior UX Researcher at Insomniac Games. With the launch of Marvel\u2019s Spider-Man 2<\/a> just around the corner, our team at Insomniac is excited to share one of the ways we can all #BeGreaterTogether \u2013 through accessibility! So today, I\u2019d like to highlight some of the notable accessibility features swinging into the game at launch on October 20, then I\u2019ll pass it over to Sam Schaffel, Insomniac Games\u2019s Accessibility Design Researcher, who will provide an update on more features arriving in a post-launch update.<\/p>\n

Carrying forward our learnings from our recent games, we\u2019re implementing useful accessibility features from both earlier titles in the Marvel\u2019s Spider-Man franchise as well as Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart.<\/em> As with any new title, we also had to figure out new features to support the expanded gameplay systems of our favorite web-slingers.<\/p>\n

Challenge Level Modifiers and Gameplay Assists<\/h2>\n

High-action and exciting combat is a signature of our Marvel\u2019s Spider-Man franchise, whether you\u2019re going up against Kraven and his Hunters or pursuing the Lizard through Marvel\u2019s New York. We included a variety of challenge levels in our earlier games in the franchise (Friendly, Amazing, etc.), and today, we are excited to introduce Challenge Level Modifiers, which let you customize three aspects of gameplay: Enemy Health, Enemy Damage, and Stealth Awareness. With these settings, you can mix and match for your preferences or needs.<\/p>\n

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We\u2019re also bringing back some key gameplay features to help with combat and traversal, which aim to reduce button inputs or provide more time to react to many in-game scenarios.<\/p>\n

Chase Assist<\/strong> is a feature we introduced in Marvel\u2019s Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Marvel\u2019s Spider-Man Remastered in response to players having difficulty completing the story in the original 2018 release. The feature will work similarly in Marvel\u2019s Spider-Man 2, reducing the target\u2019s top speed, increasing time windows before escaping, automatically attaching when a target is in range, and readjusting the camera to the target when you press R3. We\u2019re happy to report these features will return and work with both our swinging and all-new Web Wings traversal systems!<\/p>\n

Quick Time Event (QTE) Autocomplete<\/strong>, changing Repeated Button Presses from Taps to Holds, and Web-Shooter Burst are all returning to reduce motor fatigue and keep you in the action.<\/p>\n

Shortcuts and Game Speed<\/h2>\n

Speaking of keeping you in the action, we couldn\u2019t have a new Insomniac game without including two things our team and the community love: Shortcuts and Game Speed!<\/p>\n

Our Shortcuts will allow players to assign a variety of options to the Left or Right D-pad buttons. If you\u2019re having difficulty pressing multiple buttons at once, want a quick way to toggle your High Contrast gameplay options on or off, or even want to open Photo Mode with the press of a single button, you can assign these to left or right directional-buttons for quick use during gameplay.<\/p>\n

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Introduced in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart and now featured in Marvel\u2019s Spider-Man 2, players can assign Game Speeds of 70%, 50%, and 30% of the real-time rate to Shortcut buttons. These allow you to slow down the action, giving you more time to react to multiple gameplay scenarios:<\/p>\n