![]() ![]() Running the benchmark as a test of the game's sound and music revealed that I couldn't in fact read the test results, which was a little concerning and frustrating, though hopefully, like a large number of the issues I encountered, can be easily resolved via a patch. The main menu was the next screen I was presented with, which fortunately read most of the information. Given this new information, I was curious to see whether I could get there on my own in the first place and if not, how much sighted assistance I'd need to see Cole in this new game. The box in question, when I read it with OCR, was a notification that Thrashball Cole would join my squad in Act 1, Chapter 4. The interesting thing about this box was that it wasn't actually narrated, though the prompt to press A to continue was). It is unclear where it pulls this regional information from or what happens in other regions, for instance.Īfter saving and continuing with the narration enabled, I was presented with brightness adjustment as well as performance settings, which I left on default.Īfter selecting this, with the brightness adjustment giving no clear feedback, as was the case with the key bindings as well unfortunately, a dialogue box appeared. The narration prompt stated it was only available for English U.S, which was odd as I was running it in the UK. Once logged in, the game started, immediately speaking to me via TTS, giving me hope and optimism as to at least being able to set up the game myself which, though it might not be much, is a start. I had to get sighted assistance to input my credentials and, once done, I successfully signed in.įortunately, this process did not have to be repeated on subsequent launches of the game. This is a massive problem currently, as said custom browser is not at all accessible with a screen reader. However, Steam games use the client's custom browser to facilitate this process. Xbox Live is a pretty accessible service when signing in on the web or an Xbox, for instance, or even the Xbox app on PC. I was even more surprised, then, to discover that the game would run after hitting escape on this dialogue. Given I only really need my graphics card to run games, not to have them necessarily operate at the highest resolutions and frame rates (unless of course not doing so causes significant latency for instance), I was surprised to be greeted by an error that said my rig couldn't run the game because of out-of-date graphics drivers.Īll very well, I thought, I can update them once I close this dialogue and the game exits as it, according to the error message, won't run. That is not to say it's a reskin of the Xcom series, it definitely has aspects that stand out from other titles in the genre.īut that drives home the question: How accessible is Gears Tactics as a gamer without sight? With Gears 5's campaign leaving interesting questions story-wise (don't worry, no spoilers here) and Gears Pop not being accessible at all, I was curious to see what the next effort from The Coalition and their various associates would bring to the table.Įnter Gears Tactics, announced at E3 2018, a strategy game akin to Xcom but with a fresh coat of blood and locust enemies. ![]() From reviewing the Gears Of War 4 Xbox One S Limited Edition Bundle, completing the entire saga so far with sighted assistance and most recently reviewing the Gears 5 Xbox One X, I have very much enjoyed my journey through one of Microsoft's most well-known franchises. Over the last few years, I have been relatively heavily engaged with the Gears Of War series as a gamer without sight. The copy of the game used in this review was a steam version provided free of charge by the publisher. ![]()
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