EA has prepared a comprehensive overview of all the accessibility features that will be added with them Star Wars Jedi: Survivorpremieres on April 28.
Tons of new features are designed to help all players get what they want Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. Players can select various visual effects, difficulty options, subtitles and closed captions, control adjustments and gameplay modifiers. There’s even a “slow-down mode” that slows down the action to make combat and platforming easier for players.
“Slow Mode was a particularly exciting feature because of its versatility,” said Senior Director of Development Jonas Lundqvist at blog post (opens in a new tab). “It opens up some of our platforms to be more accessible, allows for different response times, and helps to make the game more accessible to a larger audience in general.”
Shooting at the stars
EA has learned a lot from previous games like Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and now she is ready to put into practice what she has learned. “We were lucky to get great feedback from the community when we released the original game in 2019,” said Lundqvist. “That experience and those lessons were extremely important in getting us to where we are today.”
With a lot of community involvement, EA now has a great idea of what its community needs to have the best experience in the galaxy. “Together, we’re opening up the game to more players,” said Lundqvist.
However, EA doesn’t stop there; even after launch, the publisher is committed to maintaining the accessibility options Surviving Jedi. “We’re far from done, but the kind of design choices Respawn has made illustrate how we want to approach making games for all of our players,” said Morgan Baker, EA’s Accessibility Program Manager.
A stellar performance
These added accessibility options are not only beneficial to a small portion of the player base; in fact, each of them can help any player tailor the gaming experience to their needs.
One of the best examples of this is Surviving Jediextensive difficulty options. There are five in total; Story Mode, Jedi Padawan, Jedi Knight, Jedi Master and Jedi Grand Master each provide players with a variety of experiences.
“We encourage players to choose the difficulty level that will make their gameplay most enjoyable, comfortable knowing that there is no difference in in-game rewards and that they can switch between modes during gameplay as long as they are not in combat,” EA wrote. in a blog post.
While being called a Padawan is somewhat condescending, being able to choose the intensity of what will be a long story is comforting. Even though I’m not the biggest Star Wars fan, knowing that EA goes to great lengths to provide the best possible experience for its players might be enough to get me going.