Are you physically terrified of the idea that a game might tell you what to do? Or, rather, that a game might signpost the ideal path to an objective for you by making ladders and ledges look a bit like they’ve just been paid a visit by someone who’s dunked themselves in custard? Good news, then. Star Wars Outlaws has a special mode aimed right at you.
According to PC Gamer, Ubisoft’s space scoundel sim features an “Explorer Mode”, which does away with bits of “guiding color on core navigational elements” in the game’s environments. Yes, that means no more yellow paint.
This is another in a long string of landmark moments in the movement for accessibility features aimed at the folks who really need them – pedants that might bang on about having been robbed of the ability to discover a short ledge in truly immersive fashion. Forget the fact that the moment we miss something important and have to spend half an hour aimlessly jumping at a wall, we’ll probably all start bleating about whichever game we’re playing not having done enough to help us navigate swiftly to the next bit that we actually care about.
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