Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
A platformer sequel in the Crash Bandicoot series.
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Crash Bandicoot 4 stood out in Game Maker's Toolkit's review of 2020 games for accessibility: it offers full in-game controller remapping and lets players turn off lives, so mistakes cost nothing. The sources give no figures. The lesson: let players remap controls inside the app, and split difficulty into independent assists instead of one setting.
- On PS5, Xbox Series X, Switch
- Tedious to redo per game
- Can't handle per-mode layouts
- Crash 4 remaps every control
- Sackboy, Avengers, Hades do too
- More than half of games surveyed
Crash 4 ships full remapping inside the game
From Controller games accessibility survey
What was said about Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
1Accessibility options in Crash Bandicoot 4
Crash 4 ships full controller remapping inside the game. Crash Bandicoot 4 lets players remap every control in the game itself. Sackboy: A Big Adventure, Marvel's Avengers and Hades do the same, and more than half of the controller games surveyed did.
System-level remapping exists on PS5, Xbox Series X and Switch, but it is tedious to redo per game. It also can't handle games with different layouts per mode, such as on-foot, driving, Mahjong or defence. The source's view: "developers shouldn't rely on it. It's tedious to change the buttons between games".
Crash 4 lets players turn off lives to make unlimited mistakes. Crash Bandicoot 4 and Sackboy let players switch lives off, so they can fail as often as they like and keep playing. This is one way to break difficulty into assists rather than a single setting.
Other examples in the same survey: Assassin's Creed: Valhalla sets exploration, fighting and sneaking difficulty separately, Hades has God Mode, and Dirt 5 can drive the car for you. Control later patched in an Assist mode covering everything from damage output to reload time.
How Accessible Were 2020's Biggest Games?
Offers full controller remapping and can turn off lives so players can make unlimited mistakes.
Crash 4 ships full controller remapping inside the game. Crash Bandicoot 4 lets players remap every control in the game itself. Sackboy: A Big Adventure, Marvel's Avengers and Hades do the same, and more than half of the controller games surveyed did.
System-level remapping exists on PS5, Xbox Series X and Switch, but it is tedious to redo per game. It also can't handle games with different layouts per mode, such as on-foot, driving, Mahjong or defence. The source's view: "developers shouldn't rely on it. It's tedious to change the buttons between games".
Crash 4 lets players turn off lives to make unlimited mistakes. Crash Bandicoot 4 and Sackboy let players switch lives off, so they can fail as often as they like and keep playing. This is one way to break difficulty into assists rather than a single setting.
Other examples in the same survey: Assassin's Creed: Valhalla sets exploration, fighting and sneaking difficulty separately, Hades has God Mode, and Dirt 5 can drive the car for you. Control later patched in an Assist mode covering everything from damage output to reload time.
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