Accessibility is becoming more and more of a talked about topic these days, and that’s a good thing. It seems like the team at Massive Entertainment, developers behindThe Division 2is yet another game developer ticking all the boxes with their Accessibility options, including customizable subtitles.
Thanks to DualShockers community member djluke_1993 for the tip! The Setup menu allows you to change the appearance of your subtitles for the game. You’re able to choose if you want full captions or just for speakers, you may choose the size of the subtitles, the language, and if you want speaker highlights.
At the bottom of that screen, you’re also offered an example of what your subtitles will look like inThe Division 2, and it’s great to see them putting it against a brightly colored background. Most subtitles get lost amongst overexposed areas, so it’s good to see Ubisoft paying attention to that detail.
Last year Activision’sSpyro: Reignited Trilogylaunched the game without any subtitles in-game.Activision pushed a statementthat didn’t sit well with many, as a result I not onlyexplained why the lack of subtitles was important, but I looked into how easy or hard they are tocreate during development. As far as I’m aware, to this date developer Toys for Bob have not issued a patch to introduce subtitles toSpyro: Reignited Trilogy.
Going back toThe Division 2, when navigating the actual settings menu, there is an Accessibility tab at the very bottom. This has a range of useful options for players of different needs. You’ll see in the below screenshot from djluke_1993 that you’re able to choose to make the fonts inThe Divison 2large. You can enable a high contrast UI if needed, and there’s also color blind modes available for you to choose from.
Furthermore, you’ll be able to set it so message alerts notify you of a message, and there’s also a menu narration feature. This will guide you through the menu and has its own volume slider so you may have it overpowering the game audio or not.
Recently we’ve seenApex Legendsshow offits Accessibility optionsallowing players to enable subtitles, and even make use of a handy Ping feature for easier communications, opening the game up to more players. And that’s exactly what Accessibility does, includes more people, so it’s great to see Ubisoft continuing to provide great options to allow more gamers to enjoy the titles they want to enjoy.
The Division 2is currently in a closed beta phase with some players getting invites after watching thelive stream for Inside Xbox earlier this week. Those invited into the closed beta are able to invite a friend to join them, however, friends will not be able to invite others. If you want to know more about the private beta you can read thisReddit post.
The Division 2will be launching on March 15 for PS4, Xbox One, and on PCas a timed exclusive on the Epic Games Storeand Ubisoft’s own launcher Uplay.
