Curious about the full accessibility features of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2? In the newest Spider-Man game, you will be up against a variety of supervillains such as Venom, Sandman, and Kraven, among others, and you need to defeat them all. Of course, to perform your best, you should be able to make the game suit your preferences. In this guide, we will take you through the full accessibility features of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2.
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 has Full Accessibility Features
If you would like to adjust your gameplay style and speed according to your preferences, you will be pleased to know that Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 has full accessibility features, the details of which have been revealed on their X account.
Here are the full accessibility features of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2:
- Challenge level modifiers and gameplay assists: Players can adjust enemy health, damage, and stealth awareness to match their needs or preferences. Chase assist lowers the speed of the target, making it easier to track them.
- Shortcuts for game speed and other actions: Players can lower the game speed to 70%, 50%, or 30% of normal speed. Shortcuts allow for easy access to actions such as launching photo mode, toggling contrast options, and more.
- Simplified puzzles and increased dodge/parry time: An option to simplify puzzles is available, and players can also skip puzzles through the pause menu. Additionally, players can increase the time available to dodge or parry.
- Enhanced auto-aim and automatic healing: Enhanced auto-aim helps players snap onto targets while aiming. Automatic healing ensures players can recover health without having to manually do so.
- Control reminders and puzzle hints: Players can choose to display control reminders and receive puzzle hints to help them navigate through the game.
- Specific swing assists and steering assistance: Swing assists make web swinging navigation easier, while steering assistance reduces the effects of physics, making swinging smoother. Slow corner timescale reduces game speed during transitions for a less disorienting experience.
- Customizable controller settings: Players can invert the look (camera) axis and Web Wings control axis. They can also adjust controller vibration intensity or turn it off for a more immersive or focused experience.
- Button holds and continuous dodge: Button holds can replace button mashing, and continuous dodge allows players to keep dodging while holding the button. Players can choose between button hold and toggle for several gameplay actions.
- Web-shooter burst for easier webbing: Players can shoot three webs at once with the web-shooter burst, reducing the number of button presses needed to fully web up enemies.
- Audio frequency controls and separate volume sliders: Players can disable uncomfortable sounds by selecting a cutoff for sounds above and below certain frequencies. Separate volume sliders are available for different categories, including narration for subtitled American Sign Language (ASL) dialogue and voice boost for clearer dialogue.
- Subtitles with customization options: Subtitles can be customized in size, color, speaker name color, and background color and opacity. Emphasized text color can also be selected.
- High contrast mode with customizable colors: Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 includes a high contrast mode, helping those with low vision. Players can apply colors to the player, allies, NPCs, and even enemies of different types. Interactables and collectibles can also be made more visible through this mode. High contrast options are available for background, Spider-Sense, and Perfect Dodge effects.
- Camera behavior adjustments for motion sickness prevention: Players can adjust sensitivity, camera shake, and swing camera motion to prevent motion sickness. Automatic camera reorientation helps players keep track of enemies, objectives, and their surroundings. A center dot can also aid in avoiding motion sickness.
- Disabling fullscreen effects and UI parallaxing: Players have the option to turn off fullscreen effects indicating damage or intense flashing. Other effects such as motion blur, film grain, chromatic aberration, and depth of field can also be disabled to reduce eyestrain and headaches.
- Captions for non-dialogue sound and customizable captions: Captions are available for non-dialogue sound in cinematics and key audio moments in gameplay. These captions can be customized separately from subtitles, allowing players to adjust size, color, background color, and opacity.
- Audio descriptions and screen reader for accessibility: An upcoming update will introduce audio descriptions, provided in collaboration with Descriptive Video Works, to describe visuals in cinematics and Quick Time Events (QTEs). A screen reader will also narrate tutorials, menus, and more. Players can customize various aspects of the screen reader.
That concludes our guide to the full accessibility features of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. Now you can play the game however you want, as the devs have made it possible. Find out more about how the story begins with our game timeline guide.
