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Xbox X|SWe've documented 24 accessibility features for Everybody's Golf, including Large Subtitles, Custom Difficulty, Select Difficulty, No Repeated Pressing and One Motion Targeted. Its accessibility is strongest in Reading and Controls but it also has features in Getting Started, Navigation, Difficulty, Visual and Audio to reduce unintended barriers.
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Our accessibility examiner, Ben Kendall, first checked Everybody's Golf (Series) accessibility 2 years ago. It was re-examined by Andy Robertson and updated 2 years ago.
Accessibility Notes
When in single-player mode, you can select from a variety of difficulties. On harder difficulties, you get more experience and rewards, but the opponents are more proficient. In multiplayer modes, you cannot adjust the difficulty.
Because the power of your shot is dependent on when you hit the ball, you'll need to be able to react quickly. Lining up your shot also requires quite precise inputs.
Some of the text in the game can be quite small, and some parts of it can blend in with the background. The subtitles, however, which are present in virtually all areas, save your victory cry, are always large, clear, and of high contrast. Because of this, the entire game can easily be played without sound.
If you want to, you can use a single Playstation Move controller, similar to the way you use a Wii remote in Wii Sports golf, to aim and take your shots in a motion similar to the action of real golfing. You can also simply use a regular Playstation controller in both the VR and non-VR versions. You can use one motioned touch control in the Clap Hanz Golf iOS version of the game.
The HUD displays lots of information, all of it crucial for getting the perfect shot. There is also a game map that clearly shows your location and the hole's location. The grid which you use to line up your shot, along with other aspects of the game, can sometimes get lost in the background, making them occasionally difficult to see.
Game Details
Release Date: 17/07/1997, updated in 2021
Out Now: PS Vita, PS2, PS3, PS4, PSP and iPhone, iPad
Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds
Players: 1-4 (20 online)
Genres: Rhythm, Traversal (Physically Active, Simulation and Sports)
Accessibility: 24 features
Components: 3D Third-Person
Costs: Purchase cost, In-Game Purchases and In-Game Pass
Controls
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Controls in Everybody's Golf which deal with how you control the game, different options for alternative inputs and whether you can remap these settings to suit your needs.
Gamepad
Can play with the following:
Multiple Buttons & Two Sticks: Can play with multiple buttons and two sticks.
Touchscreen
Can play with the following. Additional gestures may be required for games played with a screenreader like VoiceOver.
One Motion Targeted: Can play with touchscreen, tap and swipe or hold gesture.
Motion
Games that can be played with different sorts of motion controllers.
Motion Gesture: Can motion with the controller to direct an in-game action. This can be a one-to-one motion for analogue sword or camera movement. It can also be a simple shake to trigger a one-off action. This is sometimes known as Waggle or Shake controls, as popularised by the Wii.
Button Combinations
Specific button operation required to play
Rapid Repeated Pressing Optional: Quick, repeated button pressing (more than 2 times a second) is not required, can be skipped or switched to holding a button to trigger a repeated action.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls
If you want to play Everybody's Golf, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:
- Golf Peaks (10 Controls Features)
- Cursed to Golf (6 Controls Features)
- Golf With Your Friends (5 Controls Features)
- Ball World Adventures (5 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Difficulty in Everybody's Golf which deal with how you can adjust the challenge of play, and whether this is locked once chosen or can be adjusted as you play.
Difficulty Options
Select Difficulty: Select the level of difficulty from a range of presets. This not only offers a way to adjust the challenge of a game but enables you to do so without dealing with individual criteria.
Customise Difficulty: Customise different aspects of the game to create a challenge of an appropriate level. Adjusting elements individually enables you to tailor gameplay to suit your needs and style of play.
Adjust After Setting
Adjustable Between Levels: You can adjust the difficulty between levels/rounds. Although you have to restart your checkpoint or level, this enables you to adjust the difficulty after selecting it at the beginning of the game.
Getting Started
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Getting Started in Everybody's Golf which deal with what support is offered to get started with the game. This includes customising the experience when you first open the game via any onboarding processes it provides as well as tutorials and other assistance when you first start playing.
Assistance Getting Starting
These features aid your play of the game in terms of cognitive load on learning controls, dealing with pressure and coping with the environment and challenges.
Tutorials: There are helpful tutorials and instructions on how to play. Information is provided in a timely manner, with appropriate level of detail.
Practice Area: You can practice freely without opponents or time pressures. This can be a specific practice option, or the ability to play levels with the easiest opponents to improve understanding and skill.
View Control Mapping: You can view a map of controls during play. This clearly displays the mappings of actions to buttons/keys/mouse/keyboard without having to leave the game. This includes games that always display buttons to press during play.
Assistance For Progressing
These features aid your progress through the game offering different ways of maintaining your progression.
Save Progress Anytime: The game automatically saves progress or you can save any time. This doesn’t mean you never lose progress, but it does mean you can stop whenever you want (without having to get to a save point) without losing progress.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started
If you want to play Everybody's Golf, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- Golf Peaks (7 Getting Started Features)
- Cursed to Golf (5 Getting Started Features)
- The Jump Yard (5 Getting Started Features)
- Mario Tennis Aces (5 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 5 accessibility features for Reading in Everybody's Golf which deal with how much reading or listening comprehension is required, how well the game provides visual and audible access to the text and whether subtitles and captions are a good fit for purpose.
Reading Level
How much reading is required to play the game's main path or story and how complex the language is. The presence of voiced characters doesn't reduce this requirement, as it's recorded as a separate datapoint.
Simple Minimal Reading: Minimal reading is required. The quantity and complexity of reading are at a level that a primary/elementary student (9-year-old) could understand.
Subtitles
Large Clear Subtitles: Subtitles are large, clear and of good contrast. They are at least 1/20 (46 pixels on 1080 screen) the height of a landscape screen and at least 1/40 height on portrait screens, or can be adjusted to be. We base this on the full line-height, including the space above and below the letters. Considered separately from the general text of the game, the subtitles are large, clear and of good contrast.
Some Speech Subtitled: Some spoken content has subtitles. This reduces the pressure on interpreting all the spoken content, although not everything is captured textually.
Captions
Speaker Indicator: Textual captions indicate who is speaking (or there is only ever one person speaking). This can also be indicated visually in the game with character icons or placing text in speech bubbles next to the person speaking.
Voice Acted
Some Dialogue is Voice Acted: Some of the game dialogue and narrative is voice acted. This reduces the pressure on reading all the dialogue text, although not everything is provided audibly.
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If you want to play Everybody's Golf, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, this similar game extends the Reading accessibility:
- Cookies Must Die (6 Reading Features)
Navigation
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Navigation in Everybody's Golf which deal with how the game provides guidance and assistance to navigate its worlds. These are only for games that have traversal and exploration in 2D and 3D spaces.
Clarity
Large Clear Navigation: The in-game navigation and maps are clear to read. They offer large text and offer markers that are large and of high contrast. Where text or information is small, there are settings to zoom-in and increase visibility.
Clear Mission Objectives: The game provides clear, structured missions with directional guidance and advice on which can be attempted next. This also indicates (ideally on maps where they are provided) which missions can't be attempted because you do not have the appropriate items yet.
Head-Up Display
Head-Up Display Navigation: Indication of where to go next with overlaid arrows, minimaps and waypoint markers. This supplements in-game visual and audible cues with additional guidance about where you are and where you need to go.
Game Map: View a map of the game world during play, with the landscape, points of interest and missions highlighted throughout the entire game. This enables the orientation of the player and the world, confirming a direction of movement and the location of destinations or points of exploration.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Navigation
If you want to play Everybody's Golf, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, this similar game extends the Navigation accessibility:
- Cursed to Golf (5 Navigation Features)
Visual
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Visual in Everybody's Golf which deal with how you can adjust the visuals to suit your needs, and offer additional information if you can't hear the game.
Audio Cues for Visual Events
Audio Cues for Visual Events: Audio is provided to indicate visual events. Game events or progress highlighted by visual icons, effects or animations are also accompanied by audio to signify that progress. This is useful for blind players.
Motion Sickness Friendly
Motion Sickness Friendly: Doesn't have 3D movement elements that may trigger motion sickness, like motion blur, depth of field and field-of-vision. Or includes the ability to disable motion blur, depth of field and field-of-vision effects.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Visual
If you want to play Everybody's Golf, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:
- Golf Peaks (7 Visual Features)
- Cursed to Golf (4 Visual Features)
- The Jump Yard (4 Visual Features)
- Color Jumper (4 Visual Features)
Audio
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Audio in Everybody's Golf which deal with how you can adjust the audio of the game and whether audio cues compensate for aspects of the game that are hard to see.
Adjustable Audio
Balance Audio Levels: Set music and game sound effects separately. This enables you to select your preference as well as ensure critical game sounds aren't obscured by other audio.
Play Without Hearing
Play Without Hearing: No audio cues are necessary to play the game well.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Audio
If you want to play Everybody's Golf, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, this similar game extends the Audio accessibility:
- Golf Peaks (3 Audio Features)
Communication
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Communication in Everybody's Golf which deal with how you can communicate with other players in the game and what options are available to customise and control this interaction. The following games are similar to Everybody's Golf, and offer accessibility features for Communication:
- Mario Tennis Aces (1 Communication Feature)
System Accessibility Settings
In addition to the accessibility features provided in the game, you can also use system-wide accessibility settings:
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 4 has a range of accessibility settings. Some are system only, some work in games (invert colours and button mapping).
iOS Apple Arcade
iOS has a very extensive suite of accessibility settings including ways to navigate with voice and comprehensive screen reading, though most of the features don't work with games.
Read more about system accessibility settings.
Accessibility Report supported by VSC Rating Board, PlayabilityInitiative and accessibility contributors Ben Kendall and Andy Robertson
