We've documented 25 accessibility features for Asterigos: Curse of the Stars, including Fully Voiced (Or No Speech), Low Pressure, Control Assists, Select Difficulty and Play Without Hearing. Its accessibility is strongest in Controls and Reading but it also has features in Visual, Getting Started, Navigation, Audio and Difficulty to reduce unintended barriers.
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Our accessibility examiner, Ben Kendall, first checked Asterigos: Curse of the Stars accessibility 17 months ago.
Accessibility Notes
The checkpoints, where you save, and respawn if you die, can sometimes be quite far away from one another, meaning you can on occasion lose a significant amount of progress upon death.
While text throughout the game tends to be high contrast, and subtitles can be increased in size, it's not 1/20th the height of the screen.
While you can reduce the strong lighting effects, there are still occasional flashes.
Game Details
Release Date: 11/10/2022
Out Now: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox X|S
Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Adventure, Fighting (Action, Narrative, Role-Play and Traversal)
Accessibility: 25 features
Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon
Developer: Acme Gamestudio (@AcmeGamestudio)
Costs: Purchase cost, In-Game Purchases and In-Game Pass
Controls
We've documented 9 accessibility features for Controls in Asterigos: Curse of the Stars 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.
Mouse And Keyboard
Can play with the following:
Mouse and Keys: Can play with mouse and multiple keys.
Remap Controls
Can customise the controls for the game as follows:
Select Preset Controller Mappings: You can select preset button layouts from options provided by the developer.
Remap Mouse and Keyboard: Can remap mouse and keyboard key bindings, on systems that support these controls.
Remap Extra Mouse Buttons: Can remap additional buttons on mice that provide more than the two standard buttons, on systems that support these controls.
Invert X/Y Axis: Can invert the direction required to control looking and aiming. This enables you to match your instinctive orientation when looking.
Controller Vibration
Vibration Optional: Controller vibration not used in the game or you can disable it.
Informative Vibration: Controller vibration indicates events or interactions in the game, echoing visual and audio cues. This can provide additional information about progress, approaching enemies or hitting a target.
Sensitivity
You can adjust
Adjust Mouse/Stick/Touch Sensitivity: Adjust how sensitive touch/mouse/stick controls are.
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If you want to play Asterigos: Curse of the Stars, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:
- Criminals Within (13 Controls Features)
- Immortals Fenyx Rising (13 Controls Features)
- Dark Souls (10 Controls Features)
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (10 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Difficulty in Asterigos: Curse of the Stars which deals 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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Difficulty
If you want to play Asterigos: Curse of the Stars, but it doesn't offer the Difficulty accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Difficulty accessibility:
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (3 Difficulty Features)
- Immortals Fenyx Rising (3 Difficulty Features)
- Bayonetta 2 (2 Difficulty Features)
- Criminals Within (2 Difficulty Features)
Getting Started
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Getting Started in Asterigos: Curse of the Stars 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.
Assistance With Controls: The game can automatically assist with aiming, steering, reloading, jumping, running etc. This reduces the challenge of certain aspects of play to remove barriers and make control of characters more accessible.
Low Pressure: Game tasks aren't time-limited or there's a low-pressure mode. This avoids the pressure of being put on the clock for overarching missions, or failing tasks because you didn't reach a destination in time.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started
If you want to play Asterigos: Curse of the Stars, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- Criminals Within (8 Getting Started Features)
- Immortals Fenyx Rising (8 Getting Started Features)
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (7 Getting Started Features)
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (6 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Reading in Asterigos: Curse of the Stars 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.
Moderate Reading: Moderate reading required. The quantity and complexity of reading are at a level that a high school student (14-year-old) would appreciate.
Text Visibility
High Contrast Text: Text colour contrasts to the background or can be adjusted to be. The text in menus, instructions and other information is presented in high contrast with a solid background.
Subtitles
All Speech Subtitled (Or No Speech In Game): All spoken content has subtitles, or there is no speech in the game. This means there is no requirement to hear spoken dialogue or narrative to play the game.
Voice Acted
All Dialogue is Voice Acted (Or No Speech In Game): All of the game dialogue and narrative can be voiced, or there is no speech in the game. This means there is no requirement to read the dialogue and narrative text to play the game.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Reading
If you want to play Asterigos: Curse of the Stars, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (6 Reading Features)
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (6 Reading Features)
- Criminals Within (5 Reading Features)
- Lies of P (5 Reading Features)
Navigation
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Navigation in Asterigos: Curse of the Stars 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.
Head-Up Display
Adjust Head-Up Display: Resize and adjust the content of the head-up display. This enables it to be made more visible. It can also enable the removal of too much information that can be distracting or confusing.
Menu Navigation
Digital Menu Navigation: Menu choices with Gamepad can be made without using an analogue stick to guide a cursor to a selection. For example, using D-Pad, buttons or the Stick to change menu selection in a single action.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Navigation
If you want to play Asterigos: Curse of the Stars, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Navigation accessibility:
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (7 Navigation Features)
- Immortals Fenyx Rising (7 Navigation Features)
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild (7 Navigation Features)
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (6 Navigation Features)
Visual
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Visual in Asterigos: Curse of the Stars which deal with how you can adjust the visuals to suit your needs, and offer additional information if you can't hear the game.
Contrast
Medium Contrast: Game uses generally well contrasting and bright visuals, or has a slider to make this the case.
Visual Distractions
No Screen Shake: No screen shake effect or it is included but it can be disabled. This includes the absence of screen shake for dramatic effect as well as to indicate hits on a target.
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.
Colour Options
Colour Blind Friendly: Game doesn’t rely on colour or can switch to colour blind friendly mode with double coding or similar way to avoid colour dependance.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Visual
If you want to play Asterigos: Curse of the Stars, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, this similar game extends the Visual accessibility:
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (6 Visual Features)
Audio
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Audio in Asterigos: Curse of the Stars 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 Asterigos: Curse of the Stars, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (4 Audio Features)
- Immortals Fenyx Rising (4 Audio Features)
- Criminals Within (3 Audio Features)
- Legend Of The Skyfish (3 Audio Features)
System Accessibility Settings
In addition to the accessibility features provided in the game, you can also use system-wide accessibility settings:
PC
Windows has extensive accessibility features. Some, like colour correction, work with games. Lots of accessibility software can be used with PC games, from voice recognition to input device emulators.
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 4 has a range of accessibility settings. Some are system only, some work in games (invert colours and button mapping).
PlayStation 5
PlayStation 5 has a range of system-wide accessibility settings.
Xbox One
Xbox One has a system features, the excellent co-pilot share controls mode and adaptive controller support for all games.
Xbox Series X|S
Xbox One has a system features, the excellent co-pilot share controls mode and adaptive controller support for all games.
Read more about system accessibility settings.
Accessibility Report supported by VSC Rating Board, PlayabilityInitiative and accessibility contributors Ben Kendall