Mirror's Edge Series Accessibility Report - PC, PS4 and Xbox One

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Mirror's
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14 Accessibility Features

We've documented 14 accessibility features for Mirror's Edge, including Select Difficulty, Fully Subtitled (Or No Speech), High Contrast Text, Moderate Reading and View Controls. Its accessibility is strongest in Controls and Reading but it also has features in Getting Started, Difficulty, Visual and Audio to reduce unintended barriers.

This report is created with input from accessibility experts and the player community to help people find games that have the accessibility features they require. Once you have found potential games on the database, there are excellent specialist accessibility sites that offer in-depth reviews to guide your purchasing decisions.

Mirror's Edge and the follow-up, Mirror’s Edge Catalyst are free-running games where you traverse a futuristic city using aspects of urban exploration and parkour movements to complete missions and evade or fight enemies. The focus is on this locomotion as much as combat which takes the game in a more flowing explorative direction.

Our accessibility examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Mirror's Edge (Series) accessibility 2 years ago. It was re-examined by Andy Robertson and updated 2 years ago.

Game Details

Release Date: 14/11/2014, updated in 2016

Out Now: PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One

Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds

Players: 1

Genres: Adventure, Traversal (Action and Platform)

Accessibility: 14 features

Components: 3D First-Person and Open World

Developer: EA DICE (@EA_DICE)

Costs: Purchase cost

Controls

We've documented 6 accessibility features for Controls in Mirror's Edge 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.

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.

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.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls

If you want to play Mirror's Edge, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:

Submerged Hidden Depths (17 Controls Features)
Heavenly Bodies (12 Controls Features)
Severed Steel (11 Controls Features)
Robobeat (10 Controls Features)

Difficulty

We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Difficulty in Mirror's Edge 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 Mirror's Edge, but it doesn't offer the Difficulty accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Difficulty accessibility:

Severed Steel (2 Difficulty Features)
Heavenly Bodies (2 Difficulty Features)
Dishonored (2 Difficulty Features)

Getting Started

We've documented 2 accessibility features for Getting Started in Mirror's Edge 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.

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.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started

If you want to play Mirror's Edge, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:

Submerged Hidden Depths (9 Getting Started Features)
Heavenly Bodies (8 Getting Started Features)
Sword of the Sea (6 Getting Started Features)
Wavetale (6 Getting Started Features)

Reading

We've documented 3 accessibility features for Reading in Mirror's Edge 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.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Reading

If you want to play Mirror's Edge, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:

Hot Lava (6 Reading Features)
Super Mario Bros Wonder (5 Reading Features)
Robobeat (5 Reading Features)
Submerged Hidden Depths (5 Reading Features)

Navigation

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Navigation in Mirror's Edge 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. The following games are similar to Mirror's Edge, and offer accessibility features for Navigation:

Submerged Hidden Depths (7 Navigation Features)
Robobeat (5 Navigation Features)
Severed Steel (5 Navigation Features)
Wavetale (4 Navigation Features)

Visual

We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Visual in Mirror's Edge which deals 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.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Visual

If you want to play Mirror's Edge, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:

Severed Steel (7 Visual Features)
Bounden (6 Visual Features)
Hot Lava (5 Visual Features)
Submerged Hidden Depths (3 Visual Features)

Audio

We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Audio in Mirror's Edge which deals 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.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Audio

If you want to play Mirror's Edge, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:

Severed Steel (3 Audio Features)
Temple Run 2 (2 Audio Features)
Robobeat (2 Audio Features)
Submerged Hidden Depths (2 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).

Xbox One
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 Andy Robertson