Batman: Arkham Origins Accessibility Report - PC, PS3, Wii U and Xbox 360

Batman: Arkham Origins Accessibility Report

We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Batman: Arkham Origins, including Game Map. It has features in Navigation 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.

Batman: Arkham Origins is an open-world adventure game. It's the prequel game to the Batman: Arkham series, taking place about five years before the first game, in the early years of Batman's career as a crime-fighter. You explore Gotham, collect items, take on missions and fight bad guys.

Batman: Arkham Origins

ACCESSIBILITY REPORT

Game Details

Release Date: 25/10/2013

Out Now: PC, PS3, Wii U and Xbox 360

Content Rating: PEGI 16

Skill Rating: 13+ year-olds

Players: 1

Genres: Adventure, Fighting (Action, Collecting, Role-Play and Traversal)

Accessibility: 1 feature

Components: 3D Third-Person and Open World

Developer: Rocksteady Games (@RocksteadyGames)

Costs: Purchase cost, In-Game Purchases and In-Game Pass

Controls

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Controls in Batman: Arkham Origins which deal with how you control the game, different options for alternative inputs and whether you can remap these settings to suit your needs. The following games are similar to Batman: Arkham Origins, and offer accessibility features for Controls:

Difficulty

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in Batman: Arkham Origins 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. The following games are similar to Batman: Arkham Origins, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:

Getting Started

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Getting Started in Batman: Arkham Origins 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. The following games are similar to Batman: Arkham Origins, and offer accessibility features for Getting Started:

Reading

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Reading in Batman: Arkham Origins 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. The following games are similar to Batman: Arkham Origins, and offer accessibility features for Reading:

Navigation

We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Navigation in Batman: Arkham Origins which deals 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

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 Batman: Arkham Origins, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Navigation accessibility:

Visual

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Visual in Batman: Arkham Origins which deal with how you can adjust the visuals to suit your needs, and offer additional information if you can't hear the game. The following games are similar to Batman: Arkham Origins, and offer accessibility features for Visual:

Audio

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Audio in Batman: Arkham Origins 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. The following games are similar to Batman: Arkham Origins, and offer accessibility features for Audio:

System Accessibility Settings

In addition to the accessibility features provided in the game, you can also use system-wide accessibility settings:

Nintendo Wii U
The Wii U has some limited settings, such as disabling rumble and selecting mono audio.

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.

Read more about system accessibility settings.

Accessibility Report supported by VSC Rating Board, PlayabilityInitiative and accessibility contributors Andy Robertson