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Xbox X|SWe've documented 24 accessibility features for Alien Hominid HD, including Fully Voiced (Or No Speech), Select Difficulty, Play Without Hearing, Visual Cues and Audio Cues. Its accessibility is strongest in Visual and Controls but it also has features in Navigation, Reading, Audio, Getting Started and Difficulty 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.
External examiner, The Behemoth, first checked Alien Hominid HD accessibility 5 months ago. It was re-examined by Andrew Robertson and updated 10 weeks ago.
Accessibility Notes
You can turn off Gore so when enemies are killed they shoot out flowers rather than blood and then disappear as opposed to being chopped/shot.
Game Details
Release Date: 23/11/2004, updated in 2011
Out Now: GBA, PS2, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox X|S and iOS
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Players: 1-2
Genres: Action, Platform, Shooting (Fighting and Traversal)
Accessibility: 24 features
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Developer: The Behemoth (@TheBehemoth)
Costs: Purchase cost
Controls
We've documented 5 accessibility features for Controls in Alien Hominid HD 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 & Single Stick: Can play with multiple buttons and a stick.
Mouse And Keyboard
Can play with the following:
Keyboard Alone: Can play with just the keyboard.
Mouse and Keys: Can play with mouse and multiple keys.
Remap Controls
Can customise the controls for the game as follows:
Remap Mouse and Keyboard: Can remap mouse and keyboard key bindings, on systems that support these controls.
Controller Vibration
Vibration Optional: Controller vibration not used in the game or you can disable it.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls
If you want to play Alien Hominid HD, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:
- Glitch Busters: Stuck On You (8 Controls Features)
- Zoe Begone (7 Controls Features)
- Mr Sun's Hatbox (7 Controls Features)
- Balan Wonderworld (7 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Difficulty in Alien Hominid HD 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 Alien Hominid HD, but it doesn't offer the Difficulty accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Difficulty accessibility:
- Disney Illusion Island (3 Difficulty Features)
- Knack 2 (2 Difficulty Features)
- Mr Sun's Hatbox (2 Difficulty Features)
- Ultimate Chicken Horse (2 Difficulty Features)
Getting Started
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Getting Started in Alien Hominid HD 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.
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.
Bank Progress With Frequent Checkpoints: If you fail you can retry that level or aspect of the game without losing a lot of progress (less than 5 minutes). This is often provided via Frequent Checkpoints combined with restarting without losing time, equipment or score.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started
If you want to play Alien Hominid HD, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- Disney Illusion Island (7 Getting Started Features)
- Mr Sun's Hatbox (6 Getting Started Features)
- Zoe Begone (4 Getting Started Features)
- Knack 2 (4 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Reading in Alien Hominid HD 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.
No Reading: No reading is required, other than simple menus. The game either has no text or can communicate textual content with visuals and interactions. If reading isn't required because the text is voiced the All Dialogue is Voiced feature indicates this.
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 Alien Hominid HD, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:
- Knack (7 Reading Features)
- Knack 2 (6 Reading Features)
- Disney Illusion Island (6 Reading Features)
- Mechstermination Force (6 Reading Features)
Navigation
We've documented 5 accessibility features for Navigation in Alien Hominid HD 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.
Visual Directional Cues: Additional in-game visual cues that signpost where to go next and how close you are to arriving. This can be with camera movement to focus on your destination or important items. It can use light, breadcrumb trails, in-world pointers to identify your mission's target location.
Menu Navigation
Menu Audio Cues: Navigating menus provide an audio cue for each selection.
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.
Menus Don't Wrap: Menus don't wrap and stop the cursor at the bottom of the list if you press down. Or menus do wrap but make it clear that you are back at the top of the list with sound or narration.
Visual
We've documented 6 accessibility features for Visual in Alien Hominid HD 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.
Interactive Elements
Large Game Elements: Game characters and other elements are large and distinguishable. Enemies and player characters are at least 1/6 of the height of the screen. Or there is a zoom feature to make them larger.
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.
Menu Audio Cues: Navigating menus provide an audio cue for each selection.
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.
Violence
Turn Off Blood: Reduce or disable graphic content of blood and gore.
Audio
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Audio in Alien Hominid HD 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.
Audio Events
Visual Cues for Audio Events: Text or other visual indicators of audio events. This mirrors audio indicators of progress in the game with a corresponding visual indication.
Play Without Hearing
Play Without Hearing: No audio cues are necessary to play the game well.
System Accessibility Settings
In addition to the accessibility features provided in the game, you can also use system-wide accessibility settings:
Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch has some built-in features, including a lockable zoom, that can be used on all games.
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.
iOS
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
