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Xbox X|SWe've documented 33 accessibility features for Dragon Age: The Veilguard, including Fully Voiced (Or No Speech), Adjust Speed, Low Pressure, Control Assists and Custom Difficulty. Its accessibility is strongest in Controls and Navigation but it also has features in Getting Started, Reading, Difficulty, Visual and Audio to reduce unintended barriers.
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Our accessibility examiner, Ben Kendall, first checked Dragon Age: The Veilguard accessibility 3 weeks ago.
Accessibility Notes
Holds, rapid presses, and simultaneous inputs are all needed to various extents in the game to perform some combat actions, although by turning on invulnerability in the settings, these can technically be avoided, although not without the loss of a significant part of the game's combat system. In addition to discrete difficulty levels, there is also the option to extensively customise the difficulty, such as with the aforementioned invulnerability, as well as enemy damage, health, aim assist, and many more options. Quick reactions are needed, although the Combat Timing setting can increase the time you have for dodges and parries somewhat. When issuing commands to your companions, you slow down time.
Text in the Ui is generally high in contrast, but there are some instances where this is not the case. Subtitles are all high in contrast, but less than 1/20th of screen height.
There is extensive customisation of the UI, HUD, and navigational assistance available. The game can occasionally be somewhat low in contrast.
Game Details
Release Date: 31/10/2024
Price: 45% Off
Out Now: PC, PS5 and Xbox X|S
Skill Rating: 14+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Adventure, Role-Play (Fighting, Narrative and Shooting)
Accessibility: 33 features
Components: 3D Third-Person
Costs: Purchase cost, In-Game Purchases and In-Game Pass
Controls
We've documented 9 accessibility features for Controls in Dragon Age: The Veilguard 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:
Remap Buttons: Can re-map all buttons so that you can use alternatives that better suit your play.
Swap Sticks: Can swap the sticks over so that you can use the opposite sticks to control the game.
Remap Mouse and Keyboard: Can remap mouse and keyboard key bindings, 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, Deadzones and Thresholds: Adjust how sensitive touch/mouse/stick controls are and the related deadzones and thresholds.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls
If you want to play Dragon Age: The Veilguard, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:
- The Outer Worlds (11 Controls Features)
- Nier: Automata (10 Controls Features)
- Assassin's Creed Odyssey (10 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Difficulty in Dragon Age: The Veilguard 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 Anytime: You can adjust the difficulty while playing, without having to restart the level you are on. This enables you to quickly adjust the game to suit your needs and see the difference immediately.
Getting Started
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Getting Started in Dragon Age: The Veilguard 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.
Adjust Speed: Adjust the speed of the game at critical moments or throughout, or rewind play for a second attempt, to ease reaction times. By slowing the game, you have more time to interpret what is happening and then execute your actions. It also reduces the pressure on getting things right quickly or the first time you attempt them.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started
If you want to play Dragon Age: The Veilguard, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- Baldur's Gate 3 (9 Getting Started Features)
- Biomutant (6 Getting Started Features)
- Divinity: Original Sin II (5 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Reading in Dragon Age: The Veilguard 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
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.
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
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 Dragon Age: The Veilguard, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:
- The Outer Worlds (7 Reading Features)
- Biomutant (7 Reading Features)
- Baldur's Gate 3 (6 Reading Features)
- Final Fantasy VII Remake (6 Reading Features)
Navigation
We've documented 7 accessibility features for Navigation in Dragon Age: The Veilguard 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Dragon Age: The Veilguard, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, this similar game extends the Navigation accessibility:
- Baldur's Gate 3 (9 Navigation Features)
Visual
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Visual in Dragon Age: The Veilguard 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.
Colour Options
Colour Adjustments: Adjust colours of characters or game elements for greater visibility. Includes the ability to select which type of colour blind mode you require.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Visual
If you want to play Dragon Age: The Veilguard, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:
- Baldur's Gate 3 (6 Visual Features)
- Dragon Age II (5 Visual Features)
- Biomutant (5 Visual Features)
- Dragon Age: Inquisition (4 Visual Features)
Audio
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Audio in Dragon Age: The Veilguard 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:
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 5
PlayStation 5 has a range of system-wide accessibility settings.
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
