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3 Accessibility Features

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We've documented 3 accessibility features for Ecstatic, including Mouse Alone, No Screen Shake and No Flashes. It has features in Visual and Controls 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.

Ecstatic is a fast and hard retro shooting game where you control a mechanical Spider that freezes time and shoots rockets. You need to both keep moving and keep shooting to stay alive. It's like what are sometimes described as bullet-hell games, because of the sheer number of bullets to dodge. Here though, you can only move if you are not shooting and your traversal is insect-like so it has a unique feel.

Our accessibility examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Ecstatic accessibility 16 months ago. It was re-examined by Andy Robertson and updated 16 months ago.

Game Details

Release Date: 14/06/2022

Price: 20% off

Out Now: PC

Expected Content Rating: PEGI 3

Skill Rating: 13+ year-olds

Players: 1

Genres: Shooting, Traversal and Action

Accessibility: 3 features

Components: 2D Overhead and Pixels

Developer: Punkcake Delice (@Punkcake_Delice)

Costs: Purchase cost

Controls

To complete the main campaign of the game you need to use a minimum of:

PC: 2 buttons and 1 mouse.

The following table guides you through which buttons you can map to custom controllers:

Action	PC	Notes	Required
Fire	Right Mouse Button	Shoot targeted enemies.	✔
Aim Mark a Target	Mouse Movement	Cursor over enemy to Mark.	✔
Hit / Melee	Mouse Movement	If you have Fangs, bump enemies.	✔
Movement	Left Mouse Button + Mouse Movement		✔

Action	PC	Notes	Required
Fire	Right Mouse Button	Shoot targeted enemies.	✔
Aim Mark a Target	Mouse Movement	Cursor over enemy to Mark.	✔
Hit / Melee	Mouse Movement	If you have Fangs, bump enemies.	✔
Movement	Left Mouse Button + Mouse Movement		✔

We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Controls in Ecstatic which deals with how you control the game, different options for alternative inputs and whether you can remap these settings to suit your needs.

Mouse And Keyboard

Can play with the following:

Mouse Alone: Can play with just the mouse/mouse-button/mouse wheel.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls

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

Difficulty

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in Ecstatic 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 Ecstatic, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:

Getting Started

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Getting Started in Ecstatic 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 Ecstatic, and offer accessibility features for Getting Started:

Reading

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Reading in Ecstatic 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 Ecstatic, and offer accessibility features for Reading:

Navigation

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Navigation in Ecstatic 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 Ecstatic, and offer accessibility features for Navigation:

Visual

We've documented 2 accessibility features for Visual in Ecstatic which deal with how you can adjust the visuals to suit your needs, and offer additional information if you can't hear the game.

Visual Distractions

No Flashes: No flashing strobe effects or you can disable them. This includes the absence of flashing from dramatic visual effects, explosions or weather effects like lightning.

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.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Visual

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

Audio

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Audio in Ecstatic 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 Ecstatic, 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:

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

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