Hi I’m a physically disabled person. Sometimes the answer is “make it easier”. That’s all. Sometimes the answer really is “make the bosses do less damage”, or “make things slower”, because sometimes the things games require of me are physically too much, and if I DID do what it required of me, it would leave me in crippling pain for days. I can only speak for myself, but I will speak for myself. I find it incredibly disrespectful to insinuate that these things are somehow lesser, or “going about things the wrong way”.
Like with the Celeste example, I wouldn’t be very capable of playing Celeste without hurting myself, but because of all the amazing options it offers, I CAN. Is Celeste going about things the wrong way because of this?
And like ellynoo said, you are implying that colorblindness is a higher priority than limited mobility, and more worthy of accommodation.
I had to drop Hollow Knight because I just wasn’t able to react in time, and playing it would result in severe pain in my hands, even after just a few minutes. What is preserved in the artistic difficulty of a game like Hollow Knight? Am I missing out on the vital and challenging experience of overwhelming pain and risking long term damage? Hollow Knight isn’t just a game for the platforming and fighting experience, it’s an experience of music and art and story. Should that all be locked off to me for the sake of the challenge?
I want to play the game for myself. There’s nothing so integral on a storytelling level about the combat and platforming beyond a “sense of accomplishment”. That sense of accomplishment would come at a cost to my physical health and wellbeing. It means nothing to me.
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