#gaming accessibility

Is there a third person mode? Can I turn off screen shake and flashing lights? Can I remap controls? Is there a high contrast and colorblind mode? When I turn off motion blur does it stay off?

No, I don't care or think that 3rd person would "ruin the immersion", because that means I can actually play the game without getting sick. Isn't playing the game more immersive than not playing it?

I really need to get this off my chest. The Mem Hat situation in Honkai: Star Rail is so incredibly frustrating, and honestly, the community’s reaction to it has been even worse.

This hat isn't just a random accessory—it’s deeply connected to Cyrene and the whole Amphoreus aesthetic. For those of us who love the lore, it feels like a piece of the world is just... missing.

It is so unfair for:

Busy players: I have a life, responsibilities, and moments where I simply cannot play. Being locked out of a cosmetic forever because I was busy during one specific month is just bad game design.

New players: Imagine joining for Amphoreus and being told "sorry, you missed the coolest thematic item because you didn't start 6 months ago."

I’ve tried the official route. I emailed Hoyoverse support multiple times, but I only ever get a cold, robotic auto-reply. They aren't even listening.

And when I tried to talk about this on HoYoLAB, the response was just... cruel. I was met with so much ignorance and mean-spirited comments. People there act like wanting a permanent shop for cosmetics is "entitlement," when in reality, I’m literally asking for a way to support the game and pay for the item. Since when is wanting to be a customer "crazy"?

Artificial scarcity doesn’t make an item "cool"—it just rewards gatekeeping and punishes players for having a life outside the game.

Hey! I'm Bruje Butch, I play Palia and I'm disabled. I've seen it firsthand, and lots of other disabled players have too: Palia isn't accessible. It's not inclusive hen it comes to us. That sucks. I'd like for that to be fixed. Even moreso I'd like to be heard about it. Here's my attempt at that.

So many people can’t conceptualise something isn’t tailored to them, and so they’re like but what about the people who aren’t good at the game 🥺 and they’re so loud the devs feel like they need to bend over backwards to cater to them. What about those people? Like, genuinely. These games take work! The whole point of souls and soulslikes is the reward of overcoming challenges. You earned that win. Personally, it took me genuine months to learn my first souls game (elden ring), and seeing people want that easy win without earning it or putting in the work that those sort of games require feels kinda awful ngl. Not every game has to be for you! And if you truly want to play it so bad, put in the work like everyone else. Otherwise, just watch someone else play it.

All views in the video are my own opinion. I will add as well that taking turn based combat away from the Final Fantasy series also made the games lose their shine. They don’t need to compete with dark souls, 11, 14, 12, and 15 lacking a full turn based system (and 12’s system just being unnecessarily difficult anyway,) definitely took accessibility away from the series and made the game unnecessary harder than they need to be. I lost my ability to enjoy them.