I don't know how best to explain it. Certainly it requires practice but if you're willing to make that effort you can get the hang of it. And just a slight correction, it's Kombat with a K, not Combat with a C. I'm not sure of the reasons behind the spelling but that's what it is. I suppose it's different for me because i'd played nothing but mainstream games my whole life before discovering audio games. Needless to say I was extremely disappointed at the simplicity of a lot of games. NOthing in the style of Metroid or Zelda (although Airik the Cleric is a nice representation of the latter).
On 2/5/12, Paul Lemm <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm intrigued you say that you all play these main stream games like > mortal > combat etc but I can't see how that would work?maybe its just because I've > never considered trying to play a main stream game since I lost my sight > but > surely with no sight you wouldn't know where the other person is , for > instance if they jumped over you wouldn't even know which side of you they > are anymore? Again sorry if I've miss understood but if others with no > sight have managed these types of games with success then I may give them a > try myself. > > > --Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of BRYAN PETERSON > Sent: 05 February 2012 19:36 > To: Gamers Discussion list > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] FINALLY! There is a Wii game for the blind! > > I'm with Clement. I play a lot of te old SNES Mortal Kombat games and > they're perfectly playable without sighted help. Granted that doesn't > do any good if you're not into fighting games but it still proves my > point. Besides, whhat I want to know is how these people got > permission to develop games for the Wii since that couldn't have come > cheaply. > > On 2/5/12, Clement Chou <[email protected]> wrote: >> Lol at games not being accessible just because the menus are tough to > figure >> >> out... all three of you are trying to make points and noone and >> listening. >> Let me just step in for a moment and say that in Michael's defense, >> mainstream games can be hard to get into, especially for people spoiled > with >> >> self-voicing menus. Michael, to be fair, you should give the games that > are >> >> indeed playable on the wii a chance, rather than just writing them off as >> not playable simply because you can't go through menus. And what exactly > is >> >> wrong with memorization? It's attitudes like that, the lack of >> willingness >> for change that has kept audio games in a rut for so long and produced so >> many good but similar games. Personally, I think menus don't need to be >> voiced, at least, main menus shouldn't. In game menus are a different > thing, >> >> but it should be good enough for people to read the documentation and get >> the main menu into their heads, and then work based from memory. Just my >> personal opinion though. One last note... Michael, if you find a game > which >> >> is playable, or try out a game given on this list, odds are at least one > of >> >> us might have knowledge of the menus or at least the important ones. And > if >> >> not, if the game sounds interesting, one of the people with sighted >> assistance will get it, figure it out and post the results. This is why I >> almost exclusively play fighting games... other than the genre we can get >> into the most, I don't need any sighted assistance at all, figuring out >> menus is something I can do on my own, since, funnily enough, most > fighting >> >> games have a similar main menu structure. >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> [email protected]. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, >> please send E-mail to [email protected]. >> > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2112/4790 - Release Date: 02/05/12 > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. 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