![]() ![]() Not knowing where to go or feeling confused about how to move from one location to another can be a challenge for many gamers, including new or younger players, low vision gamers like me and those with cognitive impairments. However, getting unintentionally lost in a game is an all too common and very frustrating experience. Studies have shown that gaming improves both spatial awareness and navigation skills. I often face barriers when navigating the world, so it’s thrilling when I get to experience driving a fast car in the dystopian London of Watch Dogs Legion, swinging through New York as Spider-Man or climbing a mountain on a secret pirate island as Nathan Drake in Uncharted 4. This is particularly important to me as a low vision gamer. One of the joys of gaming are the places you get to explore that you would never be able to visit in real life. As a streamer and disability consultant, Amy passionately advocates for gaming to be accessible for everyone. We invited visually impaired video gamer, activist and campaigner Dr Amy Kavanagh to compile a list of games with helpful, well thought out and intuitive navigation. ![]() ![]() But to stay in the Adventure genre, the arc of the quest needs to be the main focus rather than play in arenas or rounds.Īdventure games that double down on the Narrative of the characters and world expand the experience to include wider reflection, consequences and tensions as you would find in a novel. Some adventure games also include Fighting, Role Playing and Strategy. Some combine the two with a campaign mode adventure and online pure shooting modes. While Shooting games offer exuberance and adrenaline, they focus on the mechanics of the fight rather than the narrative of the journey. This is the hero's journey where you play a protagonist who must take on daring deeds to reclaim a precious item, get to the top of the mountain or go there and back again and survive the ordeal. In this entry we are looking at Adventure games.Īdventure video games invite you to attempt dangerous or mountainous experiences. This is designed for people new to gaming, and aims to identify games with the least barriers. In this series, we are learning how different aspects of video games work by playing games that offer an easy introduction to this one concept. ![]()
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