‘The Last of Us Part I’ accessibility options include DualSense haptic feedback for dialogue | Tech Reader

, a complete remake of PS3 classic , will (and PC at some point in the future). Not only will the game include all of the from 2020’s , Naughty Dog has revealed some extra ones that it’s including.

One that takes advantage of the seems particularly novel. “[A feature that] started as a prototype but ended up being really successful during playtesting is a feature that plays dialogue through the PS5 DualSense controller as haptic feedback,” game director Matthew Gallant told the . “That way a deaf player can feel the way a line is delivered, can feel the emphasis, along with the subtitles to give some sense of how that line is delivered.”

Another big accessibility update is audio descriptions for cutscenes. Gallant said Naughty Dog teamed up with a company that delivers descriptions for TV, movies and game trailers. The feature will be available across all the localized languages in The Last of Us Part I. “We’re expecting this to be an accessible experience for blind players, for deaf players, for players with motor accessibility needs,” Gallant said.

The blog post details all of the settings, including presets for vision, hearing and motor accessibility. You can expect visual aids and a way to zoom into a specific section of the screen using the touchpad. You’ll be able to fully remap the controls — there’s even the option to link a command to shaking the DualSense. There are also in-depth settings for motion sickness, navigation, traversal, combat, the heads-up display and, of course, difficulty.

It’s heartening to see Naughty Dog place so much emphasis on making its games as accessible as possible. Not every developer has the resources of that studio, but here’s hoping more game creators take inspiration from Naughty Dog’s work in this area. In the meantime, if you want to find out much more about The Last Of Us Part I, you can read Tech Reader’s review on August 31st.