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We've documented 16 accessibility features for Knack, including Fully Voiced (Or No Speech), Large Subtitles, Large Text, Select Difficulty and Play Without Hearing. Its accessibility is strongest in Reading and Getting Started but it also has features in Controls, Audio, Difficulty and Visual to reduce unintended barriers.
This report is created with input from accessibility experts and the player community to help people find games that have the accessibility features they require. Once you have found potential games on the database, there are excellent specialist accessibility sites that offer in-depth reviews to guide your purchasing decisions.
Our accessibility examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Knack accessibility 2 years ago.
Accessibility Notes
The main narration in Knack is fully voiced and subtitled, although it needs to be switched on from the options menu. They are white text outlined in black but without a solid background. There is other reading to do of small text on a transparent background on the gadget's screen, but this is secondary information not critical for play.
Game Details
Release Date: 15/09/2013
Out Now: PS4
Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds
Players: 1-2
Genres: Action, Fighting, Platform (Adventure, Narrative, Puzzle, Shooting and Traversal)
Accessibility: 16 features
Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon
Developer: Sony Japan Studio (@SonyJapanStudio)
Costs: Purchase cost
Controls
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Controls in Knack which deal with how you control the game, different options for alternative inputs and whether you can remap these settings to suit your needs.
Gamepad
Can play with the following:
Multiple Buttons & Single Stick: Can play with multiple buttons and a stick.
Multiple Buttons & Two Sticks: Can play with multiple buttons and two sticks.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls
If you want to play Knack, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:
- Criminals Within (13 Controls Features)
- Hi-Fi Rush (12 Controls Features)
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (10 Controls Features)
- Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (10 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Difficulty in Knack which deals with how you can adjust the challenge of play, and whether this is locked once chosen or can be adjusted as you play.
Difficulty Options
Select Difficulty: Select the level of difficulty from a range of presets. This not only offers a way to adjust the challenge of a game but enables you to do so without dealing with individual criteria.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Difficulty
If you want to play Knack, but it doesn't offer the Difficulty accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Difficulty accessibility:
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (3 Difficulty Features)
- Hi-Fi Rush (3 Difficulty Features)
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (3 Difficulty Features)
- Bayonetta 2 (2 Difficulty Features)
Getting Started
We've documented 3 accessibility features for Getting Started in Knack which deal with what support is offered to get started with the game. This includes customising the experience when you first open the game via any onboarding processes it provides as well as tutorials and other assistance when you first start playing.
Assistance Getting Starting
These features aid your play of the game in terms of cognitive load on learning controls, dealing with pressure and coping with the environment and challenges.
Tutorials: There are helpful tutorials and instructions on how to play. Information is provided in a timely manner, with appropriate level of detail.
View Control Mapping: You can view a map of controls during play. This clearly displays the mappings of actions to buttons/keys/mouse/keyboard without having to leave the game. This includes games that always display buttons to press during play.
Assistance For Progressing
These features aid your progress through the game offering different ways of maintaining your progression.
Assisted Progress With Hints: The game notices if you get stuck (or you can press a button) and provides information to help you progress. This can offer hints or tutorials popping up during play. This includes hints after you have died, where it can suggest strategies or difficulty settings to adjust or offer to skip past problematic levels.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started
If you want to play Knack, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:
- Criminals Within (8 Getting Started Features)
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (7 Getting Started Features)
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (7 Getting Started Features)
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land (7 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We've documented 7 accessibility features for Reading in Knack which deal with how much reading or listening comprehension is required, how well the game provides visual and audible access to the text and whether subtitles and captions are a good fit for purpose.
Reading Level
How much reading is required to play the game's main path or story and how complex the language is. The presence of voiced characters doesn't reduce this requirement, as it's recorded as a separate datapoint.
Simple Minimal Reading: Minimal reading is required. The quantity and complexity of reading are at a level that a primary/elementary student (9-year-old) could understand.
Text Visibility
Large Clear Text: All essential text is large and clear or can be adjusted to be. The general text used throughout the game in menus, instructions and other key information (excluding subtitles that are assessed separately) is at least 1/20 (46 pixels on 1080 screen) the height on landscape screens and at least 1/40 height on portrait screens. We base this on the full line-height, including the space above and below the letters.
High Contrast Text: Text colour contrasts to the background or can be adjusted to be. The text in menus, instructions and other information is presented in high contrast with a solid background.
Subtitles
Large Clear Subtitles: Subtitles are large, clear and of good contrast. They are at least 1/20 (46 pixels on 1080 screen) the height of a landscape screen and at least 1/40 height on portrait screens, or can be adjusted to be. We base this on the full line-height, including the space above and below the letters. Considered separately from the general text of the game, the subtitles are large, clear and of good contrast.
All Speech Subtitled (Or No Speech In Game): All spoken content has subtitles, or there is no speech in the game. This means there is no requirement to hear spoken dialogue or narrative to play the game.
Captions
Speaker Indicator: Textual captions indicate who is speaking (or there is only ever one person speaking). This can also be indicated visually in the game with character icons or placing text in speech bubbles next to the person speaking.
Voice Acted
All Dialogue is Voice Acted (Or No Speech In Game): All of the game dialogue and narrative can be voiced, or there is no speech in the game. This means there is no requirement to read the dialogue and narrative text to play the game.
Navigation
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Navigation in Knack which deal with how the game provides guidance and assistance to navigate its worlds. These are only for games that have traversal and exploration in 2D and 3D spaces. The following games are similar to Knack, and offer accessibility features for Navigation:
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (9 Navigation Features)
- Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (8 Navigation Features)
- Marvel's Spider-Man (8 Navigation Features)
- Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales (7 Navigation Features)
Visual
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Visual in Knack which deals with how you can adjust the visuals to suit your needs, and offer additional information if you can't hear the game.
Audio Cues for Visual Events
Audio Cues for Visual Events: Audio is provided to indicate visual events. Game events or progress highlighted by visual icons, effects or animations are also accompanied by audio to signify that progress. This is useful for blind players.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Visual
If you want to play Knack, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (8 Visual Features)
- Trifox (8 Visual Features)
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (7 Visual Features)
- A Hat in Time (7 Visual Features)
Audio
We've documented 2 accessibility features for Audio in Knack which deal with how you can adjust the audio of the game and whether audio cues compensate for aspects of the game that are hard to see.
Adjustable Audio
Balance Audio Levels: Set music and game sound effects separately. This enables you to select your preference as well as ensure critical game sounds aren't obscured by other audio.
Play Without Hearing
Play Without Hearing: No audio cues are necessary to play the game well.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Audio
If you want to play Knack, but it doesn't offer the Audio accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Audio accessibility:
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (4 Audio Features)
- Alien Hominid HD (3 Audio Features)
- Criminals Within (3 Audio Features)
- Hi-Fi Rush (3 Audio Features)
System Accessibility Settings
In addition to the accessibility features provided in the game, you can also use system-wide accessibility settings:
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 4 has a range of accessibility settings. Some are system only, some work in games (invert colours and button mapping).
Read more about system accessibility settings.
Accessibility Report supported by VSC Rating Board, PlayabilityInitiative and accessibility contributors Andy Robertson