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We've documented 25 accessibility features for Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, including Adjust Speed, Control Assists, Select Difficulty, No Repeated Pressing and No Holds. Its accessibility is strongest in Controls and Navigation but it also has features in Visual, Getting Started, Difficulty and Audio 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 Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart accessibility 3 years ago. It was re-examined by Andy Robertson and updated 2 years ago.
Accessibility Notes
The game also features a puzzle skip option, which allows you to not only bypass specific puzzle sections. It ensures you keep up with any dialogue you might have missed by offering a summary of what you would've heard during the puzzle as part of the confirmation process.
You can adjust how shooting works so you can toggle or hold shooting. There is also assistance for aiming to make targeting easier. The Auto-aim and Lock-on features ensure you can target the nearest enemy. Other combat options can also be switched from holds to toggles: Weapon Wheel, Melee Mode and Aim mode. You can also bind shortcut buttons to the D-Pad.
You can adjust how you move around to make it easier. The Ledge Guard ensures you don't fall off ledges. Auto Glide ensures you hover in the air when you need to. You can set movement actions to toggle or hold: Sprint mode, Swing mode, Speetle Boost mode. The Simplified Traversal option moves all traversal actions to a single button input. This includes Rift Tether, Swingshot, Phantom Dash, and Hoverboots.
Game Details
Release Date: 11/06/2021, updated in 2023
Out Now: PC and PS5
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Action, Adventure (Collecting, Fighting, Narrative, Platform, Shooting and Traversal)
Accessibility: 25 features
Components: 3D Third-Person
Developer: Insomniac Games (@InsomniacGames)
Costs: Purchase cost
Controls
We've documented 9 accessibility features for Controls in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart 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 & Two Sticks: Can play with multiple buttons and two sticks.
Remap Controls
Can customise the controls for the game as follows:
Select Preset Controller Mappings: You can select preset button layouts from options provided by the developer.
Remap Buttons: Can re-map all buttons so that you can use alternatives that better suit your play.
Invert X/Y Axis: Can invert the direction required to control looking and aiming. This enables you to match your instinctive orientation when looking.
Button Combinations
Specific button operation required to play
Holding Down Buttons Optional: Holding down buttons for prolonged periods (a second or more) is not required or can be switched to toggling the action on and off. This is in addition to the movement stick/button which is not considered a hold for this purpose.
Rapid Repeated Pressing Optional: Quick, repeated button pressing (more than 2 times a second) is not required, can be skipped or switched to holding a button to trigger a repeated action.
Controller Vibration
Vibration Optional: Controller vibration not used in the game or you can disable it.
Informative Vibration: Controller vibration indicates events or interactions in the game, echoing visual and audio cues. This can provide additional information about progress, approaching enemies or hitting a target.
Sensitivity
You can adjust
Adjust Mouse/Stick/Touch Sensitivity: Adjust how sensitive touch/mouse/stick controls are.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls
If you want to play Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:
- Criminals Within (13 Controls Features)
- The Gecko Gods (13 Controls Features)
- Hi-Fi Rush (12 Controls Features)
- Boomerang X (12 Controls Features)
Difficulty
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Difficulty in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart 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 Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, but it doesn't offer the Difficulty accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Difficulty accessibility:
- Hi-Fi Rush (3 Difficulty Features)
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (3 Difficulty Features)
- Boomerang X (3 Difficulty Features)
- Criminals Within (2 Difficulty Features)
Getting Started
We've documented 4 accessibility features for Getting Started in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart 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.
Assistance With Controls: The game can automatically assist with aiming, steering, reloading, jumping, running etc. This reduces the challenge of certain aspects of play to remove barriers and make control of characters more accessible.
Adjust Speed: Adjust the speed of the game at critical moments or throughout, or rewind play for a second attempt, to ease reaction times. By slowing the game, you have more time to interpret what is happening and then execute your actions. It also reduces the pressure on getting things right quickly or the first time you attempt them.
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 Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, 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)
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (7 Getting Started Features)
- Hi-Fi Rush (6 Getting Started Features)
- Star Trek Prodigy: Supernova (6 Getting Started Features)
Reading
We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Reading in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart 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. The following games are similar to Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, and offer accessibility features for Reading:
- Hi-Fi Rush (7 Reading Features)
- Biomutant (7 Reading Features)
- Sackboy: A Big Adventure (7 Reading Features)
- Knack (7 Reading Features)
Navigation
We've documented 5 accessibility features for Navigation in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart 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.
Clarity
Large Clear Navigation: The in-game navigation and maps are clear to read. They offer large text and offer markers that are large and of high contrast. Where text or information is small, there are settings to zoom-in and increase visibility.
Clear Mission Objectives: The game provides clear, structured missions with directional guidance and advice on which can be attempted next. This also indicates (ideally on maps where they are provided) which missions can't be attempted because you do not have the appropriate items yet.
Visual Directional Cues: Additional in-game visual cues that signpost where to go next and how close you are to arriving. This can be with camera movement to focus on your destination or important items. It can use light, breadcrumb trails, in-world pointers to identify your mission's target location.
Head-Up Display
Head-Up Display Navigation: Indication of where to go next with overlaid arrows, minimaps and waypoint markers. This supplements in-game visual and audible cues with additional guidance about where you are and where you need to go.
Adjust Head-Up Display: Resize and adjust the content of the head-up display. This enables it to be made more visible. It can also enable the removal of too much information that can be distracting or confusing.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Navigation
If you want to play Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, but it doesn't offer the Navigation accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Navigation accessibility:
- Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (8 Navigation Features)
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (7 Navigation Features)
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (6 Navigation Features)
- Biomutant (6 Navigation Features)
Visual
We've documented 5 accessibility features for Visual in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart which deal with how you can adjust the visuals to suit your needs, and offer additional information if you can't hear the game.
Contrast
High Contrast: There is high contrast between elements that need to be distinguished from each other, such as characters, interactive objects and game environment, either by default or a high contrast mode. This is different to a slider that increases contrast or brightness between light and dark.
Interactive Elements
Large Game Elements: Game characters and other elements are large and distinguishable. Enemies and player characters are at least 1/6 of the height of the screen. Or there is a zoom feature to make them larger.
Visual Distractions
No Screen Shake: No screen shake effect or it is included but it can be disabled. This includes the absence of screen shake for dramatic effect as well as to indicate hits on a target.
Motion Sickness Friendly
Motion Sickness Friendly: Doesn't have 3D movement elements that may trigger motion sickness, like motion blur, depth of field and field-of-vision. Or includes the ability to disable motion blur, depth of field and field-of-vision effects.
Colour Options
Colour Adjustments: Adjust colours of characters or game elements for greater visibility. Includes the ability to select which type of colour blind mode you require.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Visual
If you want to play Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, 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)
- The Gecko Gods (6 Visual Features)
Audio
We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Audio in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart which deals 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.
Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Audio
If you want to play Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, 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)
- Criminals Within (3 Audio Features)
- Hi-Fi Rush (3 Audio Features)
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits (3 Audio Features)
System Accessibility Settings
In addition to the accessibility features provided in the game, you can also use system-wide accessibility settings:
PC
Windows has extensive accessibility features. Some, like colour correction, work with games. Lots of accessibility software can be used with PC games, from voice recognition to input device emulators.
PlayStation 5
PlayStation 5 has a range of system-wide accessibility settings.
Read more about system accessibility settings.
Accessibility Report supported by VSC Rating Board, PlayabilityInitiative and accessibility contributors Andy Robertson and @SightlessKombat