Tasked with casting your spiritual form into the nether and battling your way through hordes of minions to topple the old gods, the story is largely window dressing to the main draw of the game, which is the gameplay itself. \u00a0A top-down, roguelike, bullet-hell, Deathstate <\/i>features dozens of unlockable items, a large cast of characters with varying abilities, randomly generated levels, and endless enemies to conquer. \u00a0Levels are large, open floors covered with loot, shops, special events, and enemies;\u00a0 after completing three of them, you face a boss.\u00a0 Any death will send you back to square one, though items and characters you\u2019ve unlocked become permanently available.<\/p>\n
Normally one wouldn\u2019t expect strong accessibility options from this genre, but, while not perfect, the game offers some of the best features I have seen in quite a while. \u00a0One of the best accessibility options is a central mechanic to the game, which is that your character fires automatically at nearby targets, so the player is mainly focused on controlling movement. \u00a0While the default controls are with WASD or a controller, the mouse movement has your character follow your cursor instead. \u00a0You can acquire items and abilities that can be activated, but those can be rebound to whatever you desire, making it a viable one-handed game for both mouse and keyboard.<\/p>\n
This is not to say that the accessibility is perfect. \u00a0The game itself is still incredibly difficult, and there are no options to change that. \u00a0Aside from just the sheer overwhelming amount of bullets and enemies that the game throws at you as you progress, there is a timer on each floor in the form of approaching darkness, which will kill you unless you leave the floor in time. \u00a0The color palette is probably the game\u2019s biggest weak point, however, as enemy bullets, the background colors, and the player\u2019s projectiles could all interact very poorly depending on what is randomly generated. \u00a0For better examples of some of the issues that could be created by this, I suggest looking at the promo images on the game\u2019s steam page.<\/p>\n
With the latest free content-patch, the developers also added a High Contrast Bullets feature to help differentiate between your own projectiles and the swarms of bullets being fired by your enemies. \u00a0While this feature may not solve all of the accessibility issues, it demonstrates continued care for the community and a willingness to listen and improve.<\/p>\n
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