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Kelics

Hello, I used to be a PC gamer most of my life, but because of my neurological disability I am forced to look elsewhere and I think PS5 is a good stop.
Some games require u to spam a certain button on a controller in order to progress or perform a certain action. This can be very challenging for me, and I'm not sure if I am able to do that any more.
I used to have a gaming mouse/kb and used to bind a macro to a certain button, so if I pressed and held it, it would perform + actions in game.

Do u have any advice for me?
Can u set up a controller in a certain way so u can just press and hold instead of spamming a button?

Kelics

Tjuz

I believe both first-party and third-party controllers exist for people with disabilities. As not all games might have the accessibilty options right for you, it might be worth taking a look around for those to see if any specifically fit your needs.

Tjuz

Kelics

@Tjuz thanks buddy! I will keep looking

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Th3solution

@Kelics It’s becoming much more common to have accessibility settings in PS5 games, and so a lot of them have features such as the ‘Hold button instead of repeatedly press’ setting. It’s probably the most common adaptive setting that I see implemented in games. I’m playing RE4 Remake right now and it has many accessibility options for PS5, including that button mashing. For most games I enable that setting because it’s just not fun to repeatedly mash a button anyway. 😅

The first party games tend to be really good at the accessibility settings, Naughty Dog games are well known for those features, among others.

And yes, like Tjuz mentioned, there’s a very customizable PlayStation controller that they sell separately which is highly adaptable for many special circumstances. Depending on your needs, it could be well worth the investment. I don’t know enough about it to say whether it could enable that button mashing macro, but I highly suspect it does.

Hope you find what you’re looking for!

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Kelics

@Th3solution thanks a lol man! So many technological advancements nowadays. Maybe its not a good thing to say, but this is a good era if ur destined to be disabled 😃.

Kelics

Anti-Matter

@Kelics
You can try this 100% Peaceful, No Violence Open World game for kids Yonder the Cloud Catcher Chronicles with very simple command input and no button spamming.

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Kelics

@Anti-Matter i was a gamer most of my life, i have thousands of hours in GTA ONLINE and Dead By Daylight alone so im defininely not moving on to chrildrens games. Gaming used to be my life. Gaming is the best experience i ever had in my life. So i might aswell just stop gaming all together than moving to childrens games.
In todays technology there should be a lot of adaptations for people like me. Best is to try it and see shere things needs to be adapted. But thanks a lot buddy for trying to help! I really appreciate that!

Kelics

Shigurui

@Kelics - I have pretty severe arthritis in my hands and use a custom built Scuf pad with 4 back paddles to replicate the face buttons and I have the triggers set to only need a light press of a few millimetres. They're not cheap but might be worth looking into to see if they have something to accommodate your needs.

https://scufgaming.com/

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Kelics

@Shigurui cheers buddy ill look into that! Im not glad that there r lots of adaptations nowadays!!

Kelics

Kelics

So i got the ps5 couple of days ago and im a bit disappointed, but not in PS, rather in my physicaĺ capabilities. I'm able to play most games but my fingers keep pressing the wrong buttons due to the poor motor functions and I'm struggling. I thought I could do better… There's not a chance I can be a competitive gamer anymore.
I saw the accessible controller by ps but not sure if it's for me. I have a neurological condition and one of the symptoms I get is severe fatigue.
Maybe i should contact Scurf gaming? PS? Ask for a controller modified for my needs? Any other suggestions?

Kelics

johncalmc

There's lots of games with accessibility settings that are helpful. It would be good if there was some way to collate them all on a website or something so people can search - maybe by disability - to see which games would be available to them via accessibility options. Someone should really do that if they haven't already.

Anyway, I'm playing Forspoken right now - I'm not recommending you do this - and it's got options so you can make evading attacks automatic and things like that so you don't have to be quite as nimble with your fingers and you can still play it. Lots of PlayStation first party stuff has robust accessibility options too.

I know this isn't a solution to your problem and more of a workaround but have you considered playing games that aren't taxing physically? I don't mean playing nothing but Candy Crush or children's games, but rather games in which fast inputs aren't required, or games that are slower or more methodical in how they play?

For example, you could probably play all of Persona 5 with one hand. I haven't tried. But from memory there's no complicated button combos or anything. It's got turn based combat. That kinda thing. Any turn based game would be good. Old school Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, etc. Baldur's Gate 3. Divinity.

Adventure games would be another good option. Most of those are quite leisurely. Visual novels too.

I know if you're used to action packed titles it might seem like a big step back to suddenly be playing something a lot slower but perhaps interspersing these less demanding games between the faster ones would help you to not get burned out. I don't know. I hope you find something that works though.

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Anti-Matter

@Kelics
There is nothing wrong for adult people to play kids games.
I'm 40 years old dude but only play kids games since I hate every adult games with inappropriate contents and negative effects due to my traumatic experience from video games and movies when I was kid.
The game I have suggested last time (Yonder the Cloud Catcher Chronicles) was really peaceful and relaxing, enjoy the open world with whimsical cartoon looking characters, without violence, just cozy gameplay with safe to watch contents for kids and adult peoples.
Also, the other game I can suggest to you is Moving Out 1 & 2 games, with option for dyslexia and assist option to make the gameplay easier for disabled people.
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Ravix

@Kelics if you had to tailor gameplay elements in a few key areas to suit you what would they be? This could really help with suggestions from people. Is there a middle ground between the games have played the most to games you feel you could now try?

You mentioned GTA online, what specific gameplay elements are the most challenging for you in a game like that?

There are a lot of slower paced games that are still great to play, but its hard to know what to suggest, and there are also games that dont really require the kind of fast button inputs you mentioned, but they could still be challenging.

Maybe getting a subscription service and trying lots of different options would be worthwhile.

I think a game like Baldur's Gate 3, and any other turn based, dialogue heavy RPG's would be a good start as they might not require any specific hardware changes in terms of controllers as it can be played at any pace and I dont think dialgue options are timed for the most part, it just stays on your screen ubt8l you select something

For action games, you'd just have to see how they work on a game by game basis and how complex they are. Click once to sprint is an option in GTA these days, there is lot of auto aim functionality, and also click once to toggle aim on/off and things like that I believe are included in Rockstar games now.

Red Dead Redemption 2 is a slower paced game where you can rely on auto aim and dead eye. And I think it has a "hold" button option rather to replace the "spam for an action" mechanics.

Also, there's an access controller review here https://access-ability.uk/2023/12/04/playstation-access-contr... There's probably a bunch of youtube videos and all kinds of different perspectives too.

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Kelics

@johncalmc hey man, sorry for the late reply, im getting used to PS5. And ur rite, there r soooo much accessibily settings in pretty much every game that ive encounted. Im really suprised, ive not seen that before(obviously i didnt need to)
Im currently playing Last of Us Part1(what a game) difficulty set to lowest, all accessibility turned on, its still can be a bit challenging because my motor skills r not great, but at least its playeble!!

Slow reaction games agree with that. Atm, i still have reasonable reaction( well i drive a car) but my fingers dont work the same as my brain. I learned that if i place my right thumb in the middle of 4 buttoms on a controller, i have a better chance of hitting the correct button.
Thanks a lot for ur advices buddy, really appreciate that!!

Kelics

Kelics

@Anti-Matter hey man, ur absolutely rite, there is absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to play childrens games.
Im 35, and for about 20 years i used to play shoters, horror games and others. My fav games r GTA ONLINE, Witcher3, CS, RE2. So to transitioning to children games might be a bit challenging but ill look into the game that u shared. I love tge peace and relaxation. Thanks a lot!

Kelics

Kelics

@Ravix i cant asnwer ur questionatm man, i need to play a bit more. With current controller its possible to play most games, with the right accessibility settings, but i dont think its good rnought for competativr gaming.

Most challenging i think its fingers reactiins.
My fingers dont wirk as fast as my brain. I constantly miss hitting things.. i currently using a powerchair, it has1 joystick like to conttol it, so is the accessible control but im not sure if this controller id 4me because it still has lotd of buttons weven if they r bigger..

I have a premium sub and yea i agree with u, there r planty good games not fast paced i just used to pvp pve so much. I need to play something else. Comp gaming defo not an option. I think pve is still possible

Oh smashing!!

I might try RDR2 i heard good stuff about it.
Thanks so much for suggestions buddy. Much love!

Kelics

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