Is this game friendly to epileptic people?

[HolyGrail]

Looks great, and I'd love to buy... but at the same time seizures are pretty boring. haha

[goka9696]

If you suffer epilepsy this game might actually kill you.

There are a lot of things like flashing lights, screen shaking erractically, etc.

[k'nt]

No. It is not.

[Arsenic13]

No

[Built Stupid]

It's not friendly at all, they even have a warning as you load up the game. Lots of flashing, shaky screens/effects

[PossiblePsycho]

Strongly no. The game starts with a warning for people like you, and they are not kidding.

[grody_antagonic]

Well, a warning like this is present in almost every bigger game production. But besides that, this one here is actually really hard in terms of flashing lights and such. It's an absolute brain-melting effect-overdose at times and absolutely not suitable for epileptic people. I think they should add some sort of option to reduce the effects though.

[KaTHarsisT]

just for photosensitive epilepsy

[Pandagaming4fun]

definately no...just played 3 hrs and theres a lot and i mean A LOT of flashing lights/shaky flashing lights/crazy strobing etc...

[Erikon]

oh hell no, You are probably going to end up having a seizure withint the first 30 minutes.

[Mr Concept]

Just watching gameplay online earlier and the FX were making me feel weird! Im suprised the Gaming Industry haven't created an epileptic safety feature to turn these kind of in game effects off as yet.

[HolyGrail]

Thanks for the responses guys, much appreciated! :)

Damn that's sad tbh because this game looks like a masterpiece on the same level as Layers of Fear.. another game that had a scene that gave me a seizure so I'm glad I asked the question.

[DaZMaN76]

Yeah, to echo others here - I think the game has strong enough effects to cause seizures for people who *don't* have photosensitive eiplepsy! :) It really is intense - I was tired last night while playing, and boy could I feel the effects. Much stronger than your average FPS.

It'd be great if this was as simple as calming down the effects via an option, but there really is a lot going on that could trigger a seizure. They devs might feel that this would dilute or ruin the intended experience, but I'd wager that many affected people would be OK with it - it's mostly happening in the dream sequences.

@DeathevokationN - is it mostly flashing/strobing lights for you, or do you also have problems with screen shake and geometry moving around really quickly? I guess if it moves fast enough it's pretty much a flash/strobe anyway?

[AdApt*]

Totally. You'll be shaking and frothing at the mouth in no time.