{"id":4737,"date":"2018-11-24T07:45:32","date_gmt":"2018-11-24T07:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/spyros-missing-subtitles-anger-gamers\/"},"modified":"2018-11-24T07:45:32","modified_gmt":"2018-11-24T07:45:32","slug":"spyros-missing-subtitles-anger-gamers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/spyros-missing-subtitles-anger-gamers\/","title":{"rendered":"Spyro&#8217;s missing subtitles anger gamers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"Spyro\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/0E69\/production\/_104398630_mediaitem104398625.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\"\/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Activision<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">A hotly anticipated remake of the Spyro the Dragon video games has been criticised for excluding deaf gamers.<\/p>\n<p>The new Spyro Reignited Trilogy does not have subtitles during the game&#8217;s video sequences, so deaf players cannot follow the story.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, publisher Activision said there was &#8220;no industry standard for subtitles&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>But many deaf gamers criticised the company&#8217;s position and said it was a &#8220;weak excuse&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>While the remade game does have on-screen text during character interactions, the video sequences that tell the story are not subtitled.<\/p>\n<p>Activision said the development team had &#8220;committed to keep the integrity and legacy of Spyro that fans remembered intact&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t even think of a recent game that didn&#8217;t have some basic subtitles for all dialogue,&#8221; said games reviewer Susan, who writes the One Odd Gamer Girl blog.<\/p>\n<p>Games developer Mark Sweeney added: &#8220;&#8216;There&#8217;s no industry standard for subtitles&#8230; so you couldn&#8217;t be bothered trying? <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The minimum industry standard is to have subtitles for all dialogue and audio cues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Activision said it would &#8220;evaluate&#8221; the situation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-46262279\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"\">[author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Activision A hotly anticipated remake of the Spyro the Dragon video games has been criticised for excluding deaf gamers. The new Spyro Reignited Trilogy does not have subtitles during the game&#8217;s video sequences, so deaf players cannot follow the story. In a statement, publisher Activision said there was &#8220;no industry standard for subtitles&#8221;. &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}