Complex environments, detailed background textures, and dim lighting can make it difficult to locate enemies, allies, interactive objects, and traversal paths. Built-in high contrast display modes apply distinct color overlays to critical gameplay elements or desaturate the environment to improve visual clarity.
Access needs and preferences vary among individual players, so customizable contrast overlays allow players to adjust visual highlights to match their vision levels and combat needs.
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 features a customizable High Contrast Display system within its visual accessibility menu.
This built-in setting allows players to desaturate background environmental colors while applying bright, solid color fills or outlines to specific game elements. Players can assign distinct colors to friendly characters, enemies, interactive objects, collectibles, and hazard surfaces.
- Type: Built-in feature
- Supported platforms: PlayStation 5, PC
- Requirements: Base game updated to current version
- Limitations: High contrast color overlays apply during active gameplay and traversal but are automatically hidden during prerendered story cutscenes.
- Location: Settings > Accessibility > Visual > High Contrast Options
Official feature details are available on the Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Accessibility Page.
The Last of Us Part II Remastered
The Last of Us Part II Remastered provides a dedicated High Contrast Display mode designed for low vision and visual navigation.
When activated, this built-in feature renders the environment in a desaturated grayscale while highlighting allies in blue, hostile enemies in red, interactive items in yellow, and traversal targets in distinct color overlays. The mode can be toggled on demand using a designated touch pad gesture.
- Type: Built-in feature
- Supported platforms: PlayStation 5, PC
- Requirements: Current patch build
- Limitations: Activating high contrast mode replaces full-color environmental textures with a high-contrast visual filter during active control segments.
- Location: Options > Accessibility > Magnification and Visual Aids > High Contrast Display
Details are listed on The Last of Us Part II Remastered Accessibility Guide.
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown includes a High Contrast Mode for two-dimensional side-scrolling navigation and combat.
This built-in setting desaturates background geometry and outlines essential elements—such as Sargon, hostile creatures, traps, projectable hazards, and climbable handholds—in high-visibility solid colors. It also offers a quick toggle shortcut to switch the view on and off during platforming challenges.
- Type: Built-in feature
- Supported platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch
- Requirements: Base game installation
- Limitations: High contrast highlighting applies to active combat and platforming areas but does not alter full-screen dialogue illustrations or map overview screens.
- Location: Options > Accessibility > High Contrast Mode (or High Contrast Quick Toggle)
Feature details are published on the Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Accessibility Spotlight.
Star Wars Outlaws
Star Wars Outlaws features a High Contrast Gameplay Mode with customizable highlight transparency.
This built-in setting removes background environmental saturation and lets players select individual visual highlight colors for allies, hostiles, interactable objects, and climbable ledge surfaces. It includes a transparency slider to adjust color opacity to avoid obscuring enemy animation cues.
- Type: Built-in feature
- Supported platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
- Requirements: Current game version
- Limitations: High contrast overlays apply during real-time stealth and combat but do not affect cinematic dialogue choices or Sabacc card game interfaces.
- Location: Settings > Accessibility > Visual > High Contrast Gameplay Mode
Full documentation is provided on the Star Wars Outlaws Accessibility Spotlight.