Revision - accessibility options - Onimusha: Way of the Sword Wiki

Marvel's Wolverine ships with an unusually detailed set of accessibility and assist options, and they are worth reading even if you are not looking for accessibility features specifically: several of them are the clearest public description of systems the game has otherwise said little about.

Two different counts

Two published figures describe this game's accessibility, and they are not the same measurement. The product page lists 35 accessibility features, which is a count of the platform's standardised accessibility tags, things like clear text, large text, screen reader, and mono audio. Insomniac's own published options list runs to more than 130 individual option lines and is a game-specific settings inventory.

Neither figure contradicts the other, and neither should be quoted as the other.

Owners of a disc copy receive several of the options listed below through an update at launch rather than on the disc itself.

Difficulty and combat assists

Option	What it does
Challenge Level	The game's overall difficulty setting.
Enemy Health	Adjusts how much damage enemies absorb, separately from the other sliders.
Enemy Damage	Adjusts how hard enemies hit.
Stealth Awareness	Adjusts how readily enemies notice Logan. See stealth.
Dodge/Parry Input Timing	Widens or tightens the window for a successful dodge or parry.
Dodge Mode	Changes how dodging is performed.
Lock-On	Off, On-Screen, or All.
Melee Mode	Single, Combo, or Continuous.
Special Techniques Mode	Switches Technique activation between hold and toggle.
QTE Autocomplete	Completes quick-time prompts automatically.
Global Game Speed	Slows the whole game.
Combat Game Speed	Slows combat specifically, leaving other pacing alone.
Boss health bar	Toggles the boss health display.
Hero health bar	Toggles Logan's own health display.

These sliders are the closest thing to a published difficulty system for this game. Insomniac has not described a named difficulty structure beyond the Challenge Level option itself. See Combat and Rage and Healing Factor.

Navigation and traversal

Option	What it does
Traversal Assist	Removes the inputs required for climbing, jumping, and moving between traversal elements. See traversal.
Navigation Assist	Provides a guidance trail, with a settable trail colour.
Navigation Assist Turn Speed	Adjusts how quickly the camera turns toward the goal while Navigation Assist is on.
Chase Assist	Reduces the movement speed of targets during chase sequences.
Skip Puzzle	Skips puzzles in the game outright. See Progression and Upgrades.

Navigation Assist and the red trail shown during chase sequences are separate things. Whether Chase Assist also removes that chase trail has not been confirmed.

Motor and controller

A separate group covers how much input the game asks for and how the controller behaves. Most of these are about reducing effort rather than difficulty.

Option	What it does
Motor Preset	Applies a preset that sets several motor options at once.
Sprint Mode	Sets the sprint control style: Hold, Toggle Hold, Toggle Release, or Auto.
Auto Sprint Delay	Sets how long the game waits before automatic sprinting engages.
Sprint Overrides Crouch	Controls whether sprinting automatically cancels a crouch.
Repeated Button Presses	Switches on-screen button prompt sequences between tapping and holding.
UI Holds	Switches prompts that need a button hold, such as suit and technique purchases, between hold and toggle.
Touch Pad Active In Combat	Controls whether the touch pad opens menus during combat.
Controller Remapping	Changes the controller layout using presets or a custom mapping.
Shortcuts	Assigns an action to each of the four directional buttons, with a shortcut available for every technique slot.
Adaptive Triggers	Sets the force and tension applied when pressing L2 and R2.
Cinematic Vibration	Adjusts vibration strength during cinematics.
Controller Speaker Mode	Sets what the controller speaker plays.
Controller Vibration Mode	Experiential, Functional, or None.
Controller Vibration Intensity	Sets how strong the vibration is.

Motion sensitivity

The motion group mixes camera behaviour with render effects, so several of these entries double as graphics settings rather than accessibility ones.

Option	What it does
Motion Sensitivity Preset	Applies a preset that sets several motion options at once.
Fullscreen Effects	Toggles damage vignettes, intense flashing, and other effects that cover large parts of the screen.
Motion Blur	Toggles the blur created by camera movement and fast-moving objects.
Film Grain	Adjusts the intensity of the film grain effect.
Chromatic Aberration	Toggles the coloured fringing that appears around slightly shifted, out-of-focus objects.
Depth of Field	Toggles the blurring of objects away from the camera's focal point.
Look Sensitivity	Adjusts camera sensitivity while looking around.
Invert Look Control	Sets the look controls to inverted or standard.
Camera Shake	Adjusts the intensity of on-screen camera shake.
Camera Rotation Effects	Adjusts the extra camera rotation applied during traversal, combat, and other gameplay.
Camera Follow	Sets whether the camera adjusts automatically while running, and how quickly.
Combat Camera Rotation Assist	Rotates the camera automatically to help keep enemies in view during combat.
Center Dot	Turns on a persistent dot in the middle of the screen as a focal point.
Center Dot Size	Small, Medium, or Large.
Center Dot Color	Sets the colour of the centre dot.
Center Dot Opacity	Light, Medium, Dark, or Full.

Violence customization

This game is rated Mature and its violence is deliberately explicit, so the studio built a dedicated set of controls for it.

Option	What it does
Violence Preset	Some or Full.
Dynamic Blood	Toggles blood effects during combat.
Dismemberment	Toggles dismemberment.
Visceral Healing	Controls how much physical damage is shown on Logan's body as his healing factor works.

Senses, visuals, and haptics

Option	What it does
Vision Preset	Applies a preset that sets several visual options at once.
UI Text Size	Standard, Large, or Largest.
Icon and Prompt Size	Sets the size of in-world waypoints, icons, and prompts.
Toggle Icons	Controls whether HUD icons for active settings are shown.
Emphasis Text Color	Sets the colour used for emphasised text.
Senses Color Customization	Sets the colour of the Senses effect, the tracking vision Logan uses to find enemies and scents.
Senses Threat Color Customization	Sets the colour of enemy combat effects.
Parry Threat Color Customization	Sets the colour of the effects that should be parried.
Dodge Threat Color Customization	Sets the colour of the effects that should be dodged.
Heartbeat Audio	Toggles the heartbeat sound and vibration used to locate enemies through walls.
Footstep Vibration	Adjusts the strength of the vibration for Logan's footsteps.

High contrast

A high contrast layer can outline characters or flat-shade them in a single colour so they separate cleanly from the background. Each category of object gets its own shader, which is also where the seven distinct enemy type shaders live.

Option	What it does
High Contrast Presets	Four presets that set a group of high contrast options at once.
High Contrast Outlines Friendly	Puts a single solid colour outline on friendly characters.
High Contrast Outlines Enemy	Puts a single solid colour outline on enemy characters.
High Contrast Outline Thickness	Sets how thick those outlines are.
High Contrast Outline Brightness	Sets how bright those outlines are.
Hero Shader	Applies a solid single-colour shader to Logan.
Ally Shader	Applies a solid single-colour shader to allies.
NPC Shader	Applies a solid single-colour shader to NPCs.
Enemy Shaders	Applies a solid single-colour shader to enemies, with seven different enemy type shaders.
Story Critical Shader	Applies a solid single-colour shader to story critical items.
Combat Interact Shader	Applies a solid single-colour shader to objects that can be used in combat.
Collectible Shader	Applies a solid single-colour shader to collectibles.
High Contrast Background	Toggles a high contrast background to help some elements read clearly.
High Contrast Shader Fill Opacity	Sets how far the shaders override a character's natural colours.

Subtitles and captions

Subtitles and captions are configured separately, and both carry a full set of size, colour, and direction controls. The direction indicators are the notable pair: they point toward the source of a line or a sound, either for everything or only for sources that are off screen.

Option	What it does
Subtitles	Toggles dialogue text at the bottom of the screen.
Subtitle Size	Sets the size of subtitles.
Subtitle Color	Sets the subtitle text colour.
Subtitle Speaker Color	Sets the colour used for the speaker name.
Subtitle Background Color	Sets the background colour behind subtitles.
Subtitle Background Opacity	Sets how opaque that background is.
Subtitle Direction Indicators	Shows direction indicators during gameplay, for all subtitles or only off-screen ones.
Subtitle Direction Indicator Color	Sets the colour of those indicators.
Captions	Toggles text for important sound effects and music, in gameplay and cinematics.
Caption Size	Sets the size of captions.
Caption Color	Sets the caption text colour.
Caption Background Color	Sets the background colour behind captions.
Caption Background Opacity	Sets how opaque that background is.
Caption Direction Indicators	Shows direction indicators for all captions or only off-screen ones.
Caption Direction Indicator Color	Sets the colour of those indicators.
Music Caption Color	Sets the colour used for music captions.

Audio and language

Option	What it does
Hearing Preset	Applies a preset that sets several hearing options at once.
Mono Audio	Combines all audio into one output played through both speakers.
Voice Boost	Adjusts the mix so dialogue is clearer and more audible.
Screen Reader	Reads out on-screen text in menus, tutorials, and notifications.
Screen Reader Volume	Sets how loud the screen reader is.
Screen Reader Speed	100%, 150%, 200%, 300%, or 400%.
Screen Reader Verbosity	Default or Minimal.
Screen Reader Repeat	Controls whether the screen reader repeats an entry.
Screen Reader Repeat Delay Time	Sets how long it waits before repeating on idle.
Screen Reader Repeat Delay Scale	Doubles the wait before each further repeat, starting from the time set above.
Audio Description	Plays an extra audio track describing key visuals and actions during cinematics.
Audio Descriptions Volume	Sets how loud the audio description track is.
Accessibility Audio Cues	Adds audio cues that confirm a needed or completed action.
Accessibility Audio Cue Volume	Sets how loud those cues are.
Audio and Vibration Cue Glossary	A reference list of the game's audio cue sounds and vibrations.
Frequency Controls	Cuts off high and low frequencies and softens a chosen frequency range.
High Frequency Cutoff	Filters out everything above 6,000 Hz.
Low Frequency Cutoff	Filters out everything below 600 Hz.
Notch Frequency Filter	Enables a slider that removes a specific frequency range.
Streaming Mode	Toggles between licensed and composed music, which is the confirmation that the game contains licensed tracks alongside its original score.
Single Language Audio	Swaps dialogue spoken in other languages, where it matters to combat or narrative understanding, to match the chosen voice language.
Profanity filter	Replaces profane words with silence and shows them as asterisks. Available for US English only.

Screen Reader and Audio Description support is listed for English, French, Italian, German, Latin American Spanish, Castilian Spanish, and Japanese, with several entries flagged as arriving in the launch update for disc copies.

Other options

Option	What it does
First Time User Experience	A guided setup menu offered the first time the game boots, allowing full customisation before play begins.
Mission Waypoint Display	On, R3 Hint, or Off.
Tutorials	Sets how often tutorial messages appear.
Enable Reminders	Controls whether periodic interface reminders are shown.
Recent Settings Section	Lists the 20 most recently changed settings.
Photo Mode	A quick-access shortcut for Photo Mode.
Replay Cinematic	Replays or restarts the cinematic currently playing.

Platform-level features are covered separately on Technical Features and Performance.

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