Comments on: EA Sports Active: Day 5 http://www.kellbot.com/2009/05/ea-sports-active-day-5/ Tinysaurs and Hacking and Nonsense Mon, 07 May 2012 11:42:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ivan http://www.kellbot.com/2009/05/ea-sports-active-day-5/comment-page-1/#comment-2997 Ivan Fri, 29 May 2009 19:42:14 +0000 http://www.kellbot.com/?p=258#comment-2997 Thanks, for your advice. Keep fighting the good fight :-) Thanks, for your advice. Keep fighting the good fight :-)

]]> By: Kellbot http://www.kellbot.com/2009/05/ea-sports-active-day-5/comment-page-1/#comment-2939 Kellbot Thu, 28 May 2009 16:04:57 +0000 http://www.kellbot.com/?p=258#comment-2939 For EA Sports Active, as far as I know there isn't any captioning beyond the game's various subtitles. I don't think she'd miss out on any crucial elements to the game sans hearing, unless she really really values the stock "you're doing great" the trainers say periodically. In the event you're doing something wrong text appears on the screen to correct you. The only thing that might be an issue is initially learning the exercises. While most of them are pretty easy to follow along with the on-screen video, it might be good her for to go through some of the exercises with someone else in case there's something unclear in the video. But once you learn the exercises there's not really much to hear. Wii Fit only really talks to you during the yoga/strength exercieses. A few (pushups, for example) of them would be difficult to do without hearing because you need to look away from the screen to do the exercise, and listen for a tone. The rhythm boxing and step aerobics might be a little frustrating too. I think given the choice between the two EA Sports Active would be a little better for someone without hearing. For EA Sports Active, as far as I know there isn’t any captioning beyond the game’s various subtitles. I don’t think she’d miss out on any crucial elements to the game sans hearing, unless she really really values the stock “you’re doing great” the trainers say periodically. In the event you’re doing something wrong text appears on the screen to correct you.

The only thing that might be an issue is initially learning the exercises. While most of them are pretty easy to follow along with the on-screen video, it might be good her for to go through some of the exercises with someone else in case there’s something unclear in the video. But once you learn the exercises there’s not really much to hear.

Wii Fit only really talks to you during the yoga/strength exercieses. A few (pushups, for example) of them would be difficult to do without hearing because you need to look away from the screen to do the exercise, and listen for a tone. The rhythm boxing and step aerobics might be a little frustrating too. I think given the choice between the two EA Sports Active would be a little better for someone without hearing.

]]> By: Ivan http://www.kellbot.com/2009/05/ea-sports-active-day-5/comment-page-1/#comment-2935 Ivan Thu, 28 May 2009 15:31:29 +0000 http://www.kellbot.com/?p=258#comment-2935 My girl has been intrigued by these (wii fit and EA sports active), so I forwarded your review to her. She found that very helpful but I am worried that this game is lacking in captioned support. She is deaf and I don't want her experience to be cheapened by yet another game that has no subtitle or caption option for her to follow along with whatever voice is used in the game. I know it is a better question to as EA themselves, but unfortunatley with the state of support service these days I have a better chance at a good response from a site like yours. My girl has been intrigued by these (wii fit and EA sports active), so I forwarded your review to her. She found that very helpful but I am worried that this game is lacking in captioned support. She is deaf and I don’t want her experience to be cheapened by yet another game that has no subtitle or caption option for her to follow along with whatever voice is used in the game. I know it is a better question to as EA themselves, but unfortunatley with the state of support service these days I have a better chance at a good response from a site like yours.

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