

However, it soon becomes apparent that the little cat’s adventure is about more than just their hopeful family reunion, as flashing screens begin to provide up-to-the-minute guidance on where the cat should go to find safety from foes. Stray’s story seems simple enough at first glance. However, the absence of closed captioning can make it difficult for hard-of-hearing players to know if the cat has meowed (a life-saving measure at times) or may cause them to miss audio cues for events like doors or windows opening momentarily. There is no voice acting, and given Stray’s dialogue takes place via text boxes, subtitles may seem unnecessary. Unfortunately, there are no options for closed captioning. There are a handful of accessibility options, including a slider for motion blur and options to add or remove the reticule, HUD, and other prompts. For those using a DualSense controller with their PC, Stray does also utilize haptic feedback. On PC, Stray does feature full controller support - going so far as to recommend that it plays best with a gamepad - and even includes matching on-screen button inputs when using an Xbox controller.

Windows 10, Intel Core i5-2300 | AMD FX-6350, 8GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti, 2GB | AMD Radeon R7 360, 2GB
