Bioshock 2's hacking is an integral part of the game - It's also impossible for many colorblind people to do.

Various members on the official forums have asked 2K Games to patch in some colour-changing options, as the colors in the hacking tool all look very similar to people with any form of color-blindness.

The first screenshot shows us what Bioshock 2's hacking looks like to people with 'normal' vision. But the other three screenshots have been altered ny Negativegamer.com to show us what hacking looks like to people suffering from Deuteranopia (a form of red-green colour blindness), Protanopia (another form of red-green colour blindness) and Tritanopia (blue-yellow colour blindness).

With such a heavy reliance on colour, just how much of a hindrance is it to be colour blind in Rapture?

Whilst reading the 2K Forums earlier today finding out about all the BioShock 2 bugs, I found a thread complaining that hacking was almost impossible for colour blind gamers.

Curious to see for myself (no pun intended) just how much impact being colour blind makes to the new hacking mechanic, I ran the above image (sorry for the low quality, it’s a photo of the 360 version) through a colour contrast analyser application I used when re-designing this very site (you can download it here).

When hacking, the needle moves across the dial. Pressing A on a green hacks, blue gives you a bonus (blue areas are not found on most hacking displays), white gives you an electric shock and red triggers the alarm.

Miss Razz via negativegamer.com »