Bugs and Spiders?

[TheNinthAlly]

Really thinking about getting this game, but I'm arachnophobic and entomophobic so I wanted to ask if any bugs or spiders are present in Chicory, and if so, how realistic do they look? For example, I'm perfectly fine with all of Hollow Knight's creatures except for Deepnest.

[Perseus]

There are bugs, and i think only one spider?
Unless you count butterflies and the like, all bugs are located within the same area. (The one spider i remember is located elsewhere.)

I don't *think* any of the "big" ones look realistic? (aside from the spider, who is optional apart for 100%).
If it matters, they might look "weird", though, depending on your definition of "weird".
None of them are hostile, if it helps.

There is one bug (who talks) that doesn't have a sprite because they're too small, could that be a potential problem?

Personally, apart from the foreground spiders in Deepnest, i didn't think anything in Deepnest was realistic-looking.


The game does have an option called "Content warnings", which warns the player when potentially sensitive content is about to occur and gives the option to skip it (for example by telling the player that there's a skip cutscene button), but it might just be for cutscenes, and not the part with all the bugs.



If you want, i could find links to some screenshots of the different bugs, if you want to see whether you could handle them.

[TheNinthAlly]

Originally posted by Perseus:

There are bugs, and i think only one spider?
Unless you count butterflies and the like, all bugs are located within the same area. (The one spider i remember is located elsewhere.)

I don't *think* any of the "big" ones look realistic? (aside from the spider, who is optional apart for 100%).
If it matters, they might look "weird", though, depending on your definition of "weird".
None of them are hostile, if it helps.

There is one bug (who talks) that doesn't have a sprite because they're too small, could that be a potential problem?

Personally, apart from the foreground spiders in Deepnest, i didn't think anything in Deepnest was realistic-looking.


The game does have an option called "Content warnings", which warns the player when potentially sensitive content is about to occur and gives the option to skip it (for example by telling the player that there's a skip cutscene button), but it might just be for cutscenes, and not the part with all the bugs.



If you want, i could find links to some screenshots of the different bugs, if you want to see whether you could handle them.

Thanks a lot for the insight.

Yeah the foreground spiders and ants and stuff were the only reason I couldn't handle Deepnest, everything else was okay (there was also that one spawn animation for a certain enemy there that looked like a huge spider shadow so that was terrible but otherwise).

If you could send some images that'd be nice yeah.

[Perseus]

Here's some screenshots.
(Some of these will have out-of-context spoilers, but nothing i'd call important myself.)

Smaller bugs :
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2952284900

Spider :
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2972171721

Special bug :
You see the block below the red-ish (not the character) part?
There's a bug under it (you can see the antennas of the other one), and it carries the block when it moves around. You can't really see much of it when i moves, just its antennas and a few legs. (I didn't find a screenshot of the legs, but i could try harder if you want.)
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1684892509409809689/5BAC411AD8CBECF36A1DEB55361AEB7F72D4C88E/


Larger bugs :
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3031335214
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2953023887
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1684892509409787805/FBAC9421DDA50777EA77CF9E9859ACB3EF7985B5/

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1684892509409786875/8A63E8AA2516FE99FFD689A0477BC9367AC3A84D/

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1684892509409787378/AC4E9C0129BFFE247867C46605BD4F70B932F3F2/

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1684892509409788375/2FF1D6D8C4857CE8E5FBB3BDCBE57C9485172437/

[TheNinthAlly]

Originally posted by Perseus:

Here's some screenshots.
(Some of these will have out-of-context spoilers, but nothing i'd call important myself.)

Smaller bugs :
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2952284900

Spider :
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2972171721

Special bug :
You see the block below the red-ish (not the character) part?
There's a bug under it (you can see the antennas of the other one), and it carries the block when it moves around. You can't really see much of it when i moves, just its antennas and a few legs. (I didn't find a screenshot of the legs, but i could try harder if you want.)
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1684892509409809689/5BAC411AD8CBECF36A1DEB55361AEB7F72D4C88E/


Larger bugs :
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3031335214
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2953023887
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1684892509409787805/FBAC9421DDA50777EA77CF9E9859ACB3EF7985B5/

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1684892509409786875/8A63E8AA2516FE99FFD689A0477BC9367AC3A84D/

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1684892509409787378/AC4E9C0129BFFE247867C46605BD4F70B932F3F2/

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1684892509409788375/2FF1D6D8C4857CE8E5FBB3BDCBE57C9485172437/

Okay yeah, most of those seem to be fine, I think I'll be okay.

Thanks for gathering all of this, it probably took forever.

[Perseus]

Originally posted by TheNinthAlly:

Thanks for gathering all of this, it probably took forever.

No problem, i hope you can enjoy this game!
It didn't take that long, and it would probably have been faster if i had thought to check guides for images from the start, though they wouldn't have included some of these.

Also, i just remembered that there's a "chapter select" beta. If the bugs turn out to be too much, you could skip the chapter they're in by opting into said beta.
(Library -> Right-click on game -> Properties -> Betas)