Arachnophobia Mode - Should be a legal requirement for all game developers...

[neal121]

WHY DID YOU HAVE TO ADD SPIDERS?!?!?! If your going to add Spiders - you should be legally required to add arachnophobia mode for people like me.

"... Arachnophobia, irrational fear of spiders, is one of the most common specific phobias. Based on the literature, arachnophobia affects 2.7–6.1% of people in the general population and is significantly more prevalent among women than men." ** 2.7-6.1%!!! of people around the world have a global fear of spiders and their counterparts. Thats a lot of people!

** https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8740501/#:~:text=Arachnophobia%2C%20irrational%20fear%20of%20spiders,women%20than%20men%20%5B1%5D.
**

Spiders can cause other health issues when you dont expect them... like anxiety, panic attacks, heart attacks from fear, etc. I doubt there are many players that play video games to suffer anxiety, panic, heart attacks from fear, etc. It should be legal requirement for such a mode. Not sure why devs just dont do it anyways... get rid of the scary fear causing spiders that stop players from playing your game, the more money you make from us coming to play your game that either you added arac mode, or removed spiders.

PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! add arachnophobia mode in settings so that I can return to play and not suffer extreme panic attacks while playing a video game....

[Fred Raket]

"legally required "
That's a level of entitlement that I can and will never understand.
Ask for a mode all you want. Wanting the actual LAW changed, that is real special.

[Vela Darney]

If you add an arachnophobia mode then, to be fair, you'd have to add a mode for every other phobia out there, too. Me, I'm just as scared of snakes as you are of spiders. Yet - no ophidiophobia mode anywhere ...

[Kyutaru]

I have a solution to your fear of spiders.

Grab a gun. Kill them.

[Saxony]

There are spiders outside your house right now, and probably some inside too. Should there be a law against that?

[Luna]

Originally posted by neal121:

"... Arachnophobia, irrational fear of spiders, is one of the most common specific phobias. Based on the literature, arachnophobia affects 2.7–6.1% of people in the general population and is significantly more prevalent among women than men." ** 2.7-6.1%!!! of people around the world have a global fear of spiders and their counterparts. Thats a lot of people!

This is your answer as to why this will not be a thing.
You cite the general population but I bet the number of people interested in a horror inspired survival game is even smaller. This is like a PTSD veteran demanding a Battlefield game to have a mode that does not depict war in a realistic way (Within the boundaries of a video game).
There's a literal boss spider thing. If it affects you this harshly you should not play the game.
I'm sorry.

I have a problem with using voice chat and so I can only type and even though that's a much smaller thing I'm not here demanding games that don't have text chat to have it. I'm simply not playing those games.

Them making their chat window better would benefit everyone though. Because damn....

[Gyson]

What was wrong with the other thread you started on this topic today?

https://steamcommunity.com/app/2139460/discussions/0/4557163023706013331/

Look, I'll say here what I said there: If you ask for spiders to be replaced by something else the developers will probably say they're willing to do it when time permits. But they have a LONG list of things they're claiming they'll do when time permits, and they are a small team, and the odds of them achieving even half of what they're promising is slim.

So does the situation suck for you? Yes. Is it likely to improve? Probably not, and not because they're unwilling, but because they're likely unable to squeeze it into their schedule or budget. They've mentioned repeatedly now over the last few days that they're out of money. It's probably why the game was pushed out now rather than waiting for a clearer field (there have been a lot of game launches recently) and a more polished product.

That's the reality you need to consider, and then figure out whether you can get past this and deal with the in-game spiders or not.

[Doomtrigger]

How about you just grow up oh no the spooky spiders are gonna come out of your screen and get you they look like ticks

[Mistasandman]

This feels like a cope issue, just know you get to kill the spider, that should cure your fear since you are literally removing it from this world. :)

[juulstrup83]

Grow up, it's a game. I have arachnophobia as well and have never been bothered by digital spiders.

[Roan Woasbi]

I have severe Arachnophobia and I still want spiders in games. Don't like it? Don't play.

[Rizz Monkey]

I don't like spiders, but would I care about them in a game? There's no point adding a arachnophobia mode.

[BD]

Lol, if Diablo IV can use spiders then every other game can do use them too. It is bad to have some kind *phobia but that is not the reason to not use one of the most prominent species in world.

[yeezy did it]

"Intense gamer" he says but cant handle spiders in a video game. entitled soab.

[Jerricky Jebates]

your ancestors got bit by too many spiders

[RedHawk]

I'm struggling as well playing the game, the spiders freak me the ♥♥♥♥ out and I can't possibly enjoy myself fully, I'm just loitering around outside instead of going inside buildings in case they come around the corner.

And seeing as how many people are just so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ dull when it comes to phobias is beyond me, it's like saying rape and bad sex is the same thing, one person doesn't enjoy either so in your words they should "deal with it, lol"

I would be thankful with a unity white box coverup like a brilliant community member made for Last Epoch, I don't care about "immersion" when it helps people play a game that's supposed to be fun.