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.
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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....

[BurlsoL]

Publicado originalmente por Rabidnid:

Phobias are not rational, and some people have them very bad.

And countless studies have shown that the best way to ease them or get rid of them is to face them. Games are excellent for this since it lets you approach a thing without being in any risk. A game where you can just kill things related to your fear is even better.

Horror is only effective when there is an emotional response.

[restarter]

Publicado originalmente por Rabidnid:

Publicado originalmente por restarter:

I mean really? disabling? Like the curl up into a ball start sobbing? God what would happen if a spider dropped into their lap while they were driving?
"There's been a 50 vehicle pile up on 99. 20 people are believed to be dead and paramedics and firefighters are out here with the Jaws of Life...and...hang on I'm getting somethi.... Yes, John apparently the driver said a spider fell into his lap and he blacked out. Yes folks you heard that right...a spider...back to you John."

Phobias are not rational, and some people have them very bad.

Yeah i guess I'm like that with heights. I absolutely can not stand near a ledge. Even with a railing I have to stand at arms length.
I stayed 19 floors up with my cousins once and they were leaning over the railing to take pictures and I about ♥♥♥♥ my pants.
♥♥♥♥ just thinking about it gives me vertigo.
Oddly I love it in video games because I know I can't get hurt but it still gives me vertigo.

[Lukyn]

Hornets are way scarier!
Huge very loud flying yucky insecty objects that you cannot easily outrun and that can actually kill you. How are you not more scared of those instead?

[Slightly_Smaug]

More spider enemies.

[Ripflex]

No... we need more spiders actually, and snakes and creepy crawlers... so the hyper sensitive people can be scared of pixels in a game.

[Zackson]

I also have arachnophobia and it is tough to look at a spider. I don't like it at all.... but atleast they are not EVERY where, like conan exiles.

all the people making fun of "its just a game" it doesn't apply to u sir because u don't have the phobia. so u won't and can't understand why just a spider is so scary to us.

same gose with ophidiophobia, Im not affraid of snakes, so I can never understand why someone with ophidiophobia is.

[zghaun]

Publicado originalmente por Zackson:

I also have arachnophobia and it is tough to look at a spider. I don't like it at all.... but atleast they are not EVERY where, like conan exiles.

all the people making fun of "its just a game" it doesn't apply to u sir because u don't have the phobia. so u won't and can't understand why just a spider is so scary to us.

same gose with ophidiophobia, Im not affraid of snakes, so I can never understand why someone with ophidiophobia is.

yah a lot of people have other phobias that's in game that also include megolophobia, thalassophobia or insectophobia

Should they also have a mode for that? if so doesn't that mean just turn off the whole game?

Wouldn't it be better for everyone if the player overcomes the phobia?

[Xarian-Prime]

No.

You get the product as it is. There's things I don't like in games too, but I'm ADULT enough to push through or just stay well clear of those things.

The world doesn't exist to cater for your phobias. Suck it up or move along.

[Bob Salot]

I'm afraid of socialisation and going outside, like actual panic attacks. So lets remove those from games too. Or you know, I could just not play social games.

[Zackson]

Publicado originalmente por zghaun:

Publicado originalmente por Zackson:

I also have arachnophobia and it is tough to look at a spider. I don't like it at all.... but atleast they are not EVERY where, like conan exiles.

all the people making fun of "its just a game" it doesn't apply to u sir because u don't have the phobia. so u won't and can't understand why just a spider is so scary to us.

same gose with ophidiophobia, Im not affraid of snakes, so I can never understand why someone with ophidiophobia is.

yah a lot of people have other phobias that's in game that also include megolophobia, thalassophobia or insectophobia

Should they also have a mode for that? if so doesn't that mean just turn off the whole game?

Wouldn't it be better for everyone if the player overcomes the phobia?

where in my comment did u see that I asked em to have mode for ANY phobia?

[B҉O҉I҉L҉E҉D]

So... IF you had Acrophobia(Fear of height), you'll want a law that force the devs to make a new map to get rid all the high terrain?

[76561198070929939]

surely the developers have to waste their time to cater to 3% of the world population, Concord did it with the rainbow people and look at what happened LMAO. Get a grip and stop acting like a children or just don't play the game and let others enjoy it.

[Captain Pansy]

dude, like EVERY game has 2 things:
1. rats
2. spiders
they are the default mobs, and spiders are so overused as bosses, it is already a cliche.
i am asking seriously: what games do you play that dont have them?

[Traba Feo]

Damn, in all my 20 years of gaming, I've never seen so much whining and sensitivity from players. They complain about everything! If you don't like spiders, don't play. They're not gonna remove a whole boss or mobs just because of your damn phobias.

[Ellie]

You are playing a game that has creepy weird monsters and are surprised that it has spiders.

That's like people who have thalassophobia and play subnautica, then get surprised when it makes them scared.

Ironically. I have both phobias. I'm TERRIFIED of spiders. I'm TERRIFIED of bodies of water. The deeper and darker the water, the more my panic escalates. Just imagine how terrifying subnautica was.

But it's a game. It's not real. You could CHOOSE not to play such games KNOWING it's got scary creepy monsters. Most scary creepy games and movies 75%+ of the times involve bugs. You cannot expect movies and games to cater to your phobia. It's not logical, just like your/our phobias.