Recommend for people with Thalassophobia?

[Roarmiaka]

Thalassophobia can include fear of being in large bodies of water, fear of the vast emptiness of the sea, and fear of distance from land.Thalassophobes may also be afraid of encountering sea creatures rather than the sea itself.

Okay with definition out of the way, I loved Journey to pieces, its one of my favorite games of all time. (i know its just the art director). Silly as this is i always kinda laugh at the people who are afraid of giant spiders in skyrim, Well i get my karma cause i love this style of game but i do suffer from thalassophobia(encountering sea creature part). Would ya guys still recommend it?

EDIT: Tried it, Loved it. Only a few parts that bothered me at least but won't be that bad incase anyone else is wondering the same thing :)

[[Fmds]Finder82]

Lot of big and small sea creatures in this game, so i think that would me a huge problem for you.

[Roarmiaka]

Originally posted by FmdsFinder82:

Lot of big and small sea creatures in this game, so i think that would me a huge problem for you.

Like is there parts where your getting chased by any of them? Like in Journey ( ya i know different game) had sandworms things.

[[Fmds]Finder82]

Not seen any chasing by any of the creatures i have seen thus far, all the sea life in the game so far have been non hostile towards the player.

[Roarmiaka]

hmm ok, i think ill give it a shot later today. i just imagine myself sitting at my computer with scuba mask and flippers on O_O lol

[DevilTwins]

im actually terrified of the ocean. Specially non reef areas. Reef area's i can tolerate since they're not always that deep and can be quite pretty to look at, with all the coral and marine life. I do not however, like Large open parts of the ocean where just being on the surface freaks me out. I played a game called stranded deep. That game has hostile tiger and great white sharks. And an aggressive marlin. And before the recent updates, when ever a shark rammed the raft you got flung out of it and ended up in the ocean. I literally screamed the place down. Not because of the shark, but because i was in the ocean. I was so scared, i slammed my finger down on the esc and sat in the menu screen for way over 8 minutes, trying to work up the courage to get back into the game, and get back into the raft before the shark grabs a hold of you and drags you deeper. I managed to get to shore. But saved and quit to allow myself to calm down from the ordeal.

However being a fan of Journey, i had to get this. And only twice did i actually get nervous. But the surrounding marine mammals really draw you in, taking away that fear. I was literally in awe the entire time i completely forgot about the whole deep abyss thing.

I would recommend you give it a shot. Some parts are quite dark and scary looking, but the game tends to make you turn your attention to other things. There's some amazing scene's in this game that really helped me forget about my fear.

[Sticks]

As someone who gets anxiety being in the open ocean in real life and had fears about the deeper darker parts of the game I can safely say I didn't feel any of that playing this game.
I'm sure it varies from person to person but it was fine for me.

[Jiafei Products <3]

None of the Sea Creatures are Hostile Against you, Yes even the Shark , the only things that are hostile (Kinda) are The Mines :3 Also, most of the game you stay in shallow parts of water so you should be fine ;)

[Metsalker]

hahaha same "problem" it was my doubt xD

[Laxie]

Originally posted by Roarmiaka:

Thalassophobia can include fear of being in large bodies of water, fear of the vast emptiness of the sea, and fear of distance from land.Thalassophobes may also be afraid of encountering sea creatures rather than the sea itself.

Okay with definition out of the way, I loved Journey to pieces, its one of my favorite games of all time. (i know its just the art director). Silly as this is i always kinda laugh at the people who are afraid of giant spiders in skyrim, Well i get my karma cause i love this style of game but i do suffer from thalassophobia(encountering sea creature part). Would ya guys still recommend it?

It really depends on how bad your phobia is. I feel very uneasy in large bodies of water. The thought of swimming on open sea scares the crap out of me.

At the same time, I find sea life fascinating. This game is very much in that spirit - praising the life under the sea. There are no hostile encounters at all. Everything is very much positive.

That said, there are moments where you swim in huge bodies of water, with nothing around you at all. There are moments where you encounter gigantic types of fish. There are moments where you swim down into the empty sea. While all of these are non-hostile experiences, they are in open water.

If you are like me, where you feel "uneasy" in open water, but find sea life amazing, you should be fine. If your phobia is very serious though, you might not feel great in certain parts of the game.

[geelw2]

I actually note this in my review: https://fanboydestroy.com/2016/08/02/review-abzu/

I had a friend drop by who's terrified of the ocean to watch me play on Saturday and he did have an initial moment of fear diring one section (the whales diving as the camera pulls back). But he just did his calming exercise and less than 30 seconds later, he was back to normal and even replayed two of the maps I'd completed with no issues at all.

[RexTheDishes]

I myself am no real fan of the unknown abyss. The first section where it really starts to go deep gave be the initial uneasiness. I swam back up and bit to collect myself before decending again.

Really, the entire game is well lit (almost wish some parts were darker) and you can always see what is around you. If not colors but shapes.

The game is really not made to scare you. Unlike Jounrey that had a few scary moments.

[Roarmiaka]

Thanks all, Just bought it and gonna give it a shot *wears said scuba outfit and flippers* ill give an update if it does freak me out XD

[Roarmiaka]

What really helps me so far is Little robot companions! makes me feel less alone

[Roarmiaka]

Just finished, Amazing game, only 2-3 parts were (hate this word) "triggering" enough to make me stop in my tracks when you couldnt see the bottom of the ocean. Even made me like sharks again...ok a shark......that shark XD