Asking for a friend, DLC scariness level?

[EllieTheCasual]

Saw the option upon start up to reduce frights but maybe compromise the authentic experience. I'm a huge wimp but I also love this game and was wondering if there was any info I could get to put me at ease. I some how made it through dark bramble but with the addition of the option im not sure to expect more or less than that. Thanks for taking the time to read this!

edit- thanks for all the comments and advice. it's been a huge help

[Poseidon]

Following, for a friend.

[OwOmaltine]

Same :D

[Bobywan]

For now (1h) none except the new location appears to be quite dark at first.
There is a fright disable option that can be checked for the dlc.

[Vorir]

A few hours into the DLC and there are things that are fairly similar to the angler fish in dark bramble. But I didn't feel it was quite as jumpy as the original, but that may still change.

[I'm scared of Toasters]

achivements imply you're gonna get chased by something and I found skeletons of another alien race, preserved by some ghost ass flame so I'm guessing that's what's gonna be chasing us

[Tinker]

It's pretty spooky, not really any jumpscares but the whole atmosphere is creepy. If you've seen the end of the original game, it's a lot similar to the events of that.

[BobMaster]

Everything new is a bit frightening, finding the actual thing was super scary, but now it is a breeze going back.
And then that thing happened and WTH, but ok, it won't hurt me, I'm wearing a suit, yay ! Then realizing where you actually are and going woooooow super cool :P
*I tried to be as spoiler free as possible here ;)*

Haven't seen the things Vorir mentioned yet, but the anglerfish were rather easy and only a bit menacing once you figured them out.
Going to Dark Bramble and the crashed ship now is like a literal walk in the park.

Spooky, creepy, intriguing are the right words indeed.

[choobs]

Anyone actually tried the "Fright disable" option to see what the difference is?

[Augell]

I got quite a bit into it.
It has some really scary parts, but not as bad as a horror game that's made to scare you.
To me, those parts have been worse than anything the original game offered.

So on a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is not scary at all, and 5 is scary enough for me to not keep playing, it's been a 3/5 for me so far.
Original game was a 2/5.

[SMJSMOK]

There is some Anglerfish-tier stuff. I'm currently in the process of figuring out if there's some kind of a "trick" to it or if I'm supposed to stealth my way through...

[Setanta017]

Initially, there is the same fear of the unknown stuff that is classic to OW, stuff that is scary until you understand how it works and it becomes less scary.

Each of the planets have some different element of anxiety or fear attached to them in conjunction to this fear of the unknown, this new one is fear of the dark, for sure. Even how you enter the new area is heavily based on dark and light themes.

But its gonna feel weird because you get the creepy atmosphere initially just by how you get to this area . . . only for them to pull a bait and switch for a little while and blow your mind with the bulk of the new area.

[CrazyJayBe]

There's a new mechanic to this dlc. When you figure out what to do with the thing you can pick up and play with, you'll be VERY limited on vision. Not fog like Dark Bramble but absolute complete darkness save for some scattered candles. Then....you'll meet....***kkzzsssttt TRANSMISSION FAILURE kzzsst****

[Krieg]

There is a part in the dream world where you will get be hunted down by certain things while trying to get somewhere. The scare option does one main thing I noticed. With the artifact you have a very limited field of vision. With the less scary option OFF, the enemies will jump out at you from the dark if you they get close enough and do what's basically a mini-jumpscare. If you have the less scary option ON, they will basically just walk up to you from out of the dark before attacking. Both are still pretty creepy, but the option turns off that itty-bitty jumpscare before you get caught. They're not too hard to avoid and it's not super hard to keep track of where they are, but even getting close enough will trigger their scare.

[gooooood mewing vietnam!]

to me, the supernova music ruining my exploration was far scarier than any content in the dlc

[SMJSMOK]

Originally posted by StasisKrieg:

They're not too hard to avoid and it's not super hard to keep track of where they are

Do you have any tips for that? Because avoiding them is very tough for me. (I'm no expert for stealth gameplay, sadly.) It seems to me that you can decide between stumbling in complete darkness absolutely blind or shining your lamp, which gives away your position instantly...