Make the game more accassibile for people with arachnophobia

Hey there,

I really like PoE2 so far. After some tweaks on the skill tree, the game is really fun!
The one thing that's bothering me though was playing through the Traitor's Passage map as someone with a huge fear of spiders. It was just so much for me and even while only looking at the health bars, I almost threw up while playing. This was during my first story play and I probably would have quit if my partner didn't push me through this.

Is there any way to make these spider-like enemies less realistic or just change the texture to something less triggering?

Thank you and have a nice day.

+1

I have an irrational fear of dying by exploding purple flowers, can the devs do me a solid and just remove on death explosions please?

Seriously though, the idea that a game should spend development time catering to an extremely small niche just needs to disappear back into the ether. I get it, you're afraid of spiders; the onus is on you to fix (or avoid) your problem, not GGG to cater to it. I mean this in the nicest way possible, because I don't really think there is a nice way to say that this is a fundamentally narcissistic idea that shouldn't exist.

Think of PoE2 as exposure therapy. I'll be good for you.

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Pathological#1188 wrote:

I have an irrational fear of dying by exploding purple flowers, can the devs do me a solid and just remove on death explosions please?

Seriously though, the idea that a game should spend development time catering to an extremely small niche just needs to disappear back into the ether. I get it, you're afraid of spiders; the onus is on you to fix (or avoid) your problem, not GGG to cater to it. I mean this in the nicest way possible, because I don't really think there is a nice way to say that this is a fundamentally narcissistic idea that shouldn't exist.

First and foremost: Arachnophobia is not an extremely small niche, it's one of the most common specific phobias. I do not think that you really get what it means to have Arachnophobia, otherwise you wouldn't be a dick about it.

Why are you a dick about it in the first place? Nobody hurt you. Nobody asked to completely remove Spiders from the game or to force a visual change. This is easily fixed by using an option under "Graphics" or maybe a new tab for something like "Accessibility", which many games do, to provide an enjoyable experience to everybody AND NOT JUST YOU.

Going around and calling people out as narcissists or for having "...fundamentally narcissistic idea.."s is just insulting and fits the description of "narcissism" alot more than the original feedback/suggestion/request.

I'd love to wish anybody else who honestly believes they have a valid point with opinions like this a nice day, like the OP did, but I just don't see why I should be friendly towards this lack of sympathy or empathy.

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Darkyyx#1078 wrote:

First and foremost: Arachnophobia is not an extremely small niche, it's one of the most common specific phobias.

It's common because it doesn't take much to qualify for arachnophobia. Not even being able to deal with obviously not real, virtual spiders in a top down view in a game is a VERY extreme case and is most likely anything but common.

I am both genuinely surprised at just how many people are THAT scared of even virtual spiders and how many game devs just are like "Oooh, spiders are cool enemies" and like none of them ever add in arachnophobia accessibility QOL.

Then again, PoE has zero accessibility QOL, they really should add some for color blind and other improvements. May as well have an option to replace spiders with slimes with maws or something while they're at it

Therapy helps. I’m sure people are afraid of cannibals, ghosts, zombies, rabid diseased dogs and giant monkeys in the jungle.

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CPTBRUMBL3Z#3146 wrote:

I am both genuinely surprised at just how many people are THAT scared of even virtual spiders and how many game devs just are like "Oooh, spiders are cool enemies" and like none of them ever add in arachnophobia accessibility QOL.

Then again, PoE has zero accessibility QOL, they really should add some for color blind and other improvements. May as well have an option to replace spiders with slimes with maws or something while they're at it

Pretty sure there is colorblind mode. 1 has it so 2 will if it isn't in already.

What about jumpscare/ambush-phobia? Compared to PoE1, this game feels much more like Doom 3.