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Intrudand's avatar
6 years ago

Spiders and players with arachnophobia - whose answer is more likely?

Of course, I mean the presence of spiders in the game and players with arachnophobia

This question, or rather a discussion, is not my only case.
The Fallen Order is a game included in the canon of Star Wars, so it could do without new creatures like spiders. The simple thing is that the presence of these arthropods in this game is a conscious movement of the creators, because in no other game or film there is even a mention of the presence of these creatures. And because of their presence for players with arachnophobia the game is practically impossible to play. Here's my question: can the community count on any other reaction from the creators on this issue than just emails that they will look into this problem and take it seriously, or maybe it's the modders who will have to help on a "fan to fan" basis?
Unlike previous Star Wars games, the game was not developed in the Frostbite engine, but in the Unreal Engine. This engine is much more accessible to the "average blacksmith", so modifications to this game are already being made, but mainly focus on improving graphics or adding more "skins" for the main character. And the community could manage on their own, but it would be nice if the developers would react to this problem somehow, even if this reaction would be a message where we would get information that EA and Respawn will not do anything about it.
I had to give up many games by the presence of spiders like Skyrim and the Witcher, and in my time even Minecraft. But there is one game in which the developers have perfectly coped with this problem - Satisfactory. There are several creatures in this game, including spiders, but the people from Coffee Stain Studios thought of players with arachnophobia. Well, in the settings there is an option "Arachnophobia mode". When enabled, this mode turns all spiders into 2D pictures of cat heads and disables spider sound effects. By the way, Satisfactory is also done in Unreal Engine.
Someone may say "but spiders are an important part of this game (SWJFO) and removing them means removing part of the game" Well, yes, but on the other hand, their presence is a factor that creates a problem for arachnophobic players. And the option itself, which would replace spiders with something else, would be possible rather than mandatory, so that not everyone would have to "suffer" from this change, and so that the game would finally become playable for the rest of the players. I'm not saddened by the fact that the creators added creatures that evoke phobias to this game, but I'm saddened by the fact that there is no official reaction from the creators. For me, the lack of this reaction is a lack of respect for the players who bought this product. It doesn't matter what kind of reaction it would be, whether it would mean that something will be done or not.

And now the question to the community: does anyone know if someone is already working on a modification to remove spiders from this game?

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  • @Intrudand

    I've played through the game 3 times from Jedi Knight to Jedi Grand Master and I'm seriously trying to recollect any places where you are forced to fight spiders.

    Pretty much every place I recall encountering them you can literally evade them.

    As far as Star Wars canon, the game follows it well enough, and Star Wars is a universe full of strange species of beasts and civilians.

    It's kinda hard to sympathize when you are expecting them to omit something that is estimated to affect on average only about 4.8% of the global population, especially when they are so easily avoided.

    What's next, they omit cliff edge segments, rope swings, slide jumps, and the

    Spoiler
    Gorgara ending

    due to those whom have vertigo?

    The point is, video games, especially AAA titles, are made for the masses, not the few. We can't all get what we want, but they have to for obvious business reasons error on the side of the majority.

  • @Sati_Sati

    There are actually several errors in that guide where he leads one to believe certain spiders have to be fought, which is not true.

    First off, the albino boss spider can be avoided entirely just by not walking into it's pit. You can still even access the secret just by taking a back route to the ledge it's on, accessed via the jungle wall behind the lone trooper standing by a crate above the spider/trooper fight.

    Second, the spiders where you first get the breather in Kashyyyk can also be avoided just by cleverly choosing where you swim to, then luring them away while you run into the cave with the access route to the breather. Also remember you have Slow as well if needed.

    Third, even with the elevated plateau he refers to after leaving the Origin tree, it's pretty easy to stand to the left of it to lure them, then dash to it's right side, mantle it, and quickly run to mantle the ledge to the right, which puts you out of their reach. The spiders there are easily duped into remaining looking for you, so it's not even hard to avoid them enough to even get collectibles in that area.

    The only thing you really have to face in the way of spiders is the one in the arena, and only if you don't hide from it's sight and let it get killed by the Jotaz, and the little beetle-like ones on Dathomir, which can easily be Push killed into walls or off cliffs.

    I think this is mostly a case of people letting their phobia take over, which keeps them from thinking they have any non combat alternatives. I mean I could make a video guide on how to do all this, but I've already uninstalled the game for valuable NVMe space for other games.

  • Can you guys please make a setting on story mode that removes all the spiders on the wookie home world when you play the story. Arachnophobia is a very common fear and i cant even finish the story because of it. I bought the game and i cant even finish it. PLEASE id spend 20 bucks on a dlc that removes them. P.s also do an arena mode dlc for the game that is something id also spend money on

  • I have not purchased SWJFO for ONE REASON and ONE REASON ALONE.............the Spiders, because I am severely arachnophobic.  TBH, even writing this question is invoking some serious issues for me.   

    I own every single Star Wars game over the years even ones that came out on floppy disks and CD and I have loved playing every single one of them.  It really saddens me that I can not purchase and play the latest Star Wars game because someone decided it would be a good idea to put spiders in it.

    I am asking this:  Is there anyway to turn off the spiders??  Or can I get buy a copy of the game WITHOUT the spiders in it??  Or could there be a feature in a future patch of the game made to turn off the spiders like there is a feature in the game called "Satisfactory" by Coffee Stain, that allows the player to replace the spiders with pictures of Cat faces instead..............which something like that would allow me to play the game.

    As it stands right now, I cant buy or play the game knowing there are giant spiders in it.

    Please, please, please, please make them go away so I can buy the game!!!

    Thank you,

    - Whataboutbob

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