Please no spiders : V - Skyrim

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 1:05 am

I have arachnophobia too. When one crawls on me I scream like a little girl and start flailing about. But... I am glad they are in... So I can KILL THEM MERCILESSLY! :gun:

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:35 pm

What if they're like the spiders from the Avernum games?
"Hi! My name's Spider! You're cute!"

:wub:
The talking spiders were the most innocent of creatures in exile. The high pitched voices were a little annoying though.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:14 pm

I have a huge fear of deep water. Crippling in fact. But game wise it doesn't affect me at all. Namely becuase its not the sight of the water which scares me, its the fear of me being physically under it.

While under your reasoning for its removeable, I doubt and hope it isn't.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 1:08 pm

I can understand how horrible a situation this must be to be in. And everyone who's essentially saying 'man up' obviously doesn't realise what phobias entail or how they can control your life.

I remember an official patch being released for System Shock 2 because of one section where there was an influx of spiders. They recognised that it's a fairly common phobia and it was hindering people's progress in the game. I doubt Beth will follow suit though because they didn't do anything about the Spider Daedra in Oblivion did they?

lol... uhh huh.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:20 pm

I have a huge fear of deep water. Crippling in fact. But game wise it doesn't affect me at all. Namely becuase its not the sight of the water which scares me, its the fear of me being physically under it.

While under your reasoning for its removeable, I doubt and hope it isn't.

Do you fear whats under you or do you fear like falling in and never being able to get out. For me i always feared of whats under me even in pools the way i fixed that is by wearing water shoes so i always felt that i was on the ground.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 1:13 pm

Wouldn't that be... awesome, in a way?

I heard of this one guy, really religious, who overcame his fear of the devil by playing Doom. He was terrified through the whole thing, but by the end, he felt really, really good.

Give it a go. Being scared is awesome.

Edit: Added link.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_272/8132-How-to-Shoot-Real-Demons

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:21 pm

Do you fear whats under you or do you fear like falling in and never being able to get out. For me i always feared of whats under me even in pools the way i fixed that is by wearing water shoes so i always felt that i was on the ground.

I don't actually know. I think its the "falling" thing. I remember when I went on some trip with my school when I was like 12 or something and I got into a huge arguement with one the onsite staff members after I refused to go into the lake (which I was never told about).

Spoiler

I hate people sometimes

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 5:19 am

This whole thread reminds me of a skit on Mad TV. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYLMTvxOaeE

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 11:19 pm

why the hell did everyone confuse fear and phobia? Phobia is a hard form of Panic. If in a giant Building burns a huge Fire, many people want to get out, trampling other to death and jump through windows 100 meters into dead... A few arachnophobic people can get a heart attack by this eight legs monsters, if they are large/hairy/ugly enough... so don't just say "get it over" ... i will replace this creatures with little cute bunnys :mohawk:

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 11:55 pm

@OP: I'm in the same boat as you. And I have to playtest that giant spider all the friggin' time. I'm beginning to think that the testers know that it gives me the willies and keep giving me bugs (ha ha) around it just to mess with me.

To whichever LD decided to put that in the game, I have some choice words for you. Choice words.

The biggest incentive to overcome your fears: a paycheck.

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 4:32 am

why the hell did everyone confuse fear and phobia? Phobia is a hard form of Panic. If in a giant Building burns a huge Fire, many people want to get out, trampling other to death and jump through windows 100 meters into dead... A few arachnophobic people can get a heart attack by this eight legs monsters, if they are large/hairy/ugly enough... so don't just say "get it over" ... i will replace this creatures with little cute bunnys :mohawk:

Im sorry sir but it is a VIDEOGAME. If the situation is as dire as you imply then simply dont play it. Or be ingenuitive. Its either that or a heart attack..

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:12 am

Surely the fear would make the game more exhilerating for you?

If not, and you run into a cave filled exclusively with spiders... well... good luck lol

Did the spider looking daedra in oblivion not bother you?

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:21 pm

Im sorry sir but it is a VIDEOGAME. If the situation is as dire as you imply then simply dont play it. Or be ingenuitive. Its either that or a heart attack..

it took me three years to look at spiders on pictures and TV

i would only get an heart attack by real spiders or the Dark Messiah Beasts.

Did the spider looking daedra in oblivion not bother you?

not really. a little bit... ehm... shuddering (??)

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:21 pm

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Did the spider looking daedra in oblivion not bother you?

well they didnt as much as a normal spider would and i think it might be because its like a human torso on spider legs.

i now understand that removal is a bit much but i would at least want the option to turn them on and off. that or im just going to have to get over it, which i'm not sure i can do.

also a lot of people keep bringing up other phobias that to me seem odd to me (like the dragon one) because i've never known people with them. so to people with other phobias i want to ask if you have problems with them in games. i can't even look at pictures of spiders so i know to avoid games and movies that have them. its just that i loved oblivion so much and im looking forward to skyrim so much, its dissapointing that i might not get to enjoy skyrim because of my phobia.

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:36 am

well you should do what I did, I got over it by actually handling a small crab spider, actually now I find them kinda cute. :3

still I would NEVER EVER touch the big ones, but I don't freak out any more I just catch them with a water glass, I try not to kill stuff if i can help it!, in games I just fry their ass with fire

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:30 pm

well they didnt as much as a normal spider would and i think it might be because its like a human torso on spider legs.

i now understand that removal is a bit much but i would at least want the option to turn them on and off. that or im just going to have to get over it, which i'm not sure i can do.

also a lot of people keep bringing up other phobias that to me seem odd to me (like the dragon one) because i've never known people with them. so to people with other phobias i want to ask if you have problems with them in games. i can't even look at pictures of spiders so i know to avoid games and movies that have them. its just that i loved oblivion so much and im looking forward to skyrim so much, its dissapointing that i might not get to enjoy skyrim because of my phobia.

Well the dragon was probably fake. Trust me though, there is a phobia for anything really. I suggested earlier in the thread for an on/off switch for the spiders. We can't let every phobia in the world dictate what and what doesn't get put into a game. However with arachnophobia being the common one, an on/off option might be doable.

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 3:47 am

Face your fears like a man and KILL THEM!

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:50 pm

The only real solution is to mod them out. Beth isn't and shouldn't create options to toggle for every creature. Its impractical.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 1:44 pm

also a lot of people keep bringing up other phobias that to me seem odd to me (like the dragon one) because i've never known people with them. so to people with other phobias i want to ask if you have problems with them in games. i can't even look at pictures of spiders so i know to avoid games and movies that have them. its just that i loved oblivion so much and im looking forward to skyrim so much, its dissapointing that i might not get to enjoy skyrim because of my phobia.

...I was joking, it was an example.

» Tue Mar 15, 2011 4:52 am

...I was joking, it was an example.

regardless i would still like to know how phobias affect other peoples gameplay, just to see if there are people that have it as bad as i do.

ps. the more i post in this thread, the more narcissistic i feel

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 1:37 pm

Besides there's more people with arachnophobia then dragonphobia. And much more people have dragonphobia then hippopotomontrosesquippedaliophobia

Thats like...some kind of racism.Phobism?

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 11:44 pm

Thats like...some kind of racism.Phobism?

close. It's the fear of big words

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 11:16 pm

If you hate them so much, maybe you'll be better at killing them because of your dislike of them. Either that or you can run. Just got to remember that they're in a game, not in reality. You can do more damage to them then they will ever possibly do to you. You're ingame character might not come out so good, but in reality you will be untouched.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:57 pm

I have the same phobia man i hate those tiny eight legged bastards.
But i am just going to kill them with my bow or magic from afar.
Off topic i scream louder then my wife when i run into a spider is that a bad thing?

Ditto same phobia, I will crush the spider base! Spiders are just too good and scary an enemy I like a little fear in games, so I'm all for the evil spider clan.

» Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:51 pm

Bring on the monstrous spiders Bethesda! The Dragonborne shall slay them all!

:tongue: