Poll: How Much Do Spiders Bother You In Games?

I have no issue with them in games.

In real life, however......😳

I have no problem with them in video games, In real life however i am a little bit of a wuss when it comes to spiders

Snakes are my problem. Sekiro was really tough but I just remind myself it's a game and I'm fine.
My trick is to deliberately die a couple of times to the things, then my brain accepts it's a game and I can move on.
I also really dislike huge open water spaces in games too.

I'm not bothered by them. I just don't like them touching me. Sometimes find small ones crawling on my head when it's windy in autumn. I always keep an empty cereal box so if I find a biggish one in my flat I can get it out. Don't mind letting a small one crawl on my finger to get it out. I'm a cleaner and feel guilty if I accidentally kill one while mopping the floor for some reason.

The bother me a lot lol. There have been plenty of times when playing games when I encounter a spider I literally have to play with my eyes close or cover that part of the screen with a shirt or something. Completely irrational I know, my arachnaphiobia originated as a kid but still effects me today.

lol. I don't mind spiders in games but they terrify me in real life. I get the impression they move faster in real life too.

I love spiders, they're fascinating creatures. Imagine having eight eyes!

Yeah no, I mean I’ll deal. But I’d rather not. Like Xenoblade has an unhealthy amount of things that look like spiders and pop out of no where and and sounds activated.

Using torches in games is one for me. I know thats the effect it’s meant to give but damn, also mannequins both in games and real life

Hi there fellow gamers. This is a very interesting topic of discussion. I love Spiderman. He is my favourite superhero of all time. But I CANNOT STAND FREAKIN SPIDERS. I can deal in them in certain games..... mostly. It was never game breaking...... Except for certain games. Like Resident Evil Remake for example. When I played the Game Cube version and got to the spiders location with the huge spider Boss....... I basically pressed the aim button a continuously pressed the fire button until I killed it..... With my eyes closed. Yeah, just like that. It has gotten a little better, but they still very much freak me out. Cheers, stay safe and happy gaming to us all

Don't mind them in games, or in real life. Except for those huge ones you usually find in an attic that every now and then appear in a different part of the house...

I had nightmares after hunting tarantula in Animal Crossing. And Skyrim and Fallout (radscorpions) is essentially "look away from the screen and button mash or console commands".

In games, no problem with them, but in real life, I have to call my mother to take them off or I can't sleep if I know a spider is spying on me 🤣

I jumped out of my skin when coming across the Frostbite Spider within a dungeon in Skyrim. I pray to never be surprised by another in game or real life spider again

This is a topic of personal interest. I been debating to add spiders to a game I work on, there are already spiders on the game, just not realistic ones, and they are rare.

I keep thinking: would be cool to add those spiders in this or that way... reuse those assets for impactful player content, but I keep thinking about the arachnophobia crowd... I even hear it’s nowhere near the most common phobia, I guess it’s so heard about because spiders are so common sight.

Anyways, time investment aside, and other development priorities, I am unlikely to avoid adding them, but the topic does make me keep the priority low.

I'm not bothered by spiders, but I have a friend who's been known to jump back and scream a bit from even seeing photographs of them, so I can sympathize.