Grounded will be launching on Xbox Game Preview and Steam Early Access on July 28, 2020.ĭo you like the look of Grounded? Does this mode sound like something you might need? Let us know. It would be hard to be sacred of a dapper spider after all. That scene from Honey I shrunk the Kids always traumatized me when the scorpion fucked up. Though Obsidian hasn’t explicitly said what this mode will change, I personally hope that it will give the spiders moustaches and top hats. Grounded has an 'Arachnophobia Safe Mode' accessibility setting OMG it looks like a baby, like a baby piece from the game of life. Spiders were at first not a large part of the foes players have to fight (unless. Good news for you, – the team is implementing an arachnophobia mode to help with those who aren't fans of spiders and still want to enjoy the game! Obsidian just revealed that Grounded will come to Xbox Game Preview and Xbox Game Pass in July earlier this week. Announced on Twitter, Obsidian has said that an “arachnophobia mode” will be featured in the game so that more people might enjoy the game. Luckily Obsidian knows that spiders are a bane on humanity and are doing their bit to help those of us who can’t stand them. Eight legs, eight eyes and a whole lot of nope. Polygon has reached out the Microsoft for more details about how that research was conducted.Obsidian Entertainment’s newest title Grounded is a unique looking first-person survival-adventure game that puts you in the tiny shoes of a kid that has been shrunk down to the size of an insect, battling off threats in their own backyard.Īnnounced at X019 last year, with a new trailer dropping a few days ago at the latest Inside Xbox event, Grounded has a fairly large slice of charm in its art style and setting, but it does have one glaring, eight-legged problem.īeing that you are as small as an ant, creepy crawlies seem giant, which is an issue when you come across an awful spider. The video is narrated by social media manager Shyla Schofield as she walks us through the. According to a video posted to YouTube on Monday, Obsidian worked with the Microsoft User Research Lab to find a good solution for players. Obsidian Entertainment released a brand new video about its upcoming survival game Grounded. The mode also removes all the chittering and squeaking usually ascribed to video game spiders. the solutions to this are removal of the spiders, would be nice but maybe impractical or lets us toggle an option to make them something else, grounded a. You can toggle between first and third-person camera on the go. In this mode, hunger and thirst will be disabled. One green orb (the abdomen, if memory serves) and another gray orb for the head. If you’re not interested in survival mechanics and you just want to enjoy this ’90s looking backyard creating some cool looking bases, you can play around in the Creative mode. You can see it right there below the tip of my spear. It dials back the identifying characteristics of the game’s giant spiders until they look like this: Image: Obsidian Entertainment/Microsoft Game Studios via Polygon Inside the menu is a slider that players can use. This is a visual-only setting that does not affect gameplay or difficulty.” Obsidian Entertainments upcoming Grounded is still a few months out, but has already created a buzz on social media thanks to the reveal that it will feature an 'arachnophobia mode' that removes giant spiders for those afraid of them. “If you’re super not okay with that, you can enable Arachnophobia Safe Mode in the Accessibility options. “This game contains spiders that are often much larger than the player,” the warning says. Here’s how it works.īooting up the game for the first time, players are immediately shown a warning about the game’s eight-legged content. To make the game palatable for those who suffer from arachnophobia, developers have opted for a unique solution: A slider that dials back how spider-like the game’s spiders actually are. The game shrinks players down until they’re smaller than a pebble, bringing them face-to-face with all manner of beasts. Obsidian Entertainment launched a 30-minute demo for Grounded on Tuesday.

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