Monster Hunter Wilds offers a lot of settings that provide accessibility. One of them is aimed at players who are afraid of certain enemies by changing their appearance. Unfortunately, this does not seem to work for everyone.
What setting is it about? In the accessibility settings, you will find all sorts of options to customize your game according to your needs. Among them is a mode that is aimed at people with a fear of spiders and spider-like creatures.
When you activate this setting, all small spider-like monsters and small creatures are transformed into shapeless blob-like beings in various colors and shapes. Depending on the original being, the “blob form” looks a bit different. However, this mode really only affects the small monsters. You will still have to face the large spider monsters like Lala Barina or Nerscylla.
The mode is well received by the community, with many celebrating the funny blobs, but others find them even worse than the spiders – and that, despite being afraid of them.
“The Uncanny Valley is real”
The mode divides the community: On social media, fans are extensively discussing the blobs. In general, players receive them well and find them cute and funny. However, there are also some who are actually afraid of spiders but find the new look even creepier. Fans have mixed opinions about this alternative and express this in the comments under a YouTube video that shows the blobs:
- For example, @LordShonji writes under the video of the green blobs: “Honestly, they are scarier than spiders, lol”
- User @OverSeer939 comments: “There will be a considerable number of people who will not activate this mode due to arachnophobia.”
- @ThatFunnyTortoise jokes: “Imagine how Lala Barina would look. Just a big red blob that paralyzes you to death.”
- In a Reddit thread, user Gshiinobi comments: “They look much scarier to me than the normal spider models. Imagine these blobs moving and making sounds like spiders. The Uncanny Valley is real.”
- User MeGaNuRa_CeSaR notes in the same thread: “Pretty funny that the arachnophobia mode only affects the little cute spider and not the giant one.”
In another thread, user AntonGrimm shares a comparison video of the small spiders in the nest of monster Nerscylla:
Other games, such as World of Warcraft, also offer an arachnophobia mode. MeinMMO editor Benedict Grothaus tried it out for you and was as disturbed by the result as the fans currently are with the blobs in Monster Hunter Wilds: I played a raid in WoW in the mode for people with a fear of spiders – now I am afraid of crabs.
