Others are suggesting mod support

Players of hit vamp ‘em upV Risinghave taken to the game’s Discord server to request an anti-phobia mode to make some of its creatures easier on the eyes. It seems the offending boss in this particular instance is Ungora the Spider Queen, a high-level giant arachnid (the worst kind) who’s set up afetching gothic domicilein the Cursed Forest’s Spider Cave. According to the mission summary for Ungola: “No living creature save for her children has ever entered and lived to tell the tale.” That’s enough to put anyone off.

One player called Simonoklestook to Discordon behalf of their friend who experiences arachnophobia. Simonokles asked Stunlock in their Suggestions For Content and Features channel if they would consider some way of making the ol’ ceiling crab of a boss look less intimidating. Unfortunately, the request seems to have caused a bit of a stink.

While some have rallied around Simonokles' request, other Discord users have said V Rising players should just embrace theGothichorror trope and let spiders be spiders. I’m not sure where this leaves anyone with arachnophobia. It doesn’t tend to coincide with wearing shirts with puffy sleeves and drinking from goblets in moonlight while lightning cracks overhead, at least not in my experience. The general consensus seems to be that V Rising should implement modding support so players can handle the matter themselves.

Stunlock added the option toenable offline playin V Rising yesterday so at least you can take on the Lv.60 Ungora in the privacy of your own server now. Disabling spiders is a very specific form of implementing accessibility but as someone with arachnophobia myself, I quite appreciate the effort. Is there anything ordinary that spooks you in games that you’d like the option to turn off?

V Rising is out now in Early Access onSteamfor £16/$20/€20, replete with giant spider. If you need sometips and tricks for V Rising, including how to track down bosses using the Blood Altar, then Ollie’s got you covered.

Disclosure: I really can’t be having with spiders, me.