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TFW You're in Denial that the Game from your Beloved Company is Bad (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Flying around in space is cool, but the game goes out of its way to make sure that you know that “space” is not a vast openness but little boxes in front of the planet sprite.

I'm one of the few people for which this is a "strength" of the game. I have severe thalassophobia and games like No Mans Sky where I'm allowed to free-roam in space actually make me feel super anxious and nauseous. I get the same feeling when swimming in large bodies of water, or in big underwater levels in video games.

So like, a real space sim like NMS is so hard for me to face without feeling ill, but somehow, these fake little boxes in Starfield make it so I don't feel that way enough that I can actually play it. I still get twinges of anxiety, but it's nowhere near as bad.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

TIL thalassophobia also triggers in space, that's interesting