I was able to play a little while on the ground at Summer Game Fest 2025 Ground 2 After that, we had a brief chat with Game Director Chris Parker. My time at the game was a sequel that continues to shrink the story of a child’s survival game, where I was able to fight creepy little leg mites with spears made from small items, pebbles and twins. And when I fought those bugs, I thought about how they could still cause someone else’s arachnophobia, even though they were not entirely spiders (thanks, not your real problem).
I have good news for your people who hate 8-legged freaks: Ground 2 There is also Arachnophobia mode.
“I think so ground Team – ground One Team – They did a really good job tackling this issue,” Parker said. “I mean, despite fighting what most of them look like balloon animals” – it’s supposed to be the spider being turned on and the spider is ultimately going to see – “The basics made it simple. Ground 2 A team that builds on that.
“But we certainly have more challenges,” he said. Ground 2 (The first game didn’t have a mount). There are big red ants you can ride. I tried it myself in the demo, but what I didn’t know was what Parker said next.
“So we have to respect the arachnophobia mode for that as well. This was a little more tricky,” he continued. “We need to calculate the feet and things like that, so you can really understand what’s going on, and how it runs around the world, and how the world interacts with it. That’s as hard as you think. It seems to work for people.
Of course, there are just players too. a bit Spiders are a bit scary, but I don’t necessarily want to turn off the options to see them completely. Creating the right balance between scary and fun was also an interesting challenge for the team, especially in a family-friendly game. in Ground 2the character has aged a little. groundAlso, the younger players who tried their first game have grown a little. So I had to ask: how scary is it?
“In fact, there’s some healthy debate about this,” Parker said. “So in general, I think we’re trying to push it as hard as possible, and then we run into a specific asset we’ve created, ‘Well… I’ll take it out.’ Or, “Let’s put it there and see what the user research has to say about it.” We can finally talk about the game, get access early, but we can talk to the community about it.
in particular, Ground 2 Early access will be available on July 29th for Windows PC and Xbox Series X and on Game Pass. And you heard them – if it’s too scary, the Obsidian entertainment wants you to say so.