10 Video Games Arachnophobes Could Never Handle

6. The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time

Like just about every great RPG, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has a wealth of different spider-like enemies to really get you riled up during the course of the game. From the Skulltulas to the pictured Gohma, Ocarina of Time (actually, more or less any Zelda game) has plenty of eight-legged enemies just waiting to creep up on you at a moment's notice. For any mid-twenties readers, the spider enemies in Ocarina of Time were probably some of the first creatures in a video game to truly cement your arachnophobia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9ai7o4QoDk Sure, they look a little bit silly now, but at the time these were spiders that had bodies in the shape of skulls. There simply wasn't anything scarier to a ten year old than that.
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