Does the dog die?
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Silent Hill 2
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ReportThis video game contains 78 potentially triggering events.
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angrydoberman
An antagonist, Eddie Dombrowski, graphically describes how he killed a dog.
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Abandonment
Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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Jadeeclipse13
Characters frequently run off without a proper goodbye and frequently it is not clear if they'll show up again
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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FennByers
Angela's story largely revolves around how her parents abused her
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Is someone stalked?
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Tenxia
The main character will be put into rooms with enemies who will stalk him in an attempt to hurt/kill him. There are also boss/mini-boss battles that involve a large figure with a giant knife stalking after the main character. This happens at least twice in the game.
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frootsnak
A woman is smothered to death by her husband with a pillow while she's asleep in bed, shown in a flashback
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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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kottoburini
Angela is revealed to be a CSA survivor prior to a boss battle.
The youngest member of the cast, Laura, is not abused. It's implied she does not experience the effects of Silent Hill in the way that James, Eddie or Angela do.
The youngest member of the cast, Laura, is not abused. It's implied she does not experience the effects of Silent Hill in the way that James, Eddie or Angela do.
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Addiction
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Jadeeclipse13
The main character James uses an ampoule with unknown contents as a healing item. Maria takes what seems to be prescription drugs
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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bitchboynaughty
Alcohol abuse is not shown on-screen, but there is optional text that suggests the main character used to abuse alcohol.
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Animal
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Are there bugs?
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CrowsiePosie
There's a brief scene involving an elevator crawling with roach-like bugs.
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is there pedophilia?
108 supporters
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FennByers
Angela's father sexually abused her
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Is someone restrained?
23 supporters
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NightmareLyra
The player can be restrained by various monsters. One cutscene involves a character being tied up and ready to be executed
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DAEMONVISION
Angela was sexually abused by her father. It is implied through dialogue and a horrific monster that represents the abuse.
Pyramid head is shown throttling female enemies in a way that looks more like he is... well... in fact, that might be what he's doing.
Pyramid head is shown throttling female enemies in a way that looks more like he is... well... in fact, that might be what he's doing.
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Jadeeclipse13
Massive spoilers
James smothered Mary with a pillow and there is a cutscene of some of it, along with other potential visual references to the event
James smothered Mary with a pillow and there is a cutscene of some of it, along with other potential visual references to the event
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FennByers
not really, it's implied through backstory but not really shown, there's also a scene where James watches Pyramid Head kill an enemy in an oddly sexualised manner
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
30 supporters
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teapotcutie
There is a scene where a character is shown contemplating stabbing or cutting herself with a knife, but she decides against it.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
27 supporters
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Tenxia
The imagery of the main character's wife being smothered to death is shown in a very late scene in the game. There is no audio however the video makes it unmistakable what is happening.
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Is someone burned alive?
38 supporters
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Anonymous
A character name Angela walks up a staircase engulfed in flames to kill herself. She never exits from it, insinuating she died.
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Is someone buried alive?
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frootsnak
No but the player must jump into an open grave in a graveyard to progress
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Is there body horror?
47 supporters
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MovieWatcher10
Many of the monsters in the game rely on body horror to unsettle the player.
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Does a head get squashed?
49 supporters
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8scoot8
Throughout the game the main character can kick or step on enemies to finish them off. This could be interpreted as the body or head being squashed, though nothing explicitly shows it and it more accurately appears to just be a kick
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Is there a hanging?
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CapnJack
One of the game’s puzzles involves pulling a number of nooses to eye level in a certain order.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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arcadebun
the player character can fall down stairs
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Does someone fall to their death?
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FennByers
there are multiple scenes where James jumps from very tall heights, but he survives all of them
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Children
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Does a kid die?
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xoxocharr
Angela is 17 and it is implied she dies, so it depends if you think teens are kids
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Does a family member die?
21 supporters
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teapotcutie
James' wife is dead. Angela's dad and brother are also dead. Laura's parents died and she also saw Mary as a mother.
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Does a parent die?
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CapnJack
In a newspaper clipping and in a cutscene, a girl killing her abusive father is discussed, never shown on screen.
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Does someone cheat?
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Tenxia
There are references and illusions to cheating however the main character is never said to or shown to have cheated.
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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Jadeeclipse13
In the sub-campaign Maria encounters and speaks to what seems to be ghosts
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Jadeeclipse13
The lake is a central feature of the town. The park where an important cutscene occurs is next to it with a good view of it. The main character also has to row across the lake at one point in a playable section
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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Jadeeclipse13
A boss battle occurs in a room with many holes in the walls
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Are there mannequins?
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FennByers
one of the main enemies is 2 pairs of mannequin legs stacked on top of each other
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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kottoburini
When you first encounter Eddie in the apartments, he is seen vomiting in a cutscene.
Vomit is not shown, but there are very detailed and realistic noises - even nauseating to those without emetophobia - and he is hunched over a toilet.
The bathroom is very grimy, so this adds to the air of disgust.
Vomit is not shown, but there are very detailed and realistic noises - even nauseating to those without emetophobia - and he is hunched over a toilet.
The bathroom is very grimy, so this adds to the air of disgust.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
26 supporters
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FennByers
no cops in the game whatsoever
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Is there incarceration?
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sadanimegirlpng
There is a stage taking place in a prison.
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
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Medical
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Is there a hospital scene?
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kottoburini
An entire level takes place in a hospital - both in the Fog World and the Otherworld.
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Does someone have cancer?
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Tenxia
The main character's wife is suffering from a very unspecific illness that is incurable. There are no mentions of it being specifically cancer, however, it may still trigger anyone who has experienced someone they know/care about going through a similar thing.
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Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
12 supporters
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Jadeeclipse13
Almost every major character does, which is depicted on screen
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Tenxia
It is not shown in-game but there are very many mentions of self-harm with the character Angela, along with being gifted the knife that she has been presumably using to do so.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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kottoburini
Two side characters - Angela and Eddie - are shown to be portrayed as violent, albeit with different contexts.
Eddie displays homicidal behaviour and describes killing a dog and enjoying it, and killing people because they "looked at [him] wrong".
Angela is not actively violent towards anyone - at most, she comes off as threatening and manipulative towards the end of the game. However, she is shown to be violent towards a boss enemy - kicking it and throwing a TV on it. In saying that, the boss is the manifestation of her trauma (see warnings for "Is there sexual abuse?")
Out of the two characters, Eddie is the main one that fits this question.
Eddie displays homicidal behaviour and describes killing a dog and enjoying it, and killing people because they "looked at [him] wrong".
Angela is not actively violent towards anyone - at most, she comes off as threatening and manipulative towards the end of the game. However, she is shown to be violent towards a boss enemy - kicking it and throwing a TV on it. In saying that, the boss is the manifestation of her trauma (see warnings for "Is there sexual abuse?")
Out of the two characters, Eddie is the main one that fits this question.
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The atmosphere of this game is oppressive and unnerving in a way that may cause the player to dissociate.
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
18 supporters
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Jadeeclipse13
No, but scrapped concepts seemed to have been going this way before being scrapped
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Jadeeclipse13
Massive spoilers
Angela ends up seemingly committing it after walking up a staircase ingulfed in flames
In one ending James can also commit suicide and it's implied his original reason for coming to the town was to do so
Angela ends up seemingly committing it after walking up a staircase ingulfed in flames
In one ending James can also commit suicide and it's implied his original reason for coming to the town was to do so
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Is there misophonia?
31 supporters
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The suspense relies a lot on eerie sounds in the game’s environment. Especially if you have headphones in!
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
29 supporters
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Is there body dysphoria?
14 supporters
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MovieWatcher10
Not really. It can be said that Angela wearing a full length shirt/covering up as much skin as possible, is in response to her CSA past, making her uncomfortable in her own skin.
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Is there body dysmorphia?
27 supporters
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SkylarSnow
Eddie, one of the side characters, is implied to have body dysmorphia. There is no direct mentions of this, but some may relate to the symptoms he exhibits.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
1 supporters
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Jadeeclipse13
Many of the levels are claustrophobic due to the small space and fixed camera angles
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Anonymous
There is an ending where the main character drives off a bridge into a lake, killing himself.
Another character in the game (Angela) carries a knife and makes comments about suicide, you later acquire the knife and see it has blood on it, implying it could be her blood. Later on this same character ascends into a staircase engulfed in flames, killing herself.
Another character in the game (Angela) carries a knife and makes comments about suicide, you later acquire the knife and see it has blood on it, implying it could be her blood. Later on this same character ascends into a staircase engulfed in flames, killing herself.
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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LadyLavender
Angela very clearly suffers from PTSD due to being sexually abused by her father and brother when she was young. She is afraid of people suddenly approaching her and is implied to be having a flashback during a boss fight in which she pleads with her father (who is not in the room) to not harm her
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Noxious
Are there underwater scenes?
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The only true underwater scene is a still backdrop as the ending text (for the In Water ending) is displayed.
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Does a baby cry?
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Jadeeclipse13
There is a sound at one point in a basement (i believe in the hospital) that might be a baby crying, though it is unconfirmed. No baby's are ever seen in game
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
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Does an LGBT person die?
28 supporters
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Jadeeclipse13
There are no canonically lgbtq+ characters
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Are there fat jokes?
51 supporters
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Tenxia
Side character Eddie repeats jokes and abuse that was said to him for being bigger than his peers.
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Does the black guy die first?
18 supporters
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Jadeeclipse13
There are no black characters in the game
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
11 supporters
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arcadebun
in the prison section, the videotape of mary, and one of the endings (this one you can only get on a repeat playthrough though.)
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Are there demons or Hell?
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Silent Hill is a sort of personalized hell, and the monsters that inhabit it are its demons.
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Sex
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DAEMONVISION
Angela's father was sexually abusive. It's implied that her brother was, too, or at the very least enabled it.
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Is there sexual content?
53 supporters
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LadyLavender
The character of Maria acts and dresses provocatively and there are many sexual scenes involving the monsters in the game. Pyramid Head is shown making thrusting motions against a feminine monster and mimicking oral sex upon another. The nurse monsters wear tight and short dresses
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
8 supporters
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MovieWatcher10
The wife of the main character has a chronic illness.
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Social
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
51 supporters
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kottoburini
There are multiple endings to this game - all are upsetting in some manner due to the context of Mary's death.
There are some exceptions though - there are some light-hearted and comedic secret endings. However, these are only accessible on a second playthrough and you have to actively look for certain items that are not available in a first-time save.
There are some exceptions though - there are some light-hearted and comedic secret endings. However, these are only accessible on a second playthrough and you have to actively look for certain items that are not available in a first-time save.
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Vehicular
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Does a car crash?
19 supporters
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24
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Anonymous
There is an ending to the game where the main character drives his car off a bridge into a lake
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Violence
Does someone drown?
16 supporters
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22
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Tenxia
There is an ending where the main character kills himself by drowning. The ending name is "In Water" and can be avoided.
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Is there blood/gore?
53 supporters
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28
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0
DuccDoesTheDootDoot
The majority of the game has gory manifestations of the main character's psychy. It's also a Silent Hill game so there's a lot of blood and gore.
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Is there gun violence?
23 supporters
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Jadeeclipse13
You can use guns as a weapon, a side character is often seen with a gun, and a boss uses a gun as their main weapon
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