Does the dog die?
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Zero Time Dilemma
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AweStrikerNova
This game features branching timelines. The dog dies onscreen in only one of them, though in another it is implied that the dog will die very soon after the end of what is shown in that timeline.
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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tial
See above.
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tial
Diana talks about how she was stuck in a relationship with an abusive husband.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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willowisps
A woman's gory death is repeatedly shown to several characters, less for mere spectacle and more to turn them against her murderer.
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tial
While he doesn’t become a domestic abuser, Eric, who was heavily abused by his father during childhood, is one of the most violent characters in the game, very quickly losing his temper and becomes murderous at several points, even having no qualms with killing a child.
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tial
Eric talks about his family history with other characters, including how his father became very abusive to him and his brother after the death of his wife, to the point of beating Eric’s brother to death.
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Addiction
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AnnaS
There are a lot of literal "drugs" and medicines in this game, which include scenes of injection
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Is there addiction?
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tial
Diana to alcohol as mentioned above. Sigma has to stop her by smashing the bottle on the floor and physically restrain her from licking it off the floor.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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tial
There’s a pretty disturbing where Diana heavily abuses alcohol as a coping mechanism and has a complete mental breakdown. She starts crying, begs Sigma to have sex with her just so she can feel some happiness, claims that he hates her when he says no, then begs him to kill her, which he also refuses to do. There’s also a scene where Junpei gets drunk but it’s more upbeat and nowhere near as bleak as the Diana scene.
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Animal
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fictionfalcon
One of the scenes is set in a laboratory, where several dead animals are shown, including a pig and several sea creatures.
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Are rabbits harmed?
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breadache
None shown on screen, but people reference an event where several rabbits were murdered
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Assault
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ArcherDevon
It only occurs once though and the woman is suicidal and drunk in the moment. The woman also slaps the man in the previous sequence so it's used in the same "stop it, snap out of it" way.
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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tial
More like murdered but yeah
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Is someone restrained?
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Crockist
It is shown on the cover. There is a puzzle involving someone being restrained to a chair. Depending on the player's choice, that player can potentially die in that chair. After the puzzle, the restraints release and the character can leave.
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iztopher
No explicit sexual assault occurs on-screen, but rape is mentioned in a character's backstory, and one character acts as though he is going to assault another character to create a diversion. Two characters have sex when one is sober and it is ambiguous whether or not the other is sober or drunk; the scene is intended to be taken as consensual.
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tial
Carlos acts like he’s about to rape Akane at one point. In reality, this is secretly a way to distract Zero while he tells her about his plan to escape the facility. You aren’t given this context until several minutes after the scene and it’s pretty convincing initially that Carlos had genuine intent so this may be triggering.
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Bodily Harm
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Are any hands damaged?
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willowisps
One character loses his hands in an explosion. Another cuts his hand open in order to demonstrate a point.
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Someone's throat is slashed through/head decapitated with a chainsaw.
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Is someone burned alive?
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Crockist
The burning alive is not shown graphically in the slightest. One is shown in a flashback. The other time involves someone who has basically willingly sacrificed themself for the sake of another person. Their body is literally reduced to ash, so there is nothing to see, but a personal belonging of that character is found in the ashes.
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Is there amputation?
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Crockist
A character gets caught in an explosion, losing both of their arms. You do not see any gore due to the clothes they are wearing, but you do see blood on the bandages applied to said character.
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Does a head get squashed?
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AweStrikerNova
No heads are squashed, but everyone's head is exploded.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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CapriceFrenata
At the end of almost every section of the game, all of the characters are injected with an anesthetic and collapse to the ground unconscious.
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Is there excessive gore?
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Crockist
The camera doesn't zoom in on the gore, but there are several gory situations.
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Children
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Does a kid die?
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MalleYeno
A child is killed on-screen during several timelines. A character also discusses the death of a child in the past due to disease.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Apotheosis
[SPOILERS] A big part of the story has characters at multiple points transfer to another timeline, leaving their bodies to be sacrificed.
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Does a major character die?
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CapriceFrenata
Most bad endings see at least one major character die, if not all of the characters involved.
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Does a non-human character die?
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tial
[SPOILERS] Sean is revealed late into the game that he is a robot. He dies in several timelines
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Disability
Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
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In fiction, an able-bodied man pretends to be blind and deaf and uses a wheelchair.
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Is someone kidnapped?
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CapriceFrenata
The premise of the game centers around the entire main cast being kidnapped.
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Fear
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Is there a shower scene?
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fictionfalcon
There are "showers" that contain acid, as well as a bathroom which contains standard showers. But no typical "shower scene"
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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In a flashback, a character kills one of his sons and forces his other son to hide the body in a lake.
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Is someone possessed?
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Brazzlestein
Highly depends on your definition of "possessed", but not in the traditional sense, no.
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Is there audio gore?
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Dannypuppy
One scene has a character rooting inside a corpse's chest with the intent to rip out its heart. The noises during the scene are very graphic, but there's subtitles so even if the audio is muted you won't miss any important dialogue during the scene.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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breadache
Arguably. A large, complex alien device is destroyed in multiple timelines
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Medical
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Is there a hospital scene?
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meowstix
Not many, but in a few flashbacks there's the surroundings of a hospital shown as a still image. A few characters are mentioned to be hospitalized, but they aren't shown actually in the hospital.
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Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
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willowisps
One character is an instance of the "unfeeling serial killer" trope. Another shows signs of PTSD.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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A serial killer's motive is that she can't feel emotions, so she kills people to feel close to them.
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willowisps
Characters' memories are routinely tampered with, and events occur out of order.
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Apotheosis
One bad ending has a character commit suicide after killing another, and another has a a character commit suicide believing he had killed another (but was mistaken).
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Mariana
Not quite the way it's stated here, but there are scenes where a character will ask another character to kill them.
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Is there body dysphoria?
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meowstix
Not really. Phi makes a few comments on being insecure about her chest size and hair color, but that's about it.
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meowstix
Other comment is a bit spoilery but the short answer is yes, multiple characters do in many endings and this is shown on screen. In a few instances it's unsuccessful and these characters will not die like this every time, but many of these timelines are required to finish the game
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Crockist
Eric was abused as a child, and it's shown that it has directly led to his panicky nature.
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Noxious
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Does a baby cry?
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Crockist
Very briefly, you hear some crying noises from babies after a childbirth scene. It is a very short sound bite that repeats like 3-4 times in a row and then never plays again. As someone who finds this particularly distressing, the sound wasn't that bad.
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Paranoia
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Crockist
(HUGE SPOILER): It is revealed that the player was basically a tenth participant and also the mastermind. This illusion is broken once the truth is fully revealed.
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Pregnancy
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Crockist
A woman gives birth to twins. You see them asleep as the mother and father name them. The scene does not last for too long, but it is an incredibly plot-relevant scene which is brought up later.
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Is there childbirth?
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iztopher
There are no visuals, but you overhear a woman giving birth during a scene.
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Prejudice
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Anonymous
The explanation a character gives for why they became a serial killer amounts to a misunderstanding brought on by them exhibiting autistic-coded traits. Another character believed to be a blind and deaf wheelchair-user is revealed to have been lying so that they would be underestimated.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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AweStrikerNova
At least one character is bisexual, but the fact is not given any attention in the game itself.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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willowisps
The trope of "a character cannot feel emotions and thus becomes a murderer" occurs. One character is revealed to have faked several disabilities.
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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cherrylimemaid
Sort of? A character that’s mentally much older than he physically appears gets in a romantic and intimate relationship with a woman in her 20s in one time line.
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Religious
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Sex
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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tial
Two characters have sex. It’s not stated if they were virgins or not.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Is there sexual content?
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tial
There’s an obscured sex scene
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Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
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Crockist
In a flashback, a boy is abused for crying.
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Sickness
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Social
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Spoiler
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Are there end credit scenes?
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meowstix
There are some files unlocked in the "Cinema" section of the game after finishing it. Other than that, no, unless you count the credits rolling after every ending. But as far as after the true ending, it's just those files.
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Does it have a sad ending?
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baylaurels
There are several endings to the game, and even more "game over" endings, a good deal of which are sad, but not all.
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Vehicular
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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baylaurels
It is not seen on screen, but it is implied that a character's sibling was murdered via drowning.
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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tial
At one point you are given a timer and a giant red button and told not to press it during the time limit. The game is trying to trick you here - If you do press it, the entire facility is destroyed in a nuclear explosion
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Is there gun violence?
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Dannypuppy
There are multiple scenes where the same three characters are shot at from all sides by gattling guns.
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