Does the dog die?
365 supporters
Disco Elysium
Video Game • 2019 • Film Noir
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Darelz
You won't encounter it every playthrough, but it's possible to trigger a dialogue option informing you that the dog dies.
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Abandonment
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
26 supporters
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lilpig
There is a parentless child in the game. It's unknown if their parents are dead, abandoned them, or if the child simply ran away.
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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RayPoreon
There is a neglectful parent who is also implied to be abusive to their child, they also leave amphetamines in places where their child can access them. to avoid this you can simply not do the task requested of you by Cuno- the child in question.
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lilpig
A young child alludes to having "combat trauma", and experiencing "close quarters combat". The protagonist gathers that he's describing beatings from his father.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone gaslighted?
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IsabelliSobralMartins
The protagonist can choose to do that
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SeditiousSky
A child is abused off screen and there are descriptions of his abuse. The main character can also hit the same child. This can be easily avoided by backing down from him.
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Addiction
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Darelz
There's a lot of drug use.
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Is there addiction?
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Broggly
The main character is addicted to alcohol, nicotine, and other drugs. Several other characters are drug addicts or recovering drug addicts.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Darelz
It's a significant plot point.
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Animal
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Does a horse die?
83 supporters
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Cobalt1
There are no horses
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Sibelos
Cuno claims to have killed a pig and put it's head in his shack.
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Is there a dead animal?
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incomprehensibeel
There’s a couple taxidermied birds.
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Are there bugs?
27 supporters
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mistersandman
A side quest involves helping cryptozoologists find an insect.
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone drugged?
26 supporters
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Anonymous
The character can take drugs if the player wishes. However there is no unconsensual drugging.
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Is there pedophilia?
107 supporters
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lilpig
Pedophiles are not in the game, and pedophilia never becomes a plot point in any sense. Allusions to pedophilia are made in some of the story's prose ("child molestation" is brought up as an example of something bad) or in character interactions (a mischievous child loudly accuses the protagonist of being a pedophile as an intimidation tactic).
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Is rape mentioned?
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Anonymous
There is alleged rape that appears for a while. And there is a gruesome war story with rape. The game warns the player beforehand that it will be gruesome and there is a choice to not listen to it.
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Is someone restrained?
23 supporters
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radicalsam
A specific Thought in the game mentions unwillful restraint by a police officer. This thought is not required to internalize and can be avoided by not internalizing the Rigorous Self-Critique thought if you encounter it.
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Darelz
There's lengthy discussion of an alleged sexual assault, which probably wasn't assault since the alleged survivor is confident it was consensual and other characters admit to fabricating the assault claim. You can also encounter a dialogue option which describes war crimes, including sexual assault.
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Are there jokes about sexual assault on men?
47 supporters
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robotblues
Two children at the crime scene make some taunts towards the male player that could allude to assault, with one reference to prison.
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An alleged rape is investigated in detail as part of a murder investigation.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
30 supporters
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jasontodd
Yes you can choose to shave yourself, the shave is uneventful however if you fail the check to do it there will be mention of shaving injury and a reference to suicide
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Is there throat mutilation?
33 supporters
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robotblues
There is an autopsy scene on a hanged corpse describing the damage, potentially in detail, but the injuries occurred off-screen prior to the game.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
27 supporters
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ulixes
A few times the protagonist's tie is described to feel especially tight like he can't breathe, but it's not actually physically restrictive, just anxiety
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Is there decapitation?
30 supporters
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Sibelos
Not sure if this counts since the decapitation is not on screen, but Cuno's shack has a pig's head on the wall. We dont see the act of decapitation on screen.
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Is there cannibalism?
30 supporters
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lilpig
There is a description of cannibalism in a character's retelling of a war crime. The game gives a warning that "things are about to get graphic" and you're offered an option to skip it.
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Is someone choked?
15 supporters
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Anonymous
Not onscreen, but the main character is implied to have an auto erotic asphyxiation kink
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Is someone burned alive?
37 supporters
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SeditiousSky
To avoid this, if your Necktie tells you to buy something, don't buy it.
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Is there body horror?
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Sibelos
The thought cabinet artwork and some of the skill icons have elements of Body Horror (such as Drama, Savoire Faire and Reaction Speed)
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Is there a hanging?
32 supporters
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Darelz
The story revolves around a hanged man.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
24 supporters
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AnthonyLao
There are limited mentions of choking and auto-asphyxiation a (couple in relation to death), but there are no particular scenes that show nor detail choking.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
74 supporters
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babanene
None ever occurs, but a character can express concern that his genitals may have been shot off
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Does someone become unconscious?
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fynnfynn
the protagonist can faint, a specific instance has to do with the apricot gum wrapper, but can be avoided if the gum wrapper is not investigated.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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babanene
No seizures are ever explicitly shown, but the protagonist can pass out to a black screen at different points in the story and they are described as seizures.
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Is someone tortured?
72 supporters
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lilpig
Some characters are shown to be tortured with a fictional, in-universe device that emits extremely powerful radio waves. The experience is described as "a thousand stations being blasted into your head all at once."
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Is there eye mutilation?
87 supporters
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milestogo171
A character is shot in the eye, though not shown graphically.
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Is there excessive gore?
81 supporters
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woollymonkeybaby
Described in detail by a minor character. The violence is also anti-female and racist in nature. The scene appears in dialogue alone & is completely optional--the game will encourage you several times to back out of the conversation & will warn you that "things are about to get graphic".
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Children
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Does a kid die?
44 supporters
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Broggly
It's possible for the main character to shoot a child, resulting in an immediate game over. A gunshot is heard and the screen cuts to black.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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AnthonyLao
There are children who make comments about sex and rape involving themselves in an immature manner. This can be uncomfortable, but they are not sexualised.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
11 supporters
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AnthonyLao
To the point of death, no. There are no cultist connotations to this sacrifice neither.
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Does a major character die?
22 supporters
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robotblues
It is possible for the player character to die, in which case a newspaper report of his death is shown and the player may reload from last save. Several notable side characters can die, dependent on player actions and dice rolls.
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Does a non-human character die?
22 supporters
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lilpig
All non-human characters survive to the end of the game. There are some offhand mentions and vague depictions of dead animals.
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Does someone die?
12 supporters
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Anonymous
It is a murder case. There is a corpse.
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Disability
Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
20 supporters
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Sibelos
No live action is used and I couldn't find much on Lena's voice actor.
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Is the r-slur used?
29 supporters
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flowerclown
Never by otherwise likable characters though. To avoid: don't tell your tie you don't want to drink. Don't tell Evrart you're ultraliberal. If (SPOILER) your companion is shot, the option to say it also has a chance to appear in a conversation with Cuno, the chance increasing the higher your Rhetoric is; the only definite way to avoid it appearing afaik is savescumming if Kim gets shot.
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
14 supporters
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mistersandman
The game kicks off with the revelation that the main character has lost his entire memory due to excessive drug and alcohol use.
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Family
Does a family member die?
21 supporters
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Anonymous
In a side mission a dead person can be found and the detective main characters have to inform the wife. Sad scene, the game is resepectful about this situation.
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Does a parent die?
20 supporters
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Broggly
A man is found dead, and investigation reveals that he had two teenage daughters.
There is another family where the father a few years ago.
There is another family where the father a few years ago.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Shutter
No, but a child will allow you to destroy her sandcastle to obtain evidence. She seems unbothered by this.
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Is someone kidnapped?
7 supporters
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rudes
The thought "Rigorous Self-Critique" has a solution that describes a situation involving the player character that could be construed as kidnapping.
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Does someone cheat?
16 supporters
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Darelz
There's a brief bit of dialogue which implies a minor side character is cheating on his wife. But cheating isn't something displayed or actively discussed.
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
8 supporters
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Darelz
There aren't literal ghosts, but there is a notable amount of discussion of ghosts and ghost imagery.
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Are there jump scares?
53 supporters
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Pear
there’s a glitch when you try to touch the door of the apartment behind the fence of the yard and Kim is 10x louder for no reason
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Is there a shower scene?
10 supporters
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jasontodd
The player character can take a bath in his hotel room, the screen is blacked out during it and he engages in conversation with his internal monologue
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Are there natural bodies of water?
1 supporters
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Cobalt1
The game is set in a seaside area, and the ocean and several smaller streams are visible. Your protagonist can't go into the water on any occasion.
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Is trypophobic content shown?
23 supporters
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Sibelos
Not sure if this counts, but the inland empire skill icon kinda looks like a bunch of holes/stars in the head.
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Cobalt1
The main character can shave his beard. The scene is uneventful and no one is injured by razors in the game.
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Are there mannequins?
5 supporters
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18
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Sibelos
Mannequins can be seen in the Doom Commercial Area, however they do nothing.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
89 supporters
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57
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0
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jasontodd
In the beginning of the game there is a check you are expected to fail which results in throwing up. The check has to be succeeded in order for the plot to continue and it can be failed multiple times.
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
20 supporters
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12
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fynnfynn
It doesn't happen in game, but is alluded to with the item descriptions for the yellow flare-cut trousers and the white satin shirt. Urine is also a not entirely uncommon topic for the game at other times.
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Is someone eaten?
29 supporters
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9
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milestogo171
Dialogue with the Scab Leader will reveal a conversation about someone who is eaten (you'll have plenty of warnings from your skills that "this is about to get really graphic" before the story).
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Yes
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Yes
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
26 supporters
Yes
7
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flowerclown
Arguably? The game encourages you to be an awful cop for comedy. The corruption of the police force is very often acknowledged as a bad thing, though.
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Is there incarceration?
1 supporters
Yes
9
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0
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actualpig
It's a game about being a detective. People get arrested. Doing the arresting is optional, though.
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LGBTQ+
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Yes
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Is there bisexual cheating?
20 supporters
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2
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lilpig
There's a situation that almost, vaguely, meets this condition, but no. And nothing falls into the reductive "bisexual woman cheats on her boyfriend with another woman to satisfy her hidden desires" trope that I assume this question is referring to
EDIT: Idk why I got directly addressed by the comment under me but uhhh I guess my response is that I don't care
EDIT: Idk why I got directly addressed by the comment under me but uhhh I guess my response is that I don't care
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
20 supporters
Yes
14
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0
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Sibelos
After completing the "Homosexual Underground" thought, if you talk to Kim you can reveal that he is gay. Kim sounds rather annoyed that you asked this out of nowhere.
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Loss
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
29 supporters
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Darelz
You don't see it, but there is dialogue alluding to the use of needles.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
25 supporters
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0
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fynnfynn
No, but there is a mention of an old, confused woman being taken to a mental care facility.
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Is there a hospital scene?
11 supporters
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Broggly
At one point it's possible to have part of an autopsy briefly described in text
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Yes
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Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
12 supporters
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17
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0
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Cobalt1
Many of the characters in this game have some form of mental illness. The protagonist and player character has severe mental illness, the deuteragonist has "trauma-and-stressor disorder" (in-universe name for PTSD), a fairly minor side character has clinical depression, and several other minor characters have various mental illnesses.
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Yes
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cardboardcheese
Alcoholism, drug use, etc.
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Is autism misrepresented?
30 supporters
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1
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allegro_alchemist
One of the 'skills' of the main character can use the word autism in a derogatory way. This only happens once. To avoid it, don't select the dialogue option "Hold on, is architecture also art?".
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
31 supporters
Yes
35
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0
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lilpig
The protagonist can engage in violence, some of his choices to act violently being more irrational than others. There is at least one side character that seems to experience severe psychosis and threatens violence.
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Yes
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IsabelliSobralMartins
Central theme of the game
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
18 supporters
Yes
0
No
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lilpig
No one in the game has or appears to have DID. This includes the protagonist, his mental health issues are unrelated to DID.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
38 supporters
Yes
11
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Sunnymatsu
There is one line that uses the term "autism" in a derogatory way, but no on-screen violence or abuse towards autistic people.
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Yes
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morganyu
It's implied that the main character was going to commit suicide by hanging the night before the story begins. During the main storyline, a character threatens to shoot herself with a gun when she is confronted by the player, and if the player fails a Rhetoric check, she will die. The main character can also shoot himself in an failed Authority check in the task "Prove your authority to Titus Hardie".
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
19 supporters
Yes
16
No
0
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lilpig
The world is fairly grounded, but the protagonist's unusual perception of reality makes it seem unstable/surreal. The protagonist regularly speaks to voices in his head in a sort of fractured inner-monologue, though he understands that they're explicitly in his head and not in the world around him. He speaks to his necktie, who can talk and has a distinct personality. He occasionally has confusing, vivid dreams where it's initially unclear whether he's dreaming or not. He interacts with supernatural forces and you're meant to wonder whether they're real or delusions.
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Does someone have a meltdown?
8 supporters
Yes
10
No
0
0
Siennide
Its like the entire plot of the game and plays an aspect in nearly every facet of the game. The main character can get sorta somewhat better if you play him a certain way though.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
23 supporters
Yes
41
No
1
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morganyu
If you get a Game Over by losing all your Morale, your character has an emotional breakdown, leading him to quit his job as a cop and give up on the investigation.
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Yes
0
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9
Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
29 supporters
Yes
46
No
0
16
Rinley
A character is said to have been threatening it before the start of the game, and there is an optional sequence where a character physically threatens to do so.
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Is there body dysphoria?
14 supporters
Yes
18
No
1
4
lilpig
Yes. The main character regularly insults and is horrified by his own body. Some of it is needlessly harsh, and some of it is well-informed, as years of alcohol/drug use have done considerable damage.
There is no body dysphoria relating to gender identity presented in the game.
There is no body dysphoria relating to gender identity presented in the game.
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Is there body dysmorphia?
27 supporters
Yes
31
No
4
9
oddmoose87
The main character regularly disparages his body.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
16 supporters
Yes
5
No
18
7
jasontodd
At one point you can enter a rather small tent, though there is room for four people in it and space to move.
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Yes
48
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Darelz
There's a scene where a character may commit suicide depending on the decisions you make. There's also discussion of suicide beyond that scene.
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
38 supporters
Yes
35
No
0
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lilpig
Given the bleak state of Revochal, numerous characters suffer from PTSD relating to violence, sexual activity, poor upbringings, etc.
(SPOILER WARNING from this point of my comment onward) The protagonist suffers from PTSD, and spends most of the game struggling to remember the traumatic event. He becomes very distressed and launches into panic attacks or states of distress whenever something happens that reminds him of this event. His traumatic event is not related to drugs, physical violence, or sexual violence.
(SPOILER WARNING from this point of my comment onward) The protagonist suffers from PTSD, and spends most of the game struggling to remember the traumatic event. He becomes very distressed and launches into panic attacks or states of distress whenever something happens that reminds him of this event. His traumatic event is not related to drugs, physical violence, or sexual violence.
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Noxious
Are there underwater scenes?
7 supporters
Yes
0
No
10
1
cardboardcheese
No, but in a certain sequence the voice in your head will tell you to walk into the water and drown.
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Are there sudden loud noises?
29 supporters
Yes
4
No
7
3
allegro_alchemist
If you decide to look at your face in the mirror, a scare chord can play at a moderate volume.
There is a glitch that occurs when clicking on a door where a character's voice audio is played much louder than it is supposed to.
There is a glitch that occurs when clicking on a door where a character's voice audio is played much louder than it is supposed to.
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Yes
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21
Does a baby cry?
13 supporters
Yes
13
No
11
5
absolutesquash
When talking to "The Sunday Friend," passing a skill check will allow you to hear a baby crying, and then comment on it.
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2
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6
Is there obscene language/gestures?
5 supporters
Yes
19
No
0
3
The game is full of curses and slurs, some are relevant only to the fictional world of the game others are very real world, in some versions of the game, "f****t" is uncensored.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
42 supporters
Yes
20
No
3
4
ulixes
In one specific scene where you are following footprints in a bunker, you get in a confrontation with some flashing lights, the plot is vital to the story.
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
13 supporters
Yes
18
No
0
2
Sibelos
MAJOR SPOILERS: One character has been watching everyone in Martinaise.
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Is the fourth wall broken?
12 supporters
Yes
9
No
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lilpig
It is broken, but not too severely; there are some subtle nods to the player that are explained away as the protagonist's quirky way of thinking and interacting with others. For example, the protagonist is accused of speaking in "trees" by another character, acknowledging that the gameplay is a series of dialogue trees.
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Pregnancy
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0
No
15
Does someone miscarry?
21 supporters
Yes
22
No
3
6
Darelz
As mentioned in another comment, there is a character who either has an abortion or miscarries prior to the events of the game - it's ambiguous which it is.
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Are there babies or unborn children?
13 supporters
Yes
8
No
5
1
lilpig
There's a description of a baby crying at one point in a game, and you meet a character that is pregnant.
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Yes
0
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24
Are there abortions?
14 supporters
Yes
24
No
2
5
Darelz
It's ambiguous whether it's an abortion or miscarriage.
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Yes
0
No
29
Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
39 supporters
Yes
58
No
0
15
Darelz
The f slur is used in a censored form.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
39 supporters
Yes
41
No
0
7
TheLozberg
R slur is used in at least one conversation, uncensored - other ableist language is used.
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Are there usages of the n-word?
30 supporters
Yes
0
No
30
18
Darelz
No, however the game contains fictional racial slurs.
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SeditiousSky
There is no explicit antisemitism, however, lines of internal dialogue if your character is a fascist occasionally use terms like "Deformed money lenders" and "foreign money lenders."
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
33 supporters
Yes
3
No
16
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01101101ute
There's a character who dresses androgynously, and your character can ask him some questions about it, and why he's dressed "like a woman." He answers very casually and your character leaves it at that, curiosity sated. It's not written as a joke, but it does edge near it just from your character being a little ignorant.
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Does an LGBT person die?
28 supporters
Yes
38
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Darelz
Not out of spite for LGBT people though: it's because a lot of the key characters are actually LGBT, and one of the game's key themes is mortality.
There's one LGBT character whose death is inevitable, and three whose life/death is dependent on your decisions.
There's one LGBT character whose death is inevitable, and three whose life/death is dependent on your decisions.
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Are there fat jokes?
50 supporters
Yes
41
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0
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Sandphin
LOTS of fat-hate in this game.
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13
Is a minority is misrepresented?
24 supporters
Yes
4
No
13
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lilpig
All of the (often fictional/stand-ins for existing races) minorities are represented well by the game. The game's narration and narrative explicitly denounce racism as you encounter (or participate in) it.
There is some intentional, in-universe misrepresentation of minorities. The game's equivalent to an Asian person is shown in a conical hat, frolicking in a field of saffron on a racist "Yellow Man Mug". Again, the game's narration explicitly says that it's a bad, racist mug.
There is some intentional, in-universe misrepresentation of minorities. The game's equivalent to an Asian person is shown in a conical hat, frolicking in a field of saffron on a racist "Yellow Man Mug". Again, the game's narration explicitly says that it's a bad, racist mug.
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Does the black guy die first?
18 supporters
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Cobalt1
A black woman can die following an injury during a major plot point, but it can be avoided by succeeding a check, and she isn't the first or only character to die in the scene.
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Is there hate speech?
26 supporters
Yes
51
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flowerclown
Race and gender/sexuality based. Unavoidable, but it's always portrayed as a bad thing. The worst example of this is when you yell a racist slur at your companion if you fail a check. (To avoid this, don't ask him to dance.)
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
34 supporters
Yes
1
No
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milestogo171
Main character and his ex had a 6-year age gap, and since I had to pull out a calculator to do the math, I seriously doubt anyone would have an issue with it while playing the game
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
11 supporters
Yes
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0
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Sibelos
Later on in the game, you find a church.
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Sex
Are there nude scenes?
40 supporters
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incomprehensibeel
main character is mostly naked (underwear and socks) upon waking up at the beginning of the game, and you can touch a corpses penis, but no visual depiction of genitals.
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Yes
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Is someone sexually objectified?
41 supporters
Yes
25
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0
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lilpig
A "femme fatale" character is sometimes referenced sexually. This is done through crude flirtation, or in the case of more unsavory characters, misogynistic rhetoric
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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82 supporters
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Is there sexual content?
52 supporters
Yes
40
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lilpig
Sex is described and alluded to by multiple characters. The higher your "electrochemistry" skill is, the more likely the protagonist is to have sexual thoughts. There are no outright sex scenes.
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Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
19 supporters
Yes
26
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0
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rudes
Player character ridicules himself for crying at times, and some other characters comment on it with one being an antagonistic child. There's also a moment where another character sees him crying from afar and simply comments "My god...", but this is open to interpretation as the game progresses. The latter scene is also a result of passive skill checks after failing active checks while talking to a character named Acele and easily avoided.
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Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
16 supporters
Yes
6
No
4
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robotblues
An elderly woman with severe dementia is shown.
While not exactly terminal illness, the player character has severe physical symptoms resulting from long-term addiction (and possibly other factors), which can kill him even during the game and result in a game over. It is unclear to what degree he can or will recover, but he is not optimistic about his life expectancy.
While not exactly terminal illness, the player character has severe physical symptoms resulting from long-term addiction (and possibly other factors), which can kill him even during the game and result in a game over. It is unclear to what degree he can or will recover, but he is not optimistic about his life expectancy.
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Does someone have a stroke?
9 supporters
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0
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11
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ColleenPoggers
No, but it is asked is by two characters in certain scenarios in response to the playable character’s strange behaviour.
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
8 supporters
Yes
10
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incomprehensibeel
I have seen speculation that some difficulties the main character has could be a result of his (minor spoiler warning) having had polio as a child
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
23 supporters
Yes
18
No
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lilpig
Yes. There are two characters depicted who are explicitly shown to have symptoms of a neurodegenerative condition. The main character suffers from amnesia and acts unusually, but doesn't seem to have a form of dementia
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Social
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Is someone homeless?
5 supporters
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31
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morganyu
Your character is effectively homeless, he doesn't remember his home address until you internalize a thought related to figuring it out, and the places of residence he stays at in the story are explicitly meant to be short term. There is also a thought called Hobocop, which can be acquired when he humors the idea of sleeping on the streets.
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Is existentialism debated?
11 supporters
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cardboardcheese
MC questions reality and seems unfamiliar with it, needs a low-down, a lot of theory revolving "the world around us."
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
50 supporters
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25
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Darelz
This depends on the decisions you make and what you consider sad. A lot of bad things happen over the course of the game, but I think the overall message is one of hope.
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
13 supporters
Yes
26
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0
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Cobalt1
Not sure if this counts, but at the beginning of the game the protagonist is woken up by a loud car engine.
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Does a car crash?
19 supporters
Yes
44
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Broggly
Evidence of a car crash and the wreckage of a car are found. The actual car crash isn't depicted but using the Visual Calculus skill shows still images of the car on the path it took just before the crash
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Yes
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Violence
Does someone drown?
16 supporters
Yes
17
No
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absolutesquash
Not shown, only mentioned. A character drowned before the events of the game.
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Is there blood/gore?
53 supporters
Yes
44
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Rinley
Among other things, there is a decomposing body with highly realistic descriptions and behaviors, and is investigated in detail.
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
6 supporters
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1
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babanene
There are references to a potential future event involving a nuclear bomb, but it is never shown. It is mentioned that in the past a nuclear reactor went critical in a populated area.
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Is there gun violence?
23 supporters
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49
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mistersandman
(Spoilers) During the tribunal, innocent and unarmed people can be shot by mercenaries. The main characters can also shoot back at them. If chosen, the main character can threaten gun violence to intimidate others.
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