Death Stranding
Video Game • 2019 • Action
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Are there abusive parents?
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trashazaki
In a journal, a character's uncle, who is their surrogate father, is abusive.
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Abandonment
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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marvmineral
An antagonist follows Sam from location to location in a predatory way, and sends him fan mail.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Zoey
There are logs detailing how a character was severly beaten by his uncle when he was a child
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Addiction
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salarua
Not depicted in-game, but you will deliver medicinal drugs and oxytocin in various missions.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Shaii
A charecter is shown in flashbacks being clearly drunk and taking swigs of a bottle of alcohol.
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Animal
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marvmineral
Dead or dying birds, crabs, whales, and fish can be seen in cutscenes and some select areas.
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Is there a dead animal?
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Literal piles of dead marine life related to Beaches and strandings.
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Are there spiders?
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marvmineral
No, but there are massive cobwebs made of tar in some cutscenes.
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Are there snakes?
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marvmineral
No, but there are moving, snake-like bits of tar shown in some cutscenes.
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Are there bugs?
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marvmineral
Cryptobiotes are small, floating bug-like critters. They are edible, are eaten in several cutscenes, and can be found in the open world. They make a gross sound when eaten.
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Assault
Is someone restrained?
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prupledeggs
Sam is often restrained by arms coming out of the tar. They even go as far as dragging him away in some cutscenes
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marvmineral
No, but in two cutscenes an antagonist licks the face of a character in a creepy way.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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prupledeggs
Early on in the game a character stabs himself to death to avoid being killed by the monsters. The main protagonist also has a knife and can attack Sam with it towards endgame scenes, implying cutting.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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prupledeggs
Sam can hold his breath for too long and start to struggle. The screen will start to go blurry and then dark.
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Is someone buried alive?
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ForestGreen
A woman is buried in rubble, but is rescued.
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Is there a hanging?
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marvmineral
No, but BTs may float from side to side with their heads angled downward, which unintentionally resembles hanging from a distance.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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salarua
The player character can be knocked out in combat, and can knock out enemies.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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marvmineral
No, but there are a few intense punches during cutscenes, where damage to teeth is implied but not shown.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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dogtier1
There are scenes of toe nails being torn off
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Is someone tortured?
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sadiecookie
References to the character Fragile being tortured occur throughout the game
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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It is possible for Sam to fall down stairs if he loses his balance.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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marvmineral
During a cutscene, one character is pushed off a cliff to their death. You can also fall from steep cliffs in the open world.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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marvmineral
No, but characters may have tar or blood that appears to flow from their eyes, like tears.
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Is there excessive gore?
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MochiTiger
Body horror/dead body type stuff
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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BB is technically "abducted" by Sam instead of incinerated. Later, she is occasionally taken from Sam for "maintenance," and he is visibly distraught by this. Finally, the antagonist Cliff is on an endless mission to find and reclaim his infant son.
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Does a kid die?
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Zoeyyyyy
A fetus is shot in a late-game cutscene but brought back alive by a secondary character
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Disability
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Family
Does a parent die?
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bettercalldidi
Both the protaognist's parents were killed, her adoptive mother dies as well
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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sadiecookie
Several disfigured baby dolls are shown throughout the game.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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marvmineral
Threat of a kidnapping is one of the driving plots of the game.
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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marvmineral
BTs are not typical ghosts, but are coded in the same way. Restless spirits, tied to specific places, difficult to see, creepy, etc.
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Are there jump scares?
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slug
when you check on BB in the private room, there is a chance sam will experience a short dream sequence that sometimes involves a jump scare.
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Is there a shower scene?
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marvmineral
You can encourage the main character to take showers/baths. No frontal nudity.
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Is someone possessed?
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salarua
In a cutscene, a character appears to be possessed by a mask.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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dogtier1
It's not realistic vomit (it's like an oil substance), but yes
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Large-scale Violence
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
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sodiepops
One is used near the beginning when equipping the BB
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Is there a hospital scene?
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dogtier1
A character is shown in a simulated room with medical equipment hooked up to her, but it's not a typical hospital
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Does someone have cancer?
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sodiepops
Sam, the main character, has his mother die of cancer very early in the game.
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Mental Health
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Anonymous
A man stabs himself multiple times during an attack.
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salarua
One character attempts suicide but fails early on, and another character succeeds in late-game.
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Is there misophonia?
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salarua
Cryptobiotes make an audible crunch when eaten. Several characters eat cryptobiotes in cutscenes. The player can also eat cryptobiotes to restore lost blood, but this is strictly optional and the player can rest or transfuse blood from a blood bag instead.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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marvmineral
One chapter has a trek through a cramped, dark sewer (mandatory). Navigating collapsed buildings in the open world can also be claustrophobic (optional). A cutscene has two characters talking in a cramped space; one of them is noticeably uncomfortable and avoidant throughout.
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marvmineral
Early on, minor characters make graphic attempts in order to escape BTs. Later, a character holds a gun to their head and pulls the trigger, but nothing happens.
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Noxious
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Is there shakey cam?
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marvmineral
There are several short flashbacks in this style. Losing balance or tumbling in the open world may cause shaky cam.
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Does a baby cry?
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LizSautter
When B.B. is upset, you will hear crying. This can be solved by comforting them.
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
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salarua
The player character may glance at the camera from time to time. A villain makes fourth-wall-adjacent remarks, using terms like "game over" and "changing the difficulty".
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Pregnancy
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Does someone miscarry?
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Shaii
Don’t know if this counts but a character gets trapped under rubble while waiting for a c-section but the baby becomes a B.T so take that how you want
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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salarua
For most of the game, you are accompanied by BB, a 28-week-old fetus in a wearable artificial womb.
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Is there childbirth?
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marvmineral
During a cutscene, a character gives birth, but the camera shows only the character's face as it happens.
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Does a pregnant person die?
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sadiecookie
pregnant women dying is part of the backstory of the BBs
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Prejudice
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Technically, BB is misgendered for the entire game. The characters all refer to BB by the name Lou and he/him pronouns, but at the very end Sam calls her Louise, suggesting that she was female all along and no one bothered to check.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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It's unclear if any of the characters are LGBT.
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Is there aphobia?
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Some of the lore is that “asexuality” is part of what caused the apocalypse, as people weren’t reproducing. The term is misused to refer to lack of sexual activity and it’s overall painted in an aphobic light. Particularly unfortunate as this is one of the only mentions of the aroace community in a video game.
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Does the black guy die first?
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It's unclear whether any people of color die, but all of the characters of color we do know about survive, and one of the most important characters in the game is a black man.
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Relationships
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Sex
Are there nude scenes?
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salarua
The player character is shown nude in a few cutscenes and when bathing or showering, but no genitals are shown.
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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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marvmineral
There is posterior shower nudity, and references to sex in some dialogue and lore text, but there is nothing explicit. No main characters are shown or implied to be in sexual relationships.
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Zoeyyyyy
The ending heavily implies that the tragic mistakes which led the world to ruin will be repeated as the true wrongdoers get hailed as heroes
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Vehicular
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Does a car crash?
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sodiepops
A motorcycle crashes in the opening cutscene
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Does a plane crash?
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marvmineral
One sequence makes you maneuver to avoid a small plane crashing. Due to an in-universe time loop, this event will repeat until you’ve made it past and left the area. The sound is very loud and jarring.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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qwerty
It's possible to hit porters with a car or bike during gameplay.
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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dogtier1
There are numerous scenes of falling underwater though
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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marvmineral
One cutscene has mushroom clouds and detonation sounds. There is occasional discussion and/or threats of nuclear explosions.
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Is there gun violence?
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marvmineral
There are a few intense war cutscenes and gameplay sequences where continuous gunfire is heard. Guns (both lethal and non-lethal) can be used in the open world, and during boss fights. There are a few cutscenes where characters are shown dying from several gunshot wounds.
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