Does the dog die?
749 supporters
LISA: the Painful
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Your Triggers
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first enemy you fight, not graphic whatsoever
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Abandonment
Is an animal abandoned?
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you can just leave guys raised by flies alone without consequence?? or you can kill him? kinda f'ed up if you ask me
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Yes. Buddy is abandoned by her biological father.
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Abuse
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Child abuse and the trauma of survivors is a big, central, and unvoidable theme of the game.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
147 supporters
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This is an interesting one to rate. I'd probably say Buddy's treatment doesn't go far enough to become a "spectacle" and is treated pretty respectably by the writer.
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The game centers around domestic violence and abusive parents, both past and, debatably, present, and the trauma of being a survivor of an abusive situation.
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Are there abusive parents?
71 supporters
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At the start of the game Brad's father throws a beer bottle at him.
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
54 supporters
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The main character confronts his abusive father later in life, who claims to have changed. He is not forgiven, but the main character's daughter sides with the abusive father, creating a moral dilemma.
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A number of the central characters were in violent/abusive relationships with partners/parents and go on to become violent and abusive in other relationships.
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Is someone stalked?
31 supporters
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Buzzo stalks Brad in LISA: The Painful. It seems as though Dr. Yado stalks him as well, even more than Buzzo does.
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
32 supporters
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Addiction is a big and unavoidably part of the game, both narratively and mechanically.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
26 supporters
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Marty, Brad's abusive father is shown to be an alcoholic and Brad most likely is also one.
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A particular drug, Joy, is a big part of the game, and is even somewhat encouraged for the player to use.
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Animal
Are animals abused?
317 supporters
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LISA The Joyful depicts an animal's leg being cut off in a flashback and a deer gets shot in the head in Painful. Everything else is arguable to be self defense.
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There is a very high chance of having to fight and kill at least one snake.
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Does a pet die?
270 supporters
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A side character's pet deer is shot and killed by them during their suicide.
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well, dogs don't fight eachother. you fight a dog though
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Is there a dead animal?
194 supporters
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Multiple animals die during non-graphic combat, including a dog, squirrel, multiple snakes, deer, et cetera. A rival's deer is shot in the head during said rival's suicide.
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Does a horse die?
165 supporters
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Dried meat of a horse is a healing item.
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Are rabbits harmed?
125 supporters
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One of the item descriptions (a leather poncho) reads "made from rabbit murder". I don't think rabbits are even mentioned anywhere else
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Are there spiders?
76 supporters
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Disembodied human heads with spider legs are a recurring enemy in two points of the game, one of those areas also has a really uncomfortable soundtrack.
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Are there snakes?
27 supporters
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Pretty much unavoidable enemy, it's a random encounter in 2 areas of the game where there's tall grass
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Assault
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Nobody is raped on screen. It's either implied in flashbacks or very strictly off screen.
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A big reason the game's events happen is because of a child being raped in the past which indirectly led to a lot of the events. A character was almost certainly raped when you go and save them and in Joyful there's a scene where the camera cuts off and it's uncertain whether or not she was molested.
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Is there pedophilia?
170 supporters
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It's not shown but its a common theme.
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Is rape mentioned?
125 supporters
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I don't remember if the word is used. But it is heavily implied throughout what most enemies plan to do with Buddy.
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Are there jokes about sexual assault on men?
74 supporters
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There are frequent references to men being sexually abused against their will, some of which are played for morbid laughs.
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Is someone drugged?
43 supporters
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At one point, Buzzo forcefeeds Brad a large amount of Joy.
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Buddy is slapped by her father during an intense scene of him encountering his abusive father for the first time in decades when Buddy tried to protect him from her father.
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
26 supporters
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Happens at the beginning of the game.
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Bodily Harm
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Is there excessive gore?
144 supporters
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There is blood onscreen very, very frequently.
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Is there body horror?
111 supporters
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The joy mutants.
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Is someone burned alive?
72 supporters
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You see a group of orphans be burned alive and killed in an optional sidequest. This quest is completely optional and has no reward for completion, but you are not warned about the burning.
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Is there a hanging?
70 supporters
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Hanging imagery is present since the title screen.
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Is there cannibalism?
60 supporters
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The menu of wally burger is made from wally himself.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
46 supporters
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We see characters hanging several times. However, they are all already dead when we see them.
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Does someone fall to their death?
21 supporters
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Yep. You can too, if you walk off a ledge.
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Does someone become unconscious?
12 supporters
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Brad is knocked out several times throughout the game.
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Is there amputation?
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main character can lose both arms
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Are any hands damaged?
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The main character can lose one or both of his arms depending on decisions made in the game.
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
142 supporters
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It's a bit complicated, but the short answer is yes. The plot involves a catastrophic event that causes the disappearance of all women. When a young girl is discovered to have survived, many of the antagonistic characters express a desire to repopulate the human race with her. It's worth mentioning that this is NOT played for titillation in the slightest, Brad himself finds it as repulsive as the audience will.
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Does a kid die?
112 supporters
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several children burn to death
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
25 supporters
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there's a fly
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Death
Does a non-human character die?
60 supporters
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One of your party members can be an actual, literal fish. He can die if an enemy kills him/he loses at Russian Roulette.
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
19 supporters
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In the sequel/DLC, a character sacrifices himself for Buddy.
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
43 supporters
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Tardy Hernandez's name is a pun on the slur. I don't think it's in particularly poor taste though.
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Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
34 supporters
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Game has no voice acting, only text boxes.
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
26 supporters
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Brad has a horrible hallucination after being forcefed an extreme amount of Joy. However, he does not die.
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Family
Does a parent die?
42 supporters
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The parent can die, and there is a scene that allows the adoptive child of the character to see their dead and/or dying parent.
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Does a family member die?
33 supporters
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Brad's sister Lisa, commits suicide.
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Does someone cheat?
30 supporters
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It is very strongly implied that Rick's wife cheated on him.
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Is someone kidnapped?
20 supporters
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literally like the whole plot of the game
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Fear
Are there jump scares?
98 supporters
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1) every time you sleep at a campfire you wake up without warning to something random each time, perhaps it's a creepy guy watching you sleep, or maybe it's a present. it's all random but I've been startled a few times by this
2) There are quite a few scenes I'd consider "jumpscares" involving the joy mutants. If you find the cave with the long neck going throughout it and you take the man's record, there will be his head waiting for you when you leave the room. Another notable instance is when you're climbing the snowy mountain and a mutant jumps down from the mountain and falls right in front of you.
3) When you enter or leave a room there is a chance the main character will be having a hallucination where strange and sometimes disturbing things happen abruptly. These are scripted and aren't random but it's easy to be caught by surprise with these.
LISA: the Painful is a fantastic RPG with a wonderful story but if you're sensitive to topics such as suicide and abuse I'd recommend you skip out on it. To everyone else, I'd suggest you play this indie masterpiece!!
2) There are quite a few scenes I'd consider "jumpscares" involving the joy mutants. If you find the cave with the long neck going throughout it and you take the man's record, there will be his head waiting for you when you leave the room. Another notable instance is when you're climbing the snowy mountain and a mutant jumps down from the mountain and falls right in front of you.
3) When you enter or leave a room there is a chance the main character will be having a hallucination where strange and sometimes disturbing things happen abruptly. These are scripted and aren't random but it's easy to be caught by surprise with these.
LISA: the Painful is a fantastic RPG with a wonderful story but if you're sensitive to topics such as suicide and abuse I'd recommend you skip out on it. To everyone else, I'd suggest you play this indie masterpiece!!
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Not in this game, but LISA The First has one.
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Is there a shower scene?
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there is an explicit shower scene with a guy called 'fly' 'minetti' but you have to choose several correct answers to get this scene
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
177 supporters
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I think optional party member Fly Minetti's mechanic is vomiting on opponents.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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LGBTQ+
Is a trans person depicted predatorily?
98 supporters
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I personally wouldn't say so. The game features some Drag Queens and while I wouldn't say it was written the best, it definitely wasn't malicious and Queen Roger is considered a badass by the characters in game. It's more of a crapsack world where everyone needs to be violent in order to survive, not really transphobic.
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
7 supporters
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I'm not sure if the last bloodmoon tree being chopped down would count? I'd personally count it as there is a tribe who protects it, and it's absolutely irreplacable.
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Medical
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Mental Health
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The game's opening screen is the aftermath of a suicide, and it is central to the story. Please stay away from this game if you are sensible to this topic.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
126 supporters
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It heavily implied that Brad's sister, Lisa, cut herself.
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Yes
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
48 supporters
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Yes, however the entire world is violent.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
44 supporters
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0
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No but some characters are suicidal
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Yes
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Brad often hallucinates because of his trauma in ways I'd consider "derealization".
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Does someone have a meltdown?
13 supporters
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Multiple characters suffer meltdowns in both The Painful and The Joyful.
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
1 supporters
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A lot of the main characters in this game suffer from PTSD related to abuse.
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Natural Disasters
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Noxious
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2
Yes
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Yes
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Does a baby cry?
28 supporters
Yes
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A baby cries at the beginning of the game.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
14 supporters
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Instances of the word f**k and sh*t are common, there is also an easter egg of hand giving the middle finger.
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Are there underwater scenes?
14 supporters
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There is an optional underwater location, a town filled with humanoid fish
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Paranoia
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1
Is the fourth wall broken?
15 supporters
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The fourth wall is broken by Terry Hintz at the beginning of the game when referring to the option to play the game in a higher difficulty. This is the only time it's broken as far as I remember.
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Pregnancy
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Are there babies or unborn children?
1 supporters
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There is a baby.
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
66 supporters
Yes
12
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Queen Roger, a drag queen, refers to his workers as "queers". In the same conversation, there's a lot of homophobic sentiment from another character.
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Are there fat jokes?
65 supporters
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An unnamed character mocks you and says you’re too fat to try jumping a gap that’s impeding your progress.
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Yes
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A man is forced to pretend to be a girl, and characters assume he's just a very ugly girl. However, he is not transgender, so this is not misgendering.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
56 supporters
Yes
10
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One scene in particular the main character is forced to ware feminine clothing and is called “sexy boy”
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Yes
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Does an LGBT person die?
43 supporters
Yes
21
No
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all characters in game are men, and many of them are implied to be gay
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
41 supporters
Yes
2
No
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Queen Roger seems like a stereotypical mischaracterization of a queer person, but in reality he's a badass crossdresser that can pull his weight in combat.
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Is there aphobia?
27 supporters
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0
No
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As far as I remember asexual people aren't really respresented in LISA at all?
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Yes
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Race
Is there blackface?
47 supporters
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No
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Not quite but the original version had a flashback scene with a kid that could be seen as resembling blackface. This was altered in the definitive edition.
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
45 supporters
Yes
6
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Buddy is the last girl on earth, and many/all of the men going after her are much older than her.
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Religious
Yes
3
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0
Yes
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No
3
Sex
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Yes
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it's heavily implied throughout the game that marty, brad and lisa's father, sexually abused lisa. it's even more blatantly hinted at in lisa the first
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Is there sexual content?
82 supporters
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19
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0
1
yes there is a guy called columbo who is VERY h***y
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6
Is someone sexually objectified?
55 supporters
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In addition to the objectification of Buddy, a group of men falsely advertise the man Fardy Herndandez as being a woman. He is subsequently sexually objectified and abused.
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Is there BDSM?
37 supporters
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2
No
1
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Many characters wear outfits resembling BDSM.
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0
No
3
Sexism
Yes
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No
4
Sickness
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
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No
2
Yes
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4
Yes
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3
Social
Yes
0
No
4
Yes
0
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Is existentialism debated?
16 supporters
Yes
3
No
0
0
This is a world where humans are going extinct from a lack of women. It would be weird if existentialism WASN'T debated.
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Spoiler
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4
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0
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
10 supporters
Yes
0
No
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No mention of santa anywhere iirc. But kids should not play this game (see that M rating). It covers extremely dark topics.
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Does it have a sad ending?
1 supporters
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24
No
1
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The game ends with Brad, the main character, fighting off a hoard of enemies while slowly becoming mutated. He dies in front of his adoptive daughter after realizing he may not have been doing the right thing this whole time.
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
32 supporters
Yes
23
No
0
2
Technically a truck, but it counts.
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Is someone hit by a car?
32 supporters
Yes
20
No
1
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you get hit by a truck early in the game
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Does a plane crash?
23 supporters
Yes
1
No
15
1
9/11 does not in fact happen to Brad.
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Yes
4
No
0
Violence
Is there blood/gore?
84 supporters
Yes
24
No
1
4
Oh, is there! Is there ever.
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13
Yes
16
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Yes
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No
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