Does the dog die?
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Mass Effect 2
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Anonymous
Similar to Mass Effect 1, Varren, Mass Effect's version of attack dogs, make frequent appearances as enemies and must be killed to proceed with many missions.
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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SeThLu
Samara, Thane and Jacob's character arcs are majorly about parental abandonment of different kinds.
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Abuse
Is someone gaslighted?
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Jade37
"Ah yes, Reapers. The immortal race of sentient starships allegedly waiting in dark space. We have dismissed that claim."
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Are there abusive parents?
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SeThLu
A central theme of a character's arc is fleeing from an abusive household.
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Anonymous
Jack, one of your squadmates, was the victim of extensive abuse and scientific experimentation as a child. One of her missions involves going back to where all this occurred and has her reliving painful memories.
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Is someone stalked?
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SeThLu
Your player character, in the time gap between ME1 and ME2, has been stalked by an A.I. character who shows an unusual obsession for them.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Addiction
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Anonymous
Multiple times in the game, there is reference to a drug called red sand". Additionally, there are references to drug use on some side quests.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Anonymous
During a story mission, you can encounter a minor villain from the previous game, provided their life was spared. You learn they have become a serious alcoholic ever since their encounter with Commander Shepard.
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Jade37
Animal-like aliens die, such as varren. One of the (optional) missions in Tuchanka involves killing monkey-like pests that are raiding the food supply.
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artbyhobo
On a certain planet, you can bet on Varren fights.
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Is there a dead animal?
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MemoryToad
The remains of all enemies may be briefly visible. Including varren the dog like aliens.
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Does a pet die?
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Solanum
The player can buy fish for their cabin, and these fish must be fed regularly. Not doing so will cause the fish to die.
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Are there spiders?
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Hanzo
Some of the enemies encountered in game look very similar to spiders
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Are there snakes?
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Jade37
Not really a snake, but you'll have to kill a thresher maw during one of your loyalty missions.
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Are there bugs?
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Anonymous
The antagonists of the game use swarms of bugs to paralyze their victims.
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Assault
Is someone drugged?
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Anonymous
A volus (little men in space suits) is given a biotic ability (read: psychic powers)-inducing drug because someone thought it would be funny.
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Is someone restrained?
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SeThLu
Jack's first scene has her breaking out of cryo and metallic cuffs
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Is rape mentioned?
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Nemision
One character mentions being sexually assaulted multiple times by different people. Most notably if she's brought to the nightclub bathroom on the Citadel.
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hokeyreligions
Jacob's loyalty mission involves saving a group of women, controlled by a plant that impairs their cognitive processes, from a man who uses them as his harem.
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Bodily Harm
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Is someone burned alive?
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Anonymous
During a side-mission with one of your crew members, you are ambushed by pirates. Your player has the option to preemptively shoot a tank of explosive gas during the pirate leader's monologue. If this option is taken, the leader is set aflame and dies screaming.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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hokeyreligions
During the opening sequence, your ship gets attacked and needs to be evacuated. You fail to make it in time, get spaced, and are forced to watch as your character's oxygen tank is damaged, and they slowly asphyxiate.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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RyanRardin
Commander Shepard asphyxiates when their space suit is breached in the opening scene of the game.
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Does someone break a bone?
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Anonymous
Commander Shepard is horribly disfigured during the opening sequence of the game. During their recovery you can see on x-rays that they broke several bones during the ordeal.
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Is someone tortured?
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Anonymous
During one mission, you are required to interrogate someone who has their limbs restrained. If you cannot get them to talk, you have the option to physically assault them to get information.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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ConsueloHigdon
While his eye remains intact, one of your squadmates gets one half of his face seriously burned.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Anonymous
If enough poor choices are made throughout the game and final mission, the main character, Commander Shepard, can fall to their death in the final mission.
Additionally, during one story mission you have the option to push someone out the window of a high rise.
Additionally, during one story mission you have the option to push someone out the window of a high rise.
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Children
Does a kid die?
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rmplzr
No, but there are references to past torture & murder of children who do not appear in the game.
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Death
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Does a major character die?
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Anonymous
You die in the beginning! Shepard spends 98% of the game as a frankenstein of cybernetics and cloned tissue.
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Disability
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Family
Is a child's toy destroyed?
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SeThLu
Jack's mention of the table in her cell being "her best friend" is made right as she plants a nuke in said cell. This was somewhat triggering to me back when I played it in 2011 so I think it deserves a mention
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Does a parent die?
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rmplzr
You have the option to kill a character's father.
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Does someone cheat?
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ConsueloHigdon
The player character can cheat on their previous love interest from the first game (if they pursued a romance), but it's unfortunately ambiguous whether the relationship is still happening due to a conflict between you and your LI. Your LI refuses to join Shepard and is disappointed in their choices, and after this Shepard can confide into other characters that they're no longer together.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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artbyhobo
Jack discusses as part of her backstory that she was kidnapped as a young child.
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Fear
Is there a shower scene?
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artbyhobo
Garrus's romance scene begins with Shepard in the shower.
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Is someone possessed?
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Jade37
Indoctrination can be viewed as a type of possession.
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Gross
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Does someone vomit?
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artbyhobo
You have the option of awakening Grunt from his preservation chamber. Upon waking up, he collapses and vomits preservation fluid.
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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Just because a work has police doesn't make it copaganda. It's only copaganda if they're shown to be correct for abusing their authority.
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LGBTQ+
Is there bisexual cheating?
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SeThLu
Can technically happen if Liara was romanced by a female Shepard in ME1 and cheated on with a male in ME2
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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SeThLu
Tali's name is punctuated by the name of the ship she serves in, and her name is changed in a derogatory manner in her loyalty mission. She however ends up owning to the name and taking it with pride.
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Medical
Does someone have cancer?
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Anonymous
One of your squadmates in the game suffers from what is essentially his species' version of Cancer. He is given an estimated life expectancy of several months as there is no cure for their condition.
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Anonymous
After the opening scene, there is surgery scene with needles, syringes, scalpels, etc. The inside of veins and organs are seen briefly, but if you are easily freaked out by medical things, I'd advise skipping the scene or looking away.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Jade37
While not a hospital, a significant part of the opening has to do with work on a body in a lab.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Jade37
If you spoke to Talitha in ME1 and were able to get her help, she will send you an email in this game mentioning that she is receiving professional help for her trauma (further details unknown)
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Mental Health
Is a mentally ill person violent?
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SeThLu
Jack
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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berrylightmode
If the player chooses the "sole survivor" background for Shepard, it will be implied throughout the series that they experience PTSD related to the event in their backstory.
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berrylightmode
The final quest of the game is frequently described as a "suicide mission" by characters, and every companion as well as Shepard can die during it if certain conditions (ie quest completion) are not met
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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berrylightmode
There is a scene during the beginning of the game where Shepard wakes up too early during reconstruction. The scene is viewed from Shepard's perspective and contains effects such as heavy breathing, blurred vision, and distorted audio to create a mood/feeling of panic. Shepard is given sedatives and temporarily returns to an unconscious state.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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hokeyreligions
In the Overlord DLC, an autistic character is heavily experimented upon in an attempt to exploit certain abilities of theirs. It's possible to rescue them.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Noxious
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Jade37
the mass effect games come with epilepsy warnings
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Is there shakey cam?
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Jade37
If you consume alcohol you will temporarily get a shaky cam effect
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Does someone miscarry?
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Anonymous
In the game, a type of alien called Krogan are affected by a disease that causes only a few babies to be able to hatch. While it isn't exactly miscarrying, I would consider it similar enough to warrant a caution to anyone sensitive to miscarriage.
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Is a baby stillborn?
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berrylightmode
The Krogan frequently mention stillborn babies as a result of the "genophage" which renders most of their species sterile or causes stillbirths.
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Prejudice
Does the black guy die first?
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berrylightmode
If Jacob's loyalty mission is not completed, or an unsuitable choice is made regarding who performs which jobs during the final mission, he can die, though the order is somewhat random. I recommend looking up a guide to avoid this.
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Does an LGBT person die?
38 supporters
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Hanzo
Dependent on the choices player makes in game
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Jade37
In the Overlord DLC, an autistic individual experiences abuse
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Is there hate speech?
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Anonymous
An alien character in the game is distinctly anti-human, and preaches his negative views on humanity in the streets.
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berrylightmode
Quarians are Jewish-adjacent and experience frequent prejudice that closely mirrors antisemetism
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Relationships
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Sex
Is there bestiality?
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SeThLu
Implied in one of Mordin's "no time to talk" dialogues, but whether it actually happened or is a creative deflection by Mordin is up to interpretation
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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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Anonymous
You have the option to form relationships and have sexual intercourse with many of your squadmates.
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Sexism
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Sickness
Does someone have a chronic illness?
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RyanRardin
Joker, the Normandy's pilot, has brittle bone disease, and Thane, an alien squadmate, has Kepral's Syndrome, an analogue to cystic fibrosis.
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Social
Is someone homeless?
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SeThLu
Most notably a side character from Thane's loyalty mission
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Hanzo
Dependent on the choices the player makes in game
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Vehicular
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Does a plane crash?
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beesinspace
The player's ship crashes at the beginning of the game. A DLC mission allows you to explore the crash site.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Jade37
In Lair of the Shadow Broker, one of the video logs shows a turian getting hit by a car (non-graphically)
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Does a car crash?
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Anonymous
During one of the DLC missions, a car crash occurs and an occupant of one of the cars is seriously injured and bleeding.
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Violence
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Anonymous
A side-mission with a crew mate ends with a nuclear bomb being detonated.
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Is there blood/gore?
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Anonymous
one of the first scenes in the game shows a medical procedure, in which blood and organs are shown.
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